I married at 27 and divorced at 31. I had a BFA in place well before the wedding; on exit it was the best money I ever spent. It sped the financial side of the divorce process up and gave security over the division of assets.

The house was split at the proportions we contributed 20/80 and I handed over low six figures which was a low digit percentage of NW. No children; so that was of benefit. 

In this day, with divorce rates at 40%+ with 70% of divorces initiated by women and the biased state of the legal system marriage without protecting the downside is like driving without insurance.

Men (and women) need to start being proactive protecting themselves through use of the legal system. Too many bury their head in the sand buying into the Disney fairytale thinking it won’t happen to them.

Statistics don’t lie; marriage is a business, your spouse is your partner. That’s how the law views it and if you haven’t had real conversations, agreed and formalised it legally with independent advice you can’t complain about ‘unfair’ outcomes as it’s common knowledge.