Being bothered by a higher-earning partner is a red flag
This hill is unclaimed. Nobody is willing to die on it. Yet. First blood pending.
- Pay, and you hold it.
- Anyone can dethrone you for more.
- Every claim stays on the record.
No claims on the record.
The other side
A nurse marries a surgeon and suddenly every apartment and holiday is chosen at a price she cannot match. The unease there tracks something real. Money buys the final say. The lower earner notices. Treating a first flinch as a defect of character punishes honesty. Most people work through it quietly and stay. What matters is what someone does with the feeling.
Tell me when this hill changes hands.
One email per change of hands. Unsubscribe link in every one.
Adjacent hills to die on
Refusing to get a pet is a valid dealbreaker
Love at first sight is real, not lust
Every friendship is transactional at its core
Soulmates are a destructive romantic myth
Daily good morning texts beat any grand romantic gesture
Opposites attract is a myth
More relationships hills, all of them, or find one worth $1 of your convictions.