Comments by "SmallSpoonBrigade" (@SmallSpoonBrigade) on "Things You Should Never Say About Money In A Relationship | The Financial Diet" video.

  1. Women are a lot smarter about finances that they generally get credit for. It's how they know when to take advantage of one of those no fault divorces to force their ex to pay their way into the future without any benefit for him coming of it. Which is also why men have to be so careful about the women they date as there is no piece of paper you can sign that can't be overruled in family court by a judge that probably doesn't care about the well being of the soon to be ex husband when confronted by an enraged woman demanding that she be allowed to continue her current standard of living even without cause for divorce.
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  2. This is generally good advice, but, I don't think it should automatically be a 50/50 sharing of things, especially if the guy is making more and we're talking about a married couple. Men are going to need that extra money in case the woman gets bored and demands a divorce. In which case, he'll likely lost everything, not just the things she contributed, but probably the assets he brought into the marriage as well. It's hard enough to justify taking on the risk knowing that if you screwed up the screening process that no pre-nup will protect you against family court judges renegotiating after the fact or outright disregarding it. And part of that is standard of living.
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