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In the words of Robert Kiyosaki, “My partner Donald Trump says that married couples should always have a prenuptial agreement. True, a prenuptial is important if one partner is much richer than the other before marriage, but Kim and I don’t have one.” Here speaks a man who stands at the crossroads of wealth and love, of caution and trust. The quote is not merely about contracts or wealth—it is about the deeper question of what binds two souls together: is it paper and law, or faith and devotion? Kiyosaki contrasts the worldly wisdom of Trump, who sees protection in a legal document, with his own reliance on trust in his wife Kim, a union built not upon contract but upon confidence in shared destiny.

The prenuptial agreement arises from fear and foresight. It is designed as a shield, guarding wealth and property should love dissolve into conflict. To some, it is prudence; to others, it is cynicism. For what does it mean to prepare for the end of love at the very moment of its beginning? Kiyosaki acknowledges its importance where great inequality exists between partners—when one brings much and the other little. In such cases, law may indeed serve to protect fairness. But his own declaration that he and Kim chose not to have one reveals a deeper faith: their wealth, their lives, their fortunes, are not separate, but united.

The ancients, too, struggled with this balance between law and trust. In Rome, marriage contracts often determined dowries and inheritance, ensuring wealth did not vanish in divorce or widowhood. Yet alongside this stood the ideal of concordia, the harmony of hearts, which no parchment could guarantee. Likewise, in medieval Europe, noble families arranged elaborate contracts before unions, while peasants often bound themselves by word and vow alone. History shows that while contracts can protect wealth, they cannot preserve love. The deepest unions are not those safeguarded by law, but those forged in trust, loyalty, and shared purpose.

Consider the story of Pierre and Marie Curie. Their marriage was not safeguarded by a prenuptial agreement but by shared labor and vision. Together they pursued discovery, sharing triumphs and enduring tragedy. When Pierre died, Marie carried forward their work, her loyalty unbroken. Their bond was not safeguarded by law, but by mutual devotion. This is the spirit Kiyosaki hints at with Kim—that their wealth and life are not separate domains to be guarded against each other, but a shared journey they have chosen to walk without legal walls between them.

Yet there is wisdom, too, in Trump’s counsel. Marriage can fail, and when it does, bitterness over wealth can destroy both love and legacy. Many unions have fallen into ruin because they lacked clarity at the beginning. The lesson is not that prenuptial agreements are evil, but that they are tools—useful when inequality exists, but insufficient to replace trust. A prenuptial can guard property, but it cannot guard the heart. To mistake one for the other is to confuse the treasures of the earth with the treasures of the soul.

The deeper meaning of Kiyosaki’s words, then, lies in this balance. In matters of wealth, prudence is wisdom. In matters of love, trust is essential. The strongest marriages, like the strongest partnerships, combine both: clarity in material matters, but also faith in the unseen, the intangible bond of loyalty. Where one leans too heavily on contracts, love may wither; where one rejects prudence altogether, chaos may arise. The art of union is to know when to guard and when to trust, when to write in ink and when to write in the heart.

The lesson for us is clear: do not let fear dictate your unions, nor let blind idealism leave you unprepared. Discuss openly the matters of wealth and duty, for silence breeds discord. Build trust that goes beyond the contract, for no paper can hold together what hearts abandon. Above all, remember that marriage is more than property—it is a shared destiny. When two lives are bound in faith, they create something no law can undo.

Practical actions follow from this wisdom. Examine your motives before entering marriage—are they love, or security? Decide together how wealth and property will be managed, not in secrecy but in open dialogue. Honor the contract if it is needed, but never let it replace the daily work of loyalty and love. And above all, cherish the bond itself, for that is the true treasure—greater than gold, greater than property, greater than any paper could ever protect.

Thus, Robert Kiyosaki’s words, framed by contrast with Trump’s pragmatism, remind us that while wealth demands protection, love demands trust. The true foundation of marriage is not contract but covenant, not paper but faith. Let us pass this wisdom forward: build wisely, but love fearlessly, for only in the union of prudence and trust does marriage find its enduring strength.