Geraldo Rivera: What A Woman Brings To Marriage Is Her Youth

 

Geraldo and his (youthful) wife Erica - Image via Facebook
Geraldo and his (youthful) wife Erica – Image via Facebook

Relationship expert (ha) Geraldo Rivera recently weighed in on what he thinks of the new trend in marriages: beta marriages. Beta marriages consist basically of a two-year trial marriage, at the end of which the two parties can decide if they want to continue or not. No harm, no foul. I think we’re already doing this. It’s called marriage with a pre-nup that ends in divorce. But “beta marriages” aren’t the topic of this article. Geraldo Rivera’s ignorance is.

Geraldo explains that he “had a lot of beta marriages” and reminds us that he’s had four divorces. In a double standard that we often see, Geraldo has treated women poorly,?but he certainly doesn’t want his three daughters treated in the same manner.

“I’m the father of three daughters and I hate this idea [of beta marriages} and I’ll tell you why I hate this idea and I know that this may provoke a “Stephen Smith like reaction,” but I think essentially that, although there is an increase in two-income marriages, generally speaking, the man is the breadwinner more often than not, although now, increasingly, women do work. But I think that what a woman brings to a marriage, more than anything else to a relationship, is her youth. Her youth is a fragile and diminishing resource, so if a woman were to invest two years in one of these marriages and then to be rejected by the man, I think that she has given up a valuable asset that is unequal….”

Geraldo has been married five times. His current wife, Erica, is 32 years younger than he is.

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