
Marry Well. Really Well 179
of
men
surveyed said they'd
marry
for
money
too. Interestingly,
women in
their
20s had
both
the
highest expectations
of
divorce
(71 percent) and
the
highest asking prices ($2.5 million).'
I re-emphasize, marrying rich doesn't mean marrying badly.
My
paternal
great
-grandfather,
Phi
lip 1. Fisher, worked his who le
life for Levi
Strauss-the
person and
the
firm.
My
grandfather,
Dr
.
Arthur
L. Fisher (whom I wrote
about
at length in my last
book), was a direct beneficiary
of
marrying for
money
and so am 1.
His
elrlesr
sister
C:lrolin
e
openly
married
for
money
in
the
nine-
teenth
century
when
courted-throug
h my great-grandFather's
introd
uction-by
a wealthy Levi Strauss relative,
Henry
Sahlein.
Typical
of
nineteenth-century
marriages, she came to love him
dur
-
ing marriage.
This
was just the way it was
done
back then.
He
p
ro-
vided for
her
generously. She in
turn
provided for
her
many family
members, including
putting
her
brother
(my grandfather)
through
medical school and my father
through
college.
If
she
hadn't
mar-
ried for money,
I'm
certain my youth would have been
tougher
.
I benefited
through
three
generations. Even now,
there
's an annual
Thanksgiving
dinner
Caroline
started in
the
1920s for
the
family.
Now
it's
run
by her granddaughters all in th eir 70s and 80s. I go
almost every year and give thanks for
Caro
line marrying for
money
.
Today,
the
only difference is you want to establish love before
the
wedding vows. Otherwise the same principles apply.
HOW
TO
MARRY
A
MILLIONAIRE ...