As a native Atlantan and long time consultant/freelancer, this is not a thing. No one in my experience has ever characterized a consultant as a freelancer supported by their spouse.
Maybe I'm responding to a more direct personal experience of "so you're just consulting then". Anyway, this is not a problem I have not overcome in my own business.
There are some very huge consulting companies in the Atlanta area for sure. That is a different scale altogether.
There are some very huge consulting companies in the Atlanta area for sure. That is a different scale altogether.