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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Since the dawn of time women have used marriage to improve their prospects.  Even now, it is relatively rare to find a couple where the wife is the higher earner. 95% of women significantly improve their wealth and lifestyle through marriage to a higher status/wealthier man.

Among all of my friends who married, none of them lived nicer lives than they did after marriage. Their husbands are all well to do.
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Let's start with historically.  Yes, women generally needed to rely on a man since they couldn't make a living on their own, couldn't own property, have bank accounts, etc.  Marriages were often used to unify two different families.

That is kind of irrelevant.  These days, both sexes are better off financially if they marry.  But, married men are happier than unmarried, and the opposite is true for women (apparently).

Husband out earns me slightly now, but took a long time in education so I started investing first.  Wealth from my earnings would be more than his, if we divided things.  It's a mutually beneficial relationship, financially and other ways.  You can also diversify risk (two jobs) and specialize (someone focus on home, someone focuses on earning)[/quote]

This is our situation as well.  I started working and investing earlier than my husband as he was getting his advanced degree and so currently we're equal in terms of wealth even though his salary is a bit more than mine.  DH is a good husband and a father and so marriage has been valuable for other reasons.  Wondering how many people think like OP does which is a surprise![/quote]

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