How do I put this politely? While your husband thinks you need a job, what your family really needs is for HIM to get an education and life skills. I don’t mean formal education, but financial education.

His assembly line job is on a shortlist of jobs to be eliminated by AI. If he doesn’t get it, he really, REALLY needs a reality check. I’m not saying he will lose his job tomorrow, but it’s likely to happen in the next 5-10 years. Not to mention, it’s a physical job too, and your spouse isn’t getting younger.

All while he’s working at a job that’s about to be replaced by robots; you are working on an actual CAREER that is slowly, but surely taking off. And guess what? Covid helped content creators a lot, because we spend more time online. I don’t know how long the pandemic will last, they are saying those run out in 5 years… But while your spouse is getting closer to being kicked out of his job place, you are getting closer to making more money and getting more successful in your career. He’s the one whose job actually puts your family in a near-jeopardy kind of situation; while yours is doing the opposite.

You husband also needs to get a reality check on your contributions home. If you are a petty b*tch like I can sometimes be; I’d write a list of house work I do, the number of hours, and an average pay for that job. And I’d present it to him saying he can either do it all himself, or he can hire someone to do all those chores while you are working on the job he wants you to have.

Now, him hearing about potential new careers and telling you you should explore them, once again says a lot about his lack of education and life skills. You don’t just become an accountant overnight. You need A LOT of time, education and experience to get there. The next time your spouse suggests something like this, please consider telling him that as long as he pays for your schooling, unpaid internships, low-paying job to get experience and etc.; you’ll be happy to explore this new job. And hand him a price list, similar to the housework one.

I get that your article was more about the ignorance about writing not being a career. But what I got out of it is that your husband… and I’m sorry for saying this… is a slightly uneducated individual with subpar life skills. I’m extra b*tchy right now because I’m a banker, and I know how much in life can be attributed to opportunity costs, financial knowledge and other real-life skills.