You are single and have $1,000,000 in assets.

[ViviTheMage]

yes

 

[JS80]

This is why I married someone who is also poor. No need to sign one or have one be signed.

 

[T9D]

...

 

[krylon]

Originally posted by: ryan256

Originally posted by: Cheesetogo
A prenup indicates a lack of trust. While divorce is excessively common and love is not guaranteed to last forever, I really don't think you should be getting married if these things are of major concern to you. Trust goes hand in hand with marriage.

And where does trust come into this?? Once the big D comes out the gloves are off.
"Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned."
If she is actually reasonable and treats you fairly with what to do with the estate then why the hell are you divorcing her?? You're leaving a 1 in a million gem!
The other 999,999 are going to take you for all they can and then some.

This

 

[TruePaige]

No way...if you aren't sure enough to trust your spouse completely you shouldn't be married.

 

[her209]

Prenups are only good for 10 years anyways, no? Plus, that doesn't mean she doesn't get a piece of the money that the two of you earned while married.

 

[miketheidiot]

Originally posted by: Zee
sorry, if you need a pre-nup, you shouldnt be married. there's a fucking reason that divorce is 50%

we should have let them seceed.

 

[RyanPaulShaffer]

Originally posted by: tasmanian
If she wont sign a prenup, then you gots a gold digger.

I ain't tryin' to say she's a gold digger...

Edit: I am shocked, SHOCKED! I say, to see that there haven't been any Kanye references in this thread until my post! :laugh:

 

[miketheidiot]

Originally posted by: her209
Prenups are only good for 10 years anyways, no? Plus, that doesn't mean she doesn't get a piece of the money that the two of you earned while married.

depends on the prenup

 

[TwiceOver]

Is she bringing anything to the table also? If not then yes, prenup or pound sand.

There's plenty of fish in the sea and not all of them (albeit a very small fraction of a percent) are looking for your cash.

 

[krylon]

Originally posted by: her209
Prenups are only good for 10 years anyways, no? Plus, that doesn't mean she doesn't get a piece of the money that the two of you earned while married.

Money earned while married can be in the prenup.

If it expires after 10 years, just renew it. If she doesn't want to sign, refer to topic number one and divorce her.

 

[IceBergSLiM]

losing the partner of my dreams? Any woman that would say no isn't the partner of my dreams lol.

 

[funkymatt]

I had about $1000 worth of stuff and still did a prenuptial agreement.

 

[IceBergSLiM]

Originally posted by: TruePaige
No way...if you aren't sure enough to trust your spouse completely you shouldn't be married.

statistically only what 30% of ppl should marry then ? lol

and this has nothing to do with trust. ITs about covering your ass in the event she goes ntus. Unless your a fortune teller nobody can tell if or when that will happen.

 

[flexy]

Originally posted by: FelixDeKat
What is more valuable to you - losing the partner of your dreams or losing half your assets? We all know things change once the rings are on and ham sammiches dont make them themselves. So I would do it, or stay single.

Wow...you "know things change"?

My advice: Stay single.

That's a pretty negative attitude you have there, i already see a divorce coming, somehow.

 

[IceBergSLiM]

Originally posted by: skace
I'd like to be in the situation where the prenup isn't even a concern on my mind.

fantasyland?

 

[Raduque]

Don't douchebag judges throw out prenups all the time?

In any case, she's signing one or we're done. Anything I have before the marriage stays mine after the marriage, period. The biggest problem with women these days, is that they're raised to believe that anything a man has when he marries her, is hers. We need to start breaking women of this.

 

[nanobreath]

Originally posted by: IcebergSlim
losing the partner of my dreams? Any woman that would say no isn't the partner of my dreams lol.

bingo!

 

[IceBergSLiM]

Originally posted by: Zee
sorry, if you need a pre-nup, you shouldnt be married. there's a fucking reason that divorce is 50%

its an unrealistic institution carried over from a societies long extinct?

 

[dainthomas]

Originally posted by: Zee
sorry, if you need a pre-nup, you shouldnt be married. there's a fucking reason that divorce is 50%

If you have comprehensive coverage on your car, you shouldn't drive. You must be planning on running into someone.

Hardly anybody gets prenups, so saying that's the reason for high divorce rate is ridiculous. Women don't have to be gold diggers to get your money in divorce, judges give it to them as a matter of course. Hoping your ex will be the saintly one and turn it down seems rather far-fetched.

 

[lurk3r]

Hookers don't take prenups and wives will just kill you to get around it.

 

[SunnyD]

Originally posted by: ryan256

Originally posted by: Cheesetogo
A prenup indicates a lack of trust. While divorce is excessively common and love is not guaranteed to last forever, I really don't think you should be getting married if these things are of major concern to you. Trust goes hand in hand with marriage.

And where does trust come into this?? Once the big D comes out the gloves are off.
"Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned."
If she is actually reasonable and treats you fairly with what to do with the estate then why the hell are you divorcing her?? You're leaving a 1 in a million gem!
The other 999,999 are going to take you for all they can and then some.

Spot on. You might have married the kindest, gentlest woman on earth. When the time for divorce comes around, it's like the zombie plague. Most women will feel entitled to everything you have simply for gracing you with their presence.

 

[TruePaige]

Originally posted by: IcebergSlim

Originally posted by: TruePaige
No way...if you aren't sure enough to trust your spouse completely you shouldn't be married.

statistically only what 30% of ppl should marry then ? lol

and this has nothing to do with trust. ITs about covering your ass in the event she goes ntus. Unless your a fortune teller nobody can tell if or when that will happen.

At least half the marriages in this country probably shouldn't happen, or people should at least wait longer to know they are with the one they want to be with for the rest of their lives.

Honestly, this topic is endemic of the systematic decline of quality unions. You shouldn't marry for lust, passion, looks or money. All those things should be present but should not be driving factors. You should marry someone because you LOVE them and you can live with them for the rest of your life, tolerating the bad and embracing the good.

If you don't think you could survive a year of the worst day you've ever had with someone to make it work, I don't think you are ready to be married, because you don't love the other person enough to have "bounce back".

 

[jonks]

Originally posted by: mchammer187
I wouldn't ever ask for a prenup. I also wouldn't propose if there was any doubt in my mind though. Most marriages fail because the two should not have ever gotten married in the first place and there are usually signs of this.

fail. prenups aren't because you think the marriage will fail anymore than you put liferafts on a cruiseship because you think it will sink. it's precaution, and given divorce rates, if you have sizeable pre-marital assets it's idiotic to not consider one.

 

[JulesMaximus]

I'm married.