An expert talks about ways to maintain marriage equality while keeping the wife independent

On November 30, entrepreneur and business coach Sergey Letunov told "Gazeta.Ru" how to maintain harmony and equality in the family in conditions of financial independence of the wife.

According to him, instead of emotional pressure on his wife, jealousy and humiliation, in order to maintain harmonious relationships, a man needs to help his wife, become a support for her and find new resources for development.

Letunov noted that in order to have an equal relationship, despite the difference in income level, it is necessary to have common values. He is convinced that when a couple has a common vision of the future, spouses realize the value of this relationship for themselves and experience a strong emotional closeness, which allows them to move forward confidently, distributing household duties equally, without conflict.

"Independence in financial terms is certainly a good thing. But it is even better if it is accompanied by mental independence. <...> When each of you has your own budget and you both earn at a decent level, when you realize that you feel good together and share the same values, have joint plans for the future - this is wonderful," he said.

The expert added that support, love and shared values are what will help couples successfully cope with changes in the financial sphere and build harmonious relationships.

Earlier, on October 3, Russians told about gender stereotypes in the workplace. The community of entrepreneurs CLUB 500 and the research center "Zarplata.ru" surveyed almost 2 thousand Russians and found that 90% of women have to work harder because of gender stereotypes.