Many people are in the dark when it comes to money, and I'm going to turn on the lights.
Suze OrmanRead
Prenups are so unromantic - a sign of distrust, not love. Time for a reality check, my friends. First, drawing up a prenuptial agreement together is a sign of incredible trust and financial openness - you're fooling yourself if you think you can achieve complete intimacy without it.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Prenuptial agreements signify trust and openness in a relationship, not distrust or a lack of love.
In this quote, Suze Orman argues that prenuptial agreements should not be viewed negatively as they are often associated with distrust in a romantic relationship. Instead, she emphasizes that creating a prenup together can actually reflect a deep level of trust and financial transparency between partners, suggesting that true intimacy requires both emotional and practical considerations.
Themes
PrenuptialTrustRelationshipsIntimacyOpenness
In practice
Example use cases
During a panel discussion about modern relationships, one might quote Suze Orman to highlight the importance of financial transparency in marriages.
More from Suze Orman
All quotes →Bad debt is sacrificing your future day needs for your present day desires.
Suze OrmanRead
We are all powerless as children, and money looms so powerfully... we don't grow up to claim our financial power until we look money directly in the eye, face our fears, and claim that power back.
Suze OrmanRead
Owning a home is a keystone of wealth - both financial affluence and emotional security.
Suze OrmanRead
Believing you are worthy of love means that you believe I deserve to be treated well - with respect and dignity. I deserve to be cherished and adored by someone. I am worthy of an intimate and fulfilling relationship. I won't settle for less than I deserve. I will do whatever it takes to create that for myself.
Suze OrmanRead
So many financial dreams are thwarted by the failure to act upon good intentions.
Suze OrmanRead
Similar quotes
What we need to do is learn to respect and embrace our differences until our differences don't make a difference in how we are treated.
Yolanda KingRead
The greatest fear dogs know is the fear that you will not come back when you go out the door without them.
Stanley CorenRead
So think long and hard about who you're spending the most time with, for wherever they are headed, so are you.
John C. MaxwellRead
Hassan and I fed from the same breasts. We took our first steps on the same lawn in the same yard. And, under the same roof, we spoke our first words. Mine was Baba. His was Amir. My name. Looking back on it now, I think the foundation for what happened in the winter of 1975 —and all that followed— was already laid in those first words.
Khaled HosseiniRead
Betrayal answers betrayal, the mask of love is answered by the disappearance of love.
Albert CamusRead
You see, we are here, as far as I can tell, to help each other - our brothers, our sisters, our friends, our enemies. That's to help each other, not hurt each other.
Stevie Ray VaughanRead