A husband gave his wife only 800 pesos a month to raise two children… but when he went to a funeral in his town, he saw the biggest mansion in town and the seven-year secret left him breathless.
After their first child was born, Mateo insisted that his wife, Valeria, quit her job and stay home to raise the baby. When their second child arrived a year later, life in Mexico City became even more expensive—but Mateo never changed his attitude.
“A woman’s job is to take care of the house and children,” he would say proudly. “Earning money is the man’s duty—and in this house, I’m in charge.”
