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A few months ago, I was out with acquaintances who had gotten married—in a courtroom, just the two of them—the weekend prior. They have been together for years; she got an academic job in Shanghai, and he wanted to go with her. Somewhat indecorously, I asked them if they had gotten a prenup. They said no. I asked if any of their friends had gotten them. “Not that I know of,” she said. “Our friends are too poor.”

This sentiment, it turns out, is slightly outdated. Prenups are on the rise, and they are especially common among millennial and Gen Z Americans. According to a 2022 Harris Poll survey, 15 percent of Americans have signed a prenup (up from 3 percent in 2

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