I kind of feel sorry for younger people when they get married because I know why we cry at weddings.

Your one listener who said something about her now fiancée really wants to get married. Is it about finances or is it about

the blessing? That's a pre-up attorney and a certified financial planner talking about marriage.

They both have longtime partners, by the way, and not that anyone's overly focused on the bottom line, but now that

we're older, we might need to be wiser. When it comes to walking down the aisle, love isn't the

only consideration. Maybe I do. That's this episode of Dating While Gray, the Grownups Guide to

Love Sex and Relationships. I'm Laura Stasi.

When history and tradition suggests that marriage is the ultimate romantic commitment,

it can be hard to take a different path.

My name is Stacy, and I'm from Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

My boyfriend of about four years, asked me to marry him.

I love him and I want to be committed.

I have no problem being in the relationship with him for a long time, if not forever.

But I was worried about finances for each of us in the future.

It's taken me a long time to be where I'm at financially, and I'm very proud of it.

And not that my boyfriend would do anything, but my ex-husband was very bad at finances and

destroyed our credit.

I know that my boyfriend isn't that, but I'm just really proud.

And I don't see where it will change anything in our relationship.

It's very strong. We're very much together, and I was just wondering if you had anything

or any shows about that. Thank you.

Thank you, Stacey. She was game to share her story, but we had technical difficulties

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