Any woman here built wealth independent of her marriage?
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Anonymous
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Any women here who build their own wealth through career/investments and not because they married rich?
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Anonymous
| Probably everyone, yes! |
Anonymous
| What's your definition of "wealth"? |
Anonymous
| 33, married, $1.2 million in real estate prior to being married plus a half million in 'investments'. But I'm looking to build a better whole portfolio and of course, none of that has to do with what my DH has. |
Anonymous
This. I married at 30 and brought a 400k house and roughly 800k in retirement and investments that was solely mine. Not rich at all, but I was proud of myself for doing that on my own. |
Anonymous
| Not wealthy, but I was pleased with the $500k in retirement savings and $400k in real estate I accumulated before I married at 30. We are on better footing together with $3 million in retirement/brokerage accounts and $1.5 million in real estate investment properties at 34 and 35. No problem building your own and then amplifying with marriage. |
Anonymous
| Sure. I have high earnings, and was an owner in a company we sold a few years ago so got some money from that. I was the primary breadwinner for 25 years, now DH earns closer to my level. |
Anonymous
Yes. I started working after I graduated college at 20. Bought my first house at 24. And subsequent rental properties before I turned 30. Started my own company at 35. Had a sizable investment portfolio and retirement accounts are all sorted before my marriage at 37. |
Anonymous
| Yes. I've worked for 25 years and bought my first condo when I was 30. I have investments and retirement and rental homes. Why wouldn't I? DH and I have about equal contributions - I outearn him by a lot but he brought more inheritance to our family. But mostly it is 50-50 in terms of overall wealth. |
Anonymous
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Does half a mil count?
If so, yes, through investments. However, my spouse was the one who advised me to invest in that specific company, so... it's all thanks to him, really. |
Anonymous
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$350k real estate
$750k retirement Pension worth $33k / yr 58 years old |
Anonymous
Typo 48 years old |
Anonymous
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$700k equity in real estate (two homes)
$500k in retirement/investments 59 years old Not what I'd call wealthy, but I'm proud of my accomplishments. |
Anonymous
| I love reading posts by independent, ambitious women. It's like cat nip. All of you are awesome!!!! |
Anonymous
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Not wealth by a wealthy person's standards, but I had substantial personal and retirement savings from working 6 or so years at a law firm before we married. I was able to pay off my own student loans and my husband's (his were not large) and put $100K down on our house, and still have a healthy emergency account and partial payment for our wedding. Around that time I took a pay cut for a job with a pension, which will (if I stay until retirement) support both of us in our old age.
Married 8 years and he only recently started earning as much as I do at my less lucrative second career. I manage our money. |