If a man chooses to marry a woman who is not employed, it implies that he must financially support her. During marriage, he will accumulates wealth, and in the event of a divorce, she may be entitled to half of the assets acquired during the marriage.
Is It Realistic to Financially Support Your Wife All Your Life?
We live longer than the previous generations. Take it into account. Let’s imagine that a man got married to an unemployed woman at 30 years old. Let’s imagine that he died at 80 years old. This means that he had to financially support his wife for 50 years! Half a century! This particular man fed his woman for 50 years.
Many people talk about the expenses related to a child. What about the cost of an unemployed wife?
duration of child support => around 20 years. Duration of housewife support => 50 years!
If a man decides to share his life with an unemployed woman, what would happen if he gets chronically ill? I let you imagine the outcome. For example, let’s imagine a man who married a woman who was unemployed for 20 years. He gets ill or handicapped. He must stop working. His wife must go back to work. In this case, she has no work experience, an empty resume and likely no skills.
Retirement & issue related to unemployed wife
Even if a couple is not married, if they stay together, there will be a major issue after retirement.
I have two examples proving that you should not marry an unemployed woman.
- One of my neighbors had Alzheimer disease at 69 year old. Her wife never worked. He had a modest income, and his retirement pension was really low. They had to rely on one pension to survive. They ended in a dilapidated house. There was only one room that served as a bedroom, kitchen and living room. They heavily relied on social welfare.
- I knew a Dutch couple who decided to move to Brazil and started a farming business there. However, they didn’t earn a lot of money. They had 2 children. In the 90’s they came back to Europe. The man got a job but the wife stayed at home even if the wife had an engineering degree while living in one of the most booming economies of Europe at that time. She could have gone back to work at 40 years old but she didn’t. She could have worked for 30 years after coming back to Europe. She could have made contributions to the household budget and the retirement plan for 30 years. Afterward, they would have received two pension payments following their retirement.
Since the husband has a very small pension, They purchased a dilapidated building for $30,000. During the winter months, they rely on a wood-burning stove for heat, which can only warm up two rooms. Their home is not connected to the electrical grid.
Marriage
The classic wedding agreement is only worth if you marry a woman who earns as much as you (theoretically because I have still stories where women stopped working and never went back to work). In case of a divorce, you get back the part of the wealth that you accumulated during the common life. If you earn more than your wife under a classic wedding agreement, it means that you accumulate wealth for your wife. Never forget that in the end, if a divorce occurs, you will give up half of your wealth.
When an unemployed woman married a hard working man, it is like she won the lottery.
So many benefits to date a financially independent woman!
When you date a woman who is really financially independent, you have less pressure on your shoulders because she already earns money, she knows the value of money and she does not expect you to be her sponsor. When a woman has some money she does not need to manipulate you to get money.
The financial situation of a woman is the result of a decision she made early.
Unfortunately, I know situations where a man shared his life with a woman and then, stopped working for good for no medical reasons or family reasons.