I knew two men exact my age, who were in this situation. Not that they weren't trying to be the breadwinners, but their careers weren't taking off in the right path fast enough. One was my best friend in my freshmen year in college, who went on to finish law school. The other was my first cousin, who started off as a fireman, then got his business degree, then got a job as a superintendent.
They both married woman with very high paying careers, who often became the breadwinners, while they became stayed-at-home husbands a lot of time during their marriages, meanwhile doing in-between jobs. My college buddy finally started making a decent salary, but by that time, they were married for about 20 years. My cousin wound up doing real estate. Not sure why he left the superintendent job, but he and his wife were also married for about 20 years by that time as well.
My cousin, and my college buddy both wound up having massive hear attacks, and suddenly passing away. My college buddy practically dropped dead in the kitchen one morning while cooking breakfast. I remember telling him several months before this happened, that he would never have to worry about his wife taking half of everything if she left. Being in law, he sounded like he knew this, and he also sounded like it felt good knowing it. I remember comparing him to our mutual college buddy, who went and got his masters. He was also married for about 20 years, except his wife quit her job years ago, making him the breadwinner, while she did a little business job at home. If she divorced him today, he'd be screwed. I saw that buddy back in June, and he sounded screwed anyway...lol.
I'm not saying there was foul-play in my cousin's sudden death, or my college buddy's sudden death, but this is one h*ll of a coincidence, with them being the only two say-at-home husbands I knew. These two individuals were irreplaceable.
I'll end by saying, I would have never wanted to have their lives...and not just because two of them wound up deceased. And they probably would have never 100% wanted to have my life either. With all said, I believe everybody should just enjoy the life they have.