You need a prenup

您需要一份婚前协议

Today, Explained

2026-01-24

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More young people are insisting on prenups. They’re not just for millionaires and celebrities anymore. This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy, edited by Jolie Myers and Jenny Lawton, fact checked by Andrea López-Cruzado, engineered by Patrick Boyd and David Tatasciore, and hosted by Noel King. Photo by Chantal CASANOVA/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. New Vox members get $20 off their membership right now. Transcript at ⁠vox.com/today-explained-podcast.⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  • My mother was surprised that we were getting a prenup.

  • She didn't, in her mind, it wasn't something that, you know,

  • people like us got, like people of our income range would be getting.

  • She's like, it's for the billionaire.

  • It's the daddy warboxes, yeah.

  • Yeah, yeah.

  • So she was like, what are you doing?

  • I don't understand.

  • Parents, famously, just don't understand.

  • But here at Today Explained, we have also been wondering what's going on with pre-nups.

  • Data shows that many younger couples, so think Gen Z and millennials,

  • are signing these agreements before they get married.

  • Even couples that make more or less the same amount of money come from similar financial backgrounds and don't have many assets to protect.

  • So is romance dead or is it just evolving?

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