Once again, I am thinking about relationships after having several long conversations with my friend this weekend during our trip to Orlando, which was hot as hell, by the way. I don’t know how people live in Florida. I mean, Georgia is hot and everything, but I felt like someone was sitting on my shoulders every time I walked outside. Ugh. Anyway, in one discussion, we were talking about relationships and money (and how bad a relationship can be if there are issues regarding this touchy subject).  Specifically we were discussing gender “roles” and how some of the traditional rules regarding these roles still persist, although the times have changed dramatically.  A young man and woman that I know are having problems after only 1 year of marriage, and have separated.  The woman has a doctorate degree and pulls in over 100,000 per year. The man has completed his masters in something or another, has a great job (I mean, *I’d* take his salary without thinking twice), but is not what he wants to be doing.  In addition, he makes roughly half that his wife does. Still, an outsider would think they’d be financially set due to their combined income, but they have a lot of bills and expensive taste, and possibly some ego and insecurity issues, making them broke and angry, although on paper they shouldn’t be.  I’d explain that more, but I don’t want to lead your responses to the following questions:

BE HONEST:  As a man (or woman), how comfortable would you be if your partner earned more (or less) than you?  How important is it that their level of education be the same (or greater) than yours?