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Gen Z women say they've had enough financially supporting — and parenting — their boyfriends
The old stereotype says women are looking for a man with money. But for some young couples, the financial dynamic is starting to look a little different. Women are building careers, paying more of the bills and wondering how long they are supposed to wait for their boyfriends to catch up.

Naomi is a 24 year old, lives on Manhattan's Upper East Side and earns six figures working two retail jobs. Her boyfriend, meanwhile, spent much of his time at her apartment lying in bed and scrolling through Instagram Reels.

Naomi helped him fix his résumé, pushed him to apply for jobs and, while he figured out his next move, picked up the tab for nearly everything. But the money was only part of what bothered her. Naomi told The Cut that his lack of income seemed to double as an excuse to put little effort into the relationship, too. Romance, after all, does not require a six-figure salary.

"If you can't afford something, write me a love letter," she told The Cut. "He could have literally made me Kraft mac and cheese."

The couple eventually discussed moving in together, but Naomi decided she could not justify adding another person to her monthly expenses.

"If I wanted to finance a human being," she says, "I'd have a kid."

Changing dynamics
Naomi's experience comes as the financial dynamics inside many relationships are shifting.

Women now earn as much as or more than their husbands in nearly half of opposite-sex marriages in the U.S., according to the Pew Research Center. And when wives are the primary breadwinners, they out-earn their husbands by an average of about $53,000.

Men still earn more in most marriages, but the share of women bringing home the same amount or more has nearly tripled over the past 50 years.

As relationship dynamics change, the way couples divide responsibiliti es may change with them. If one partner is contributing more financially, for example, the other might take on more at home to help balance things out.

But that trade-off does not always happen.

Pew Research Center found that even when wives are the primary breadwinners, they still spend more time on housework than their husbands — about 4.8 hours a week compared with 2.8 hours. They also spend more time caregiving, at 6.4 hours versus five hours for their husbands.



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