Article posted: 1/20/2013 5:28 AM

Three degrees later, wife hints at change of goals

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Q. My wife and I have been married nine years, and it's starting to bother me that she has not begun her career yet. Following college, she got a master's degree and then started her Ph.D. She's now six years into her four-year program and has hinted that she may not want to work after she graduates.