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‘I’ve sacrificed my career’: My husband and I may divorce soon, but he will inherit $1 million. How do I make sure I get half?

‘He plays golf. I stay home. He gets a promotion. I take our child to birthday parties and after-school activities’

“He plays golf. I stay home. He gets a promotion. I take our child to birthday parties and after-school activities,” a reader writes.
“He plays golf. I stay home. He gets a promotion. I take our child to birthday parties and after-school activities,” a reader writes. Photo: Getty Images/iStockphoto

Dear Quentin,

I have been married for eight years. My husband and I have had our ups and downs, as most married couples do. We got married young — he was 26 and I was 25 — which was probably not the best idea, as we had only known each other about a year and a half. We’ve both changed, not always for the better, and we’re now very different people. 

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Quentin Fottrell is MarketWatch's Managing Editor-Advice Columns and The Moneyist columnist. You can follow him on Twitter @quantanamo.

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