[Varda]

" it's not about the extra income or the big toys. It's insurance against alimony and community property divisions........when it's ALL their property."

Actually I think what you named is just more in the same category of "toys" or more accurately, material goods. I would bet against the long term prospects of a marriage where the preservation of property was the guiding factor in a marriage decision. Men and women both do this I know... it's not a good trend.

[summer]

it's not a good trend

I agree. My parents' generation was very different, as those people seemed to have started out by believing more in themselves and as a unit or team when they married, as opposed to worrying how to divide what, when and if the marriage collapsed. The couples of their generation have been married, 30, 40, 50 years, etc. Somehow love really was enough in their time.