This week’s dilemma:

“I’m the breadwinner now and it’s changed everything.”

In this minisode, we respond to a letter from Georgia, who’s climbed the ladder in her career and doubled her salary but now feels like her marriage is quietly cracking under the pressure.

Her wife is a brilliant teacher who once earned a similar amount, but a missed promotion and growing income gap have altered their dynamic. Now, pride, resentment and silence are creeping into the spaces where ease and equality used to live.

We talk about how money intersects with power, identity, and partnership and what happens when success brings more than just a bigger paycheck. If you’ve ever wrestled with the emotional weight of being “the one who’s thriving” this one’s for you.

There’s no neat fix but there is honesty, empathy, and a reminder that love and ambition don’t have to compete.

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