Why Gabrielle Union no longer divides finances “50/50” with Dwyane Wade

Gabrielle Union shocked her fans of her fans when she revealed that she and her husband Dwyane Wade divided their finances in the middle, with part of the indignation resulting from the net value of $ 170 million from the basketball player compared to her own $ 40 million. But Union spoke of his motivations to divide finances with Wade, now revealing that she comes from his personal trauma prevented him from being really vulnerable with him.

THE Be mary jane The actress appeared in the episode of March 4 on the Balanced black girl podcast. And addressed his infamous 50/50 complaint. “I said, 50/50 or bust, right?” And I meant financially, spiritually and emotionally, “said Union, explaining that his desire for control was” a response in trauma. He never wants to be so out of control (as) I have no control over what happens to my body. And ’50 / 50 ‘is … I will not be vulnerable enough to trust you with 100% anything, not my heart, not my species, not my energy. “”

She continued: “I realized that a large part of my anxiety – I was diagnosed with the SSPT after being sexually assaulted at 19 – extreme anxiety, anxiety attacks, hyperfociated on efficiency and time and be fiercely independent, are trauma responses. And it is just a lot of days that I have 10%, and I need him to be 90 years old. There are days, I have no shit, and I need him to be 100. ”

Wade discussed the union’s 50/50 comments in an interview of June 2023 on the Shay Shay club Podcast, declaring that at the time, they met financially for the responsibilities they shared.

“I have 20 to 50 responsibilities, and my wife has 20 to 50 responsibilities, and when I say that, it means that she has her mother, she has her sisters, she has her father, so she has a lot of things she is responsible for,” explained the athlete at the time. “She pays 100% and you know what I’m doing?” I pay 100% of my life. So, in our life, our house, we bought it together 50/50. Our daughter – everything that continues with our daughter, we share it together. »»

Since the comments of the Union titles, she has tested the waters by letting Wade pay a larger part of their mortgage. This is not just about whether it can afford it, but for a union: “It is vulnerable enough to be open enough to know that I am well. I am well like his wife, ”she said. “He’s going well as a husband. I am well in this family. I’m fine in this house. I deserve it … And therefore, I try to expand my heart, to develop all the concepts of what vulnerability can look like. “”

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