"Why did you get married at this stage of your life?" asked recently divorced Sue of recently married Marilyn. Marilyn went on to explain that she's a very traditional woman and felt it was a more moral way to live. To which Sue again pressed "but you trade off a sense of your feeling of morality for potential financial problems. You mentioned that you both have children from former marriages and both have assets". "Oh, I'm not worried about that as we have a verbal agreement between us" exclaimed Marilyn. And so it went on until Sue realized that it was a fruitless conversation as Marilyn could not and would not entertain the thought that there could be/would be any problems in her new and exciting married life. For her, this was not so much about money but her values and sense of morality. They'd work out the finances.
Now Sue knew better, she thought, as she just recently experienced a brutal divorce with her second husband whom she thought adored her and would always have her best interest at heart. Ah, but life has its unexpected twists and turns and that was before Sue decided she'd like to become more active in her community and share her talents with the non-profit world. She could never have anticipated that this decision would have had such a significantly negative impact on her marriage.
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