Last night Bravo premiered the newest installation of their Housewives realty series in Beverly Hills.  If you follow the Housewives series then you know there are other locations such as New York, New Jersey, Atlanta, DC and Orange County.  Admittedly, I follow all of them so I was really excited when the Beverly Hills gals stepped on the scene.

My first reaction to seeing them is that they have quite possibly drained the US supply of Botox.  Their faces were either pulled back taut or pumped so full of fillers that it looked unnatural, sorta like budding cat ladies.

But one woman caught my attention not for how she looked necessarily but for business sense in and outside of her marriage.

Gawker had this to say:

Adrienne Maloof-Nassif: Miracle of Plastic Science

She’s married to Dr. 90210 regular Dr. Paul Nassif and Maloof heiress—the family that owns the Palms, the Sacramento Kings, casinos, banks, and entertainment holdings. Expect her to be completely insane in a way that only the filthy rich and breathtakingly plastic can be.

I love that her family is independently wealthy.  Her hubby is a plastic surgeon so I’m sure he is wealthy in his own right but on these series you don’t have too many women who are independently wealthy outside of their husbands.  You don’t hear that being discussed much at all.  I’m impressed!

She also goes on to mention that she keeps everything separate from her husband, that is they don’t mingle money.  I thought that was interesting as well.  But then you listen to her further and you realize that it is a family business and given the temperamental nature of Beverly Hills/Hollywood marriages she wants to spare herself the drama should divorce be put on the table.

I love it!  I think more women should be thinking like her because if you spend more than a generation building your family’s wealth and probably realize that your marriage could take a hit, you definitely don’t want the business to become a casualty.

I know that it’s hard to think of it this way but I generally tend to look at marriage outside of love as a business.

1969 Inc., said it best when asked for her insights to marriage,

It’s like running a corporation. A business venture. You have to go into it knowing that it could fail or it could succeed beyond your wildest dreams and make you rich… If the employees don’t share the vision, believe in the vision and work together, the endeavor will fail. Some businesses will get rich. Some will barely make ends meet. Some will never make a dime. The money does not measure success. The sense of accomplishment will come from the daily struggle… the love of what you do, working together day in and day out.

If you were in Adrienne’s position, would you keep your finances separate and/or have him sign a prenup/postnup? Why or Why Not?