Fear of Relationships over worry about losing everything

Was her name Marissa Mayer?

 

No sorry, I don't know anyone that famous.

 

lol....and she pays ???

 

Of course, the internals are not known and must be a choice, but.......

Karl takes a hit with divorce settlement

 

I seen him on the weekend - no longer together!

 

I am so shocked by this news.....

 

What caused the split?

 

Do not recall or know TBH, it has been in media quite a bit, but usually it is one of a handful of things.

 

Looks like in the end it still remained amiable!

 

I doubt it.

 

Do you get a lot of young single clients come to you with these types of questions from a asset protection/structuring point of view? Have to admit it is at the forefront of my mind.

 

not really. Probably around 10% of those wanting asset protection advice want advice on the 'gold digging' spouse aspect.

 

Too late if "spouse" and concern over "gold digger" is the subject of a convo.... lol

 

6 years later and those mates that prompted me to write this are still single. Approaching 60 and even more scared now of relationships. All men.

 

I do not blame them frankly. Family law really is a donkey.

 

I'm heading the same way. Getting close to a year since I've even been on a date. I'm just not interested in dating a man who has nothing to his name.

 

It's a lot harder to rebuild your wealth at 60 than let us say 30 for most people. It's a tough life living on your own but if you've been involved with really bad relationships, you also never want to go down that track again either.

 

In fact, why does one need to enter into a formal relationship when in middle age ?

I see a bunch of single women who seem to often think it is "me" time, who have the old ideas, but want the modern freedoms, or hell, want to be the man in some cases (but only if the other one has enough assets and income and position/job/status to meet the long list of requirements they often have), and I am sure there is a bunch of loser men too.

Or you have the middle age one who is looking for a second meal ticket, because at 50+ they still think like a teenager or 20yr old and think that one thing they have is still of the same value, and it is not.

We are just lucky we can have agreements going in, but that does not address the contributions issue, that will not be there for all, but likely for many.

 

Too late, already 30 years into it.

 

I went through a divorce a couple of years ago. Not fun and it did affect me greatly when it came to dating later.

It didn't stop me, but I discovered that I was after someone who wanted me as opposed to needed me.