First comes love, then comes the prenup
This Is Uncomfortable
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4.6 • 3.6K Ratings
🗓️ 19 February 2026
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Think that a prenup isn’t for you? Think again! Prenups are not just for rich people: they can protect you against debt and mitigate future issues like spousal support and custody. You’ve got to talk honestly about money if you want to build a shared financial life together, while still protecting yourself. This week, Reema Khrais talks with family lawyer Sahar Taylor and financial therapist Aja Evans to understand how prenups work and the deeper emotions underneath.
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Correction (Feb. 20, 2026): Previous versions of this story misstated the percentage of prenups among married Americans.”
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, Rima and team. This is Alina, colleague from Seattle. I'm a huge fan of the podcast. I don't know exactly when I started listening, but I know the first episode that I remember is the one called divorce story, because it was a way that my partner, now wife and I were able to have more open conversations about pre-nups. I particularly knew I wanted one because I had my own |
| 0:23.1 | business that I started years before we got married and I knew that I wanted to protect it. |
| 0:28.8 | And that podcast was something that we both listened to and it helped us open up the conversation. |
| 0:36.5 | I'm Rima Grace and welcome to This Is Uncomfortable. |
| 0:39.3 | Alina is talking about an episode we did back in 2020 about divorce and how it helped her and her partner talk openly about pre-ups. |
| 0:47.6 | She called her hotline to share her thoughts, which you can also do, by the way. |
| 0:50.6 | The number is 347, ring TIU. |
| 0:53.3 | We've told a lot of stories over the years about money |
| 0:56.1 | and relationships. And pre-ups is one of those topics I've been wanting to come back to and dig into a |
| 1:01.0 | little more. Back when I got married, I knew very little about pre-ups. They just weren't something |
| 1:05.9 | people around me really talked about, felt kind of taboo. But these days, it feels different. About 15% of Americans |
| 1:12.5 | apparently have a pre-nup, and nearly half say they'd be open to signing one, especially Gen Z and |
| 1:18.2 | millennials. So this week, we're talking pre-ups, the misconceptions, how they actually work, |
| 1:24.0 | and the bigger questions they bring up about love and power. I'm chatting with two people |
| 1:29.2 | who see couples at some of their most intimate crossroads, family lawyer Sahar Taylor and financial |
| 1:34.6 | therapist Aja Evans. Sahar and Aja, welcome to the show. Thank you for having us. Hi, thank you for |
| 1:40.8 | having us. So excited. Okay, so I want to start by playing this clip from the Bravo reality show, Vanderpump Rules. |
| 1:47.5 | The show follows the dramatic lives of restaurant staff in West Hollywood. |
| 1:51.1 | And there's this moment from the show that I always think about when the subject of pre-ups comes up. |
| 1:56.6 | In this scene, Katie and her fiancé Tom sit down with a lawyer to talk about getting a pre-up. |
| 2:02.5 | So? |
| 2:03.5 | Yeah. |
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