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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At 25 few people are wealthy unless born into it. You marry someone for many reasons including the potential to have a good career. We have plenty of wealthy friends and none of them were born into it. At the same time plenty of people never achieve their potential. [/quote]

This.  Most people are meeting their spouses in their 20s.  They aren't rich yet.  They may be in law school or med school, junior bankers, etc. and have potential.  But plenty of junior biglaw associates never make the big bucks as partner.  [/quote]

A lot of good potential spouses also decide having a somewhat absent partner and not having real $$ for 10-15 years isn't worth it. It is reasonable for them to instead focus on the law partners and docs (and others) in their 40s who have better work-life balance and want to do things like travel and splurge now. People call out age gaps but I totally understand the thinking and the attraction well beyond just the $$. Why go through the suffering if you don't have to. You can still get a wonderful, supportive, and generous spouse who has already won the rat race many of your peers are just beginning. Those people who have been through that professional pressure for a while also often have a self-confidence that is great versus the constant uncertainty and imposter syndrome you see with early and mid-career professionals. [/quote]

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