A mum claims she may charge her husband for lost earnings if she has to give up her job to look after their daughter while he works away. The woman has sparked debate after questioning whether she should ask her husband to compensate her for loss of "financial independence" as a result.
After her post on popular parenting website Mumsnet received a hundreds of responses, the debate moved offline and was discussed on ITV's This Morning today (March 10). The woman said her husband is a contractor who will soon be staying with his mum to commute to a new job five days a week after working from home for four years.
She said they have "never really shared finances wholly" and as she works unsociable hours, her "earning power will be severely impacted" if he takes the job. The mum added she has "no outside help" with caring for her daughter.
