Starter marriage =/= starter capital for women.
That's the great tragedy of all of this. They think they're being clever. Their parents probably pay for the wedding, but who pays for the divorce and the divorce party? At that age, there's going to be nothing to divvy up after the divorce and the woman is going to end up with nothing in retirement. Women typically have less in retirement savings than men. The tens of thousands of dollars getting blown on all of this, if invested at that age, or built up as equity in a property, would be worth hundreds of thousands four decades later.
That's the great tragedy of all of this. They think they're being clever. Their parents probably pay for the wedding, but who pays for the divorce and the divorce party? At that age, there's going to be nothing to divvy up after the divorce and the woman is going to end up with nothing in retirement. Women typically have less in retirement savings than men. The tens of thousands of dollars getting blown on all of this, if invested at that age, or built up as equity in a property, would be worth hundreds of thousands four decades later.