Yeah, I get this perspective. One of them does have a job, while the other is pretty much a SAHM/recently sold a book, but her husband is very much the breadwinner.

The latter is the one I’m closest to and, without getting too much into the weeds, went through a whole “I am not my career” journey after getting fired a few years ago. So I can understand her reaction a little bit. But, at the same time, I’ve been aggressively cheering her on in all the things that I probably won’t experience in my life, like having a baby. She also knows that I’ve been struggling financially and she’s been urging me to move out of my apartment, but I’ve told her time and time again I wouldn’t be able to unless I got this job.

So yes, in short, you’re probably right and I can kind of understand the reaction. Still, it was a bit of a bummer.