Oddbean new post about login | logout A three part story 1. Savings-focused finance account I follow on X talks about how he’s getting married. People tell him in the comments noooo don’t do it and he’s like “why not lol” 2. He gets married 3. A few months later, he posts that now he understands the adage “all of her money is her money. Half of my money is also her money.”
As a self proclaimed expert on strategy and risk management … Marriage is bad strategy and bad risk management for the man. It is good strategy and good risk management for the woman. I will defend this statement as objectively true by all standards used to formulate strategy and assess risk. If any standard gives you a different answer, then that standard should be ignored completely. And yes, I will be clear that we sometimes diverge from good strategy because YOLO.
@86ee8b2c there's a great bit in craig ferguson's "riding the elephant" memoir where he talks about getting divorced in california. after getting half, the ex-wife also gets 40% of the man's gross earnings for half-as-many years of however long they were married. so, say you're married six years. your ex-wife gets 40% of whatever you earn (pre-tax lol) for the next three years after the settlement. can't knock the commies! they get things done.