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    Sugar, What?

    Posted Thursday, January 08, 2009 4:56 PM | By Hanna Rosin
    This conversation is scaring me. I have never, ever had a thought like this in my life, I swear. Either that's because I grew up with no money (although I suppose that could have had the opposite effect). Or because I am of a different generation. How did this happen, that it's suddenly old school to think that, as a woman, you should be able to independently support yourself, even if you are married? I wonder if this is because I grew up in the Donna Summers era, when all my friends' moms were getting divorced, so they had to be self-sufficient. There are moments in my marriage when I feel I am drifting into dependency, letting my husband take care of all the bills and car repairs, etc. And then I feel very, very annoyed with myself. I was very happy when Tami, Coach's wife on Friday Night Lights and my favorite TV wife, finally got a paying job and put baby Grace in day care. Am I like some kind of retro-feminist now?
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