You can make a lot of money in this game. Just ask my ex-wives. Both of them are so rich that neither of their... — Lee Trevino

You can make a lot of money in this game. Just ask my ex-wives. Both of them are so rich that neither of their husbands work.

Author: Lee Trevino

Insight: There's something disarmingly honest about a joke that admits you've failed at marriage twice while making light of the financial damage. Lee Trevino's quip cuts through the usual pretense around divorce—nobody wins, everybody's exhausted, but at least the money's real. The humor works because it flips who we usually feel sorry for in a breakup story. But there's a deeper point hiding in the punchline. We often assume that making money solves relationship problems, or that financial success itself proves something about a person's judgment or character. Trevino's joke suggests the opposite: you can be genuinely talented, successful, and still terrible at choosing partners or making a marriage work. He's basically saying, "I'm excellent at golf. That tells you nothing about my ability to stay married." It's a useful reminder that being good at one thing—even something that requires discipline, focus, and excellence—doesn't transfer automatically to other parts of life. The real sting is how the joke acknowledges his ex-wives have moved on to better situations entirely. They're not waiting around; they're thriving without him. That's probably the most valuable insight of all: sometimes the most successful outcome of a failed relationship isn't trying harder the next time. It's everyone actually being fine.