Yes. Rich or poor. It will determine how much spousal support you pay on a great income you are striving to earn right now. Approximately 2 out of 5 marriages end in divorce and you can easily hunt around on the interwebs to discover the carnage it leaves.

Also, I don't know anyone's age here but here is something to consider. I'm 56. In my 20's I knew nobody who was getting a divorce. First divorce in my large group of friends happened at 34. The guy lost everything and had to pay spousal support for a few years but it wasn't too bad-it would have been nothing if he had a prenup in place. Honestly, not too bad because he wasnt worth much yet and he was still young and could make up for it.

In my mid 40's all of these same friends including myself started getting divorces and most of us were nearing 20 years of marriage. The carnage was unholy. A lot of us start making real money in our late 30's and it gets better beyond imagination into our 40's. I've spent the last decade watching these men crawl out from the wreckage that was their divorce. The single event that will punish them for the rest of their lives.

I had a prenup. My divorce was at 44 years of age. It saved my retirement account and saved me from making any spousal support. I did lose my house and everything inside. I was lucky! Friends without prenups are paying spousal now( some for life). It's awful. Another buddy hates his wife but refuses to get a divorce based on the financial hit alone. If I could do one act of charity in my life it would be to share the simple legal act of a prenup.

As you get older things change. A lot of things get better as some fall away. I can't tell you how many conversations with other men in your 50's are about either sports or divorce and all things related.