@ osisi & toshman

I totally agree with you on all you've said. I've been there and done that; its not easy coping with an unemployed partner, infact its a real test of love and you actually do not know how you'll react until you find yourself in such a situation.

For me, i can say that it  was a really big challenge cos i have a fairly good job and just changed jobs to even a better multi-national oil company. At some point, there's hardly anything you do, its always mis-interpreted to mean you're hurting their pide. Some form of complex on the part of the would ALWAYS set in and and this is the biggest threat to the relationship.

So when some of these guys say that the babe would run away, it might not necessarily be because she has found a richer guy; it might just be because the attendant pressure she's getting from the guy and his ego-tripping was getting too much for her to bear.

My 2 cents,