We work hard for our mummy salaries
A generation or two ago, a woman going cap in hand to her husband for ‘housekeeping’ money or ‘a little something to keep me pretty’, without earning a penny herself, was pretty much the norm. Nowadays, most wives would baulk at the idea of being in the pay of her other half. Yet in some marriages, the ‘mummy salary’ is alive and well – especially since the pandemic struck, with mothers 23% more likely than fathers to lose their jobs.
We speak to three women who are happy to be on their husband’s payroll.
‘I’m worth every penny’
Tally Swidzinska lives in Kenley,
