With Money Comes Power

Until reading the sections on marrying into a different class and working your way up from the poor class in Class Matters, I had not realized that class had such a strong effect on people's relationships.

There is a cross class couple with Cate coming from money and Dan coming from the working class. Before going to counseling for cross-class couples, their relationship was somewhat strained.

Stereotypically, the man is the one making more money and supporting his wife. The couple's relationship defies the norms. I thought it interesting that Cate, being the one with more money, holds more power in the relationship. I wouldn't have thought that money and power are correlational in a relationship but apparently it is more common than one would think.

But, it makes sense. Out in the real world the people with the most power seem to be the people with the most money. It would make sense that the analogy still applies on a smaller scale.

However, I do not think that should always be the case. It should work out in which ever way is best for the couple to be equal partners in the relationship.