Shin'yuu no Furin Aite wa, Otto deshita - Vol. 3 Ch. 21

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She is very clearly intending to save her own money, not take Rei's or the house hold's savings to do this.

It would be fair for her to want alimony or a settlement given she went down to part-time at his request, thereby losing out on yeh extra income/savings.

 

[feignedremoteness]

oh noooooo the evil woman is manipulating the man so that she’s allowed to have a career and money saved of her own how terrible

Because he has a job that can support two people, and possibly a child too. She is essentially a part time maid. These two things are not socially equal.

In fact, if/when she DOES get a job, what kind of job it will realistically be? A grocery clerk working minimum wage? Even then they will still not be equal.

the idea that homemaking is not important work gets a bit confusing when you think about how society would fall apart without it.

in the next chapter it’s revealed that Mahoro is working at an office. I genuinely hope you feel stupid. It’s been established that she has a college degree, there’s no reason to think she’d “just” have an entry level job other than misogyny. but you also forgot she’s working part-time and has a job already (or erased those memories because they didn’t fit your narrative of the lazy housewife?)