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July 17, 2012

Brass Balls Award: Husband Sets Boundaries with Slacker Wife and Tells Her to Grow Up and Get a Job

 This article focuses on the recent stellar boundary setting of one of the Shrink4MenForum’s newest members. Let’s call him “Earl.” Earl joined the Forum primarily because his wife has been spending their family into debt. She’s also been chronically underemployed or unemployed, by her own choice, for the majority of their 15-year marriage. Naturally, Earl’s wife had a career […]

Filed Under: Abuse, Accountability, Financial Abuse, Professional Victims Tagged With: boundaries, entitled women, entitlement, financial abuse, financially irresponsible wife, hostile dependency, Shrink4Men Forum, stay-at-home-mom, women who refuse to work

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