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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t want to be a marriage where there is an “ending” strategy.[/quote]

I don't have a pre or post nap but would totally do so if my spouse died and I remarried.  DH had nothing when we married and although he makes much more than I do, we've been together long enough that I would be fine if he had a crazy/ unexpected mid-life crisis and left me.

Not being realistic that some marriages actually do end has put millions of women in dire financial straits.  [b]I think it's worth all couples talking about - especially if the wife takes time off from work to raise kids as that can be the death knell for ever catching up with previous earning potential[/b].[/quote]

OP here. This is similar to our situation. I had to end my career in mid-life to allow him to take a "big" job in a state far from DC. I cannot work in my field outside of DC. (Home with the kids now.) It is unlikely that my income would ever recover if I had to work again, especially not in our new location, at my age, after an extended break from the workforce. The odds are against me. So I sacrificed my future earnings for his. He's currently making 3x our previous total family income. For our family, it was a good call. But, I'm not naive about how marriages can fall apart. Clearly, I need to protect my interest in his future earnings, which are only just beginning to accrue as assets.

However, in addition to finances, I'm also interested in how I can protect the kids. We have friends who have a nesting arrangement in their agreement. [/quote]

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