Any woman here built wealth independent of her marriage?

[Anonymous]

Before I was married, by 36 I had

Real estate: 450,000 (owed less than $100k on it)

Retirement: approx $450k

Investments and savings: approx $600k

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love reading posts by independent, ambitious women. It's like cat nip. All of you are awesome!!!!

You do know, that this is internet. Ds showed me Instagram of his elementary classmates: pretend real estate moguls and investment bankers. Look at statistics.

Its a shame that you think that its an improbability for women to be smart, savvy accumulators of wealth independently of the person they married. I was schooled from elementary age to be independent which is how I got to where I am, not by depending on my husband or partner to provide for me.

Doesn't take away from the fact that people lie, lie, lie.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My mom brought me up NOT to marry rich and to be completely independent. I think she was a little extreme and could have been more balanced. Not all rich men are bad people. Anyway, I do have more money than my DH.. significantly more but from the outside I think most people think that he is the one who earned more money. I wasn't interested in having kids until I had money. I started a company and had $10 mil. by the time I was 32.

God dayum. Spectacular. I hope you have daughters so you can pass on your genes and philosophy to them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love reading posts by independent, ambitious women. It's like cat nip. All of you are awesome!!!!

You do know, that this is internet. Ds showed me Instagram of his elementary classmates: pretend real estate moguls and investment bankers. Look at statistics.

Its a shame that you think that its an improbability for women to be smart, savvy accumulators of wealth independently of the person they married. I was schooled from elementary age to be independent which is how I got to where I am, not by depending on my husband or partner to provide for me.

Doesn't take away from the fact that people lie, lie, lie.

Oh, is that the point of your post -- that we are all lying about our finances on an anonymous forum? I wasn't sure what you meant.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My mom brought me up NOT to marry rich and to be completely independent. I think she was a little extreme and could have been more balanced. Not all rich men are bad people. Anyway, I do have more money than my DH.. significantly more but from the outside I think most people think that he is the one who earned more money. I wasn't interested in having kids until I had money. I started a company and had $10 mil. by the time I was 32.

God dayum. Spectacular. I hope you have daughters so you can pass on your genes and philosophy to them.

Not believable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love reading posts by independent, ambitious women. It's like cat nip. All of you are awesome!!!!

You do know, that this is internet. Ds showed me Instagram of his elementary classmates: pretend real estate moguls and investment bankers. Look at statistics.

Its a shame that you think that its an improbability for women to be smart, savvy accumulators of wealth independently of the person they married. I was schooled from elementary age to be independent which is how I got to where I am, not by depending on my husband or partner to provide for me.

Doesn't take away from the fact that people lie, lie, lie.

Have to agree. A ton of people on forums are trolls, and there are so many others who naively believe them. Sometimes the trolls are obvious- 10 million $ poster on this thread is an example.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love reading posts by independent, ambitious women. It's like cat nip. All of you are awesome!!!!

You do know, that this is internet. Ds showed me Instagram of his elementary classmates: pretend real estate moguls and investment bankers. Look at statistics.

Its a shame that you think that its an improbability for women to be smart, savvy accumulators of wealth independently of the person they married. I was schooled from elementary age to be independent which is how I got to where I am, not by depending on my husband or partner to provide for me.

Doesn't take away from the fact that people lie, lie, lie.

Have to agree. A ton of people on forums are trolls, and there are so many others who naively believe them. Sometimes the trolls are obvious- 10 million $ poster on this thread is an example.

Exactly. The only thing I do believe is that all of these women make less money than their husband.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not what the original poster asked but I am not feeling very inadequate with my $300k in retirement savings at 35

You're doing better than me. I was a low earner until I went back to school and now making decent money at 39. You have about twice as me, although I have a little money in real estate, but not much.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love reading posts by independent, ambitious women. It's like cat nip. All of you are awesome!!!!

You do know, that this is internet. Ds showed me Instagram of his elementary classmates: pretend real estate moguls and investment bankers. Look at statistics.

Its a shame that you think that its an improbability for women to be smart, savvy accumulators of wealth independently of the person they married. I was schooled from elementary age to be independent which is how I got to where I am, not by depending on my husband or partner to provide for me.

Doesn't take away from the fact that people lie, lie, lie.

Have to agree. A ton of people on forums are trolls, and there are so many others who naively believe them. Sometimes the trolls are obvious- 10 million $ poster on this thread is an example.

No one posted that they have $10mm

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love reading posts by independent, ambitious women. It's like cat nip. All of you are awesome!!!!

You do know, that this is internet. Ds showed me Instagram of his elementary classmates: pretend real estate moguls and investment bankers. Look at statistics.

Its a shame that you think that its an improbability for women to be smart, savvy accumulators of wealth independently of the person they married. I was schooled from elementary age to be independent which is how I got to where I am, not by depending on my husband or partner to provide for me.

Doesn't take away from the fact that people lie, lie, lie.

Have to agree. A ton of people on forums are trolls, and there are so many others who naively believe them. Sometimes the trolls are obvious- 10 million $ poster on this thread is an example.

No one posted that they have $10mm

Someone did - and by age 32!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love reading posts by independent, ambitious women. It's like cat nip. All of you are awesome!!!!

You do know, that this is internet. Ds showed me Instagram of his elementary classmates: pretend real estate moguls and investment bankers. Look at statistics.

Its a shame that you think that its an improbability for women to be smart, savvy accumulators of wealth independently of the person they married. I was schooled from elementary age to be independent which is how I got to where I am, not by depending on my husband or partner to provide for me.

Doesn't take away from the fact that people lie, lie, lie.

Have to agree. A ton of people on forums are trolls, and there are so many others who naively believe them. Sometimes the trolls are obvious- 10 million $ poster on this thread is an example.

No one posted that they have $10mm

Someone did - and by age 32!

I guess I missed that. If it's true, good for her!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love reading posts by independent, ambitious women. It's like cat nip. All of you are awesome!!!!

You do know, that this is internet. Ds showed me Instagram of his elementary classmates: pretend real estate moguls and investment bankers. Look at statistics.

Its a shame that you think that its an improbability for women to be smart, savvy accumulators of wealth independently of the person they married. I was schooled from elementary age to be independent which is how I got to where I am, not by depending on my husband or partner to provide for me.

Doesn't take away from the fact that people lie, lie, lie.

Have to agree. A ton of people on forums are trolls, and there are so many others who naively believe them. Sometimes the trolls are obvious- 10 million $ poster on this thread is an example.

Exactly. The only thing I do believe is that all of these women make less money than their husband.

Why would you say that? Sure, it might be more the norm but surely it isn't out of line to see women significantly wealthier than their spouse?