how does your wife measure your success as a contractor?

[Dow Jones]

WAGs

They say:
'A successful man is the one that earns more than his wife spends' and:
'A successful woman is the one that could find such a man'
Seriously, I think it's a big mistake to introduce yourself as an IT contractor (or whatever else attracts WAGs) and even bigger to tell them what you are earning.
Easy to spot really, most aren't even working and all ask the same first qn: 'where do you work?' as opposed to: 'What do you do for a living?'
Just say that you work in an office/shop/factory and see the look on their faces (works for most of them).
I've known some IT guys getting married to some local 'beauties', also some from Eastern Europe and the Far East, only to discover staright away that were duped and getting into messy divorces, so IMO:
'A successful man is the one his wife doesn't know how much he earns'

[beeker]

They say:
'A successful man is the one that earns more than his wife spends' and:
'A successful woman is the one that could find such a man'
Seriously, I think it's a big mistake to introduce yourself as an IT contractor (or whatever else attracts WAGs) and even bigger to tell them what you are earning.
Easy to spot really, most aren't even working and all ask the same first qn: 'where do you work?' as opposed to: 'What do you do for a living?'
Just say that you work in an office/shop/factory and see the look on their faces (works for most of them).
I've known some IT guys getting married to some local 'beauties', also some from Eastern Europe and the Far East, only to discover staright away that were duped and getting into messy divorces, so IMO:
'A successful man is the one his wife doesn't know how much he earns'

'A successful man is the one who doesnt get married'...

[ThomasSoerensen]

'A successful man is the one who doesnt get married'...

A successful man is a man who does not get divorced from his wife that loves him.

[darmstadt]

Since you are working hard all day long, what does your wife do with YOUR money?

Thanks

Don't work hard all day long but presume your old man does so fancy a bit of the old bedroom mambo?