The Rich Wives Club
February 15, 2019 3:29 PM Subscribe
Looking for suggestions of books/movies/articles where the female half of a heterosexual partnership is the primary breadwinner. It can be a plot point or an aside, but the relationship must be overall positive.
Also, for clarification: what about stories with single moms? Or are you specifically looking for a reversal of the usual dynamic in couples?
posted by wenestvedt at 3:34 PM on February 15, 2019
posted by wenestvedt at 3:34 PM on February 15, 2019
Fargo (the film) implies Marge is the breadwinner.
posted by griphus at 3:36 PM on February 15, 2019 [3 favorites]
posted by griphus at 3:36 PM on February 15, 2019 [3 favorites]
Response by poster: I am specifically looking for a reversal of the stereotypical dynamic, yes. Thanks.
posted by ohsnapdragon at 3:36 PM on February 15, 2019
posted by ohsnapdragon at 3:36 PM on February 15, 2019
Spending. Both partners have ups and downs financially, and for part of the novel the woman is the primary earner, supporting her male partner.
posted by bunderful at 3:38 PM on February 15, 2019
posted by bunderful at 3:38 PM on February 15, 2019
Crazy Rich Asians includes such a marriage. The dynamic is a little bit different between the book and the movie.
posted by bilabial at 4:15 PM on February 15, 2019 [5 favorites]
posted by bilabial at 4:15 PM on February 15, 2019 [5 favorites]
Miranda and Steve on Sex in the City...
posted by nantucket at 6:23 PM on February 15, 2019 [4 favorites]
posted by nantucket at 6:23 PM on February 15, 2019 [4 favorites]
I'm picturing a lot of royalty, probably more than you're hoping for: Leia and Han in Star Wars, Princess Jasmine in Aladdin, etc. What about Elizabeth Swan and Will Turner in the Pirates of the Carribean franchise? Or the Incredibles 2 where "Bob Parr (Mr Incredible) must manage the house while his wife Helen (Elastigirl) goes out to save the world." I'm having too much fun to be helpful. Sorry.
Good Will Hunting
African Queen
Driving Miss Daisy (?)
posted by Cris E at 9:08 PM on February 15, 2019 [2 favorites]
Good Will Hunting
African Queen
Driving Miss Daisy (?)
posted by Cris E at 9:08 PM on February 15, 2019 [2 favorites]
Laura Dern’s character on Big Little Lies.
posted by third word on a random page at 10:37 PM on February 15, 2019
posted by third word on a random page at 10:37 PM on February 15, 2019
Most things really about Tim Mathieson, partner of Australia's former PM Julia Gillard
For example this tabloid article
posted by hotcoroner at 12:37 AM on February 16, 2019
For example this tabloid article
posted by hotcoroner at 12:37 AM on February 16, 2019
In The Children Act (book and film) Fiona Maye would be on a salary of £181,000 as a High Court judge. Her husband, as a UK-employed university professor, would be doing well to be earning half that.
posted by Major Clanger at 1:19 AM on February 16, 2019
posted by Major Clanger at 1:19 AM on February 16, 2019
Miranda Bailey and Ben Warren in Grey’s Anatomy (she ends up as chief of surgery.’, he’s a surgical resident and then firefighter)
posted by coffee_monster at 5:48 AM on February 16, 2019
posted by coffee_monster at 5:48 AM on February 16, 2019
In the Expanse series by James S.A. Corey the character Chrisjen Avasarala becomes UN Secretary General and her husband Arjun is a poet.
posted by dgeiser13 at 1:34 PM on March 6, 2019
posted by dgeiser13 at 1:34 PM on March 6, 2019
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"220, 221 -- whatever it takes."
posted by wenestvedt at 3:33 PM on February 15, 2019 [1 favorite]