{"id":627,"date":"2026-05-28T07:03:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T07:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lighteningweightloss.com\/relationships\/?p=627"},"modified":"2026-05-28T07:03:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T07:03:24","slug":"the-brutal-marriage-truth-every-man-needs-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lighteningweightloss.com\/relationships\/?p=627","title":{"rendered":"The BRUTAL Marriage Truth Every Man NEEDS To Know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lODvYGlO2tU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Who you marry is one of the biggest financial decisions you will ever make, and most people never think about it that way. 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Steven takes the quiz live and discovers he is a spendthrift, while Ben lands in the middle as unconflicted.<\/p>\n<p>Discover:<br \/>\n\u2022 Why tightwads and spendthrifts are more likely to marry each other than their own type<br \/>\n\u2022 The quiz developed by Carnegie Mellon researchers to identify your spending profile<br \/>\n\u2022 Why Ben Felix believes everyone with a partner should consider a prenup<br \/>\n\u2022 How a six-year divorce battle could have been avoided with one document<br \/>\n\u2022 Why a 100% stock portfolio may be safer than a traditional stock-bond mix<br \/>\n\u2022 The hidden cost of covered call ETFs that most investors don&#8217;t understand<br \/>\n\u2022 How inflation quietly cuts your cash savings in half over 20 years<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcfa Watch the full episode here &#8211; https:\/\/youtu.be\/jLFG_FZKbks<\/p>\n<p>\u2764\ufe0f Subscribe to our main channel &#8211;<br \/>\nwww.youtube.com\/TheDiaryOfACEO<\/p>\n<p>Get your hands on exclusive Diary of a CEO products: https:\/\/thediary.com\/collections\/all?utm_source=youtube&amp;utm_medium=organic&amp;utm_campaign=experiment&amp;utm_term=clipschannel<\/p>\n<p>#thediaryofaceo #doac<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who you marry is one of the biggest financial decisions you will ever make, and most people never think about [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":628,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.6 - 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