Grace Beverley

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5,597 appearances 28 recordings 6 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 6d ago

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Working Hard with Grace Beverley · How to "marry well" in 2026 (and stop dating the wrong people) · 26 Jul 2026 podcast

It takes a lot of work to put these episodes together each week. voice-verified

And a follow which takes two seconds is honestly the simplest thing you can do to support us. voice-verified

And it also means that a fresh episode lands in your feed every single Monday without you having to think about it or pay a penny. voice-verified

So let's start with the phrase marrying well. voice-verified

When our grandparents used this phrase, I feel like most of the time they meant financially and in terms of social standing. voice-verified

So finding a stable man, a good provider, which we might still talk about, but actually provider definitely meant more around finances, around doing certain types of work and holding up the family in a certain way. voice-verified

Then probably also a respectable family to some extent. voice-verified

And I think it's important to say that the need to marry well wasn't just cultural pressure. voice-verified

For most women, it was actually a practical necessity. voice-verified

You couldn't open a bank account without a male guarantor in the UK until 1975. voice-verified

You couldn't get a mortgage in your own name without a husband or a male cosigner. voice-verified

Credit cards, rental agreements, even some employment contracts, all required male authorisation. voice-verified

So marriage was the mechanism by which women accessed their financial and legal freedoms. voice-verified

And now, delightfully, we are living in quite a different world. voice-verified

So women in 2026 are able to buy houses of their own. voice-verified

They are running companies. voice-verified

They are building investment portfolios. voice-verified

They are raising and having children solo by choice. voice-verified

The economic argument for marriage has fundamentally changed, which has meant that the entire premise of marrying well has to change with it. voice-verified

And with that, so have the expectations and needs we require from a life partner. voice-verified

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