Mark Zuckerberg allegedly had a contract with then-girlfriend Priscilla Chan that if she moved to Silicon Valley, he would spend at least 100 minutes per week outside the home and office with her. It may seem like a particular and odd thing to put in writing, but Chan wanted to know what she was getting into before uprooting her life for a boyfriend.
Increasingly, people want clarification before entering into serious relationships, including marriage. According to a 2023 Harris Poll, “(41 percent) of Gen Z and (47 percent) of Millennials who are engaged or have been married said they entered a prenup.” In the 1990s, that number was 8 percent.
Consider that wedding site The Knot reports that 53 percent of couples date for two to five years before getting married, and 17 percent for six or more years, and yet they feel like life is uncertain enough that they want to lay out relationship expectations and what happens in a separation before getting married.
You spend maybe three hours talking to a potential employee before hiring them. And while Chan asked for 100 minutes of date time per week, you ask someone to be with you (in the office or virtually) for 2400 minutes per week, generally with a poorly written job description and thinly veiled promises.
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