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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People who say they work in case their husband divorces them or dies.

My friend married since 2006 to his wife who actually was so anxious to be a stay at home quit work while they were engaged to help plan wedding and she moved in. Well since then they bought a new home worth now around 3 million. Have two cars, I know my friend who makes around 500K has made almost 10 million in salary during marriage. And he goes max 401k and does IRA for her and has 529s fully funded all three kids. Since marriage greater than 10 years she gets his SS. In divorce she is entitled to 1/2 at this point, plus alimony, child support and if he drops dead she gets it all plus his multimillion life insurance policy.

Why would she need to work? Do you really think her making 100K a year is even going to matter. She did not have a big job. At his age he has around 10 million invested he makes around 1-2 million a year just on dividends, interest and capital gains a lot of years.    [/quote]

That’s great.
The problem is there is not enough of rich men for all the women who want them.
If Bill Gates wanted to marry me, I would not blink an eye about becoming SAHM…do social events, charities, humanitarian stuff and feel great about myself… 
How many Bill Gates are out there?

And then, what about other factors looks looks, being good in bed, personality?
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A SAHP is a risk, but it’s a risk that can be managed by most IF that is what a family wants to do. A lot of women and men don’t want to be SAHP and that’s obviously fine, but to pretend that only millionaire families can have a SAHP is crazy. Lots of American families do it. As long as you have some assets before you have kids, take out disability and life insurance for the working parent, have a good marriage, and make sure that both spouses remain involved in finances it can work. If you have to divorce the SAHP gets 1/2 the assets, alimony, child support, and 1/2 of the working spouses’ social security benefits. Even if you’re out for the workforce for a long time, transitioning back as a teacher or nurse isn’t hard. This was my sister’s plan when she became a SAHP and it works for her. Not appealing to a lot of women, but she always wanted to be a SAHM and is very happy. ( and she has an advanced degree and made a very nice salary before having kids).

Life is full of risks. We all choose to take risks for things that are important to us.

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