After 8 years of medical school, there won’t be a house, or assets to divide up, yet. Just a bunch of bills.
Sure, if you spent 90-100% of the income. That kind of income, even after paying student loans, could easily generate $100-200k a year in investments, compounding at 9% annual (average S&P). In a scenario where there are no assets, I agree longer alimony would make sense. In my scenario, she’d get about $1.5 million, and I’d have to pay ~$150k/yr TAX FREE for however many years she’d be awarded (likely 8-9 years) if she left me today [we’re in a happy marriage today so unlikely, but we did separate 4 years ago and nearly divorced, so I had done a lot of research on it in my state.]