Discourse about the role of the wife to support the family is increasingly becoming an interesting discourse, also often discussed in various academic spaces. This is due to the dynamics of people's lives experiencing shifts and changes. Call it in this case women as wives have the potential and open access to take part in the role of supporting the family. At the same time, men as husbands sometimes, due to certain conditions and situations, do not have the potential and open access to support their families. This problem occurs in almost all levels of society, including the people of Lamakera, Motonwutun Village, who have a livelihood as fishermen. The husbands who are in the Lamakera village Motonwutun Village earn their living by going to sea, while the sea depends on certain seasons. So that the geographical and sociological conditions provide open access for wives to take part in making a living, whether it is in the form of a partner or sole breadwinner.