I thought marriage was supposed to be a life-long commitment (for better or worse and all that) So what is the purpose behind a pre-nup?
It seems like a pre-nup is saying "I want to spend my life with you for as long as things are good. If things start to go downhill, we can always get a divorce because I've covered my assets" Where's the commitment in that?
2006-09-10 23:41:51 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
My husband and I have never done a prenup and I totally agree with u 100%. We got married with the intentions of making it work for the rest of our lives together, not only when it's convenient for us. Of course some will argue that they're doing this for "just in casers" but it seems to me that when u do this, u have already decided that your marriage is going to fail before u even said your wedding vows.
Marriage is work and it takes two to make it last but sadly society has made it too easy to take the easy way out when the going gets rough instead of choosing to put in the hard work required. Obviously some marry for the wrong reasons but many don't realize that their marriage vows don't end at the altar. They are suppose to live by them for the rest of their lives together.
2006-09-11 00:05:42 · answer #1 · answered by cheetah7 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A pre-nup is kind of like a will... It's smart to have a will made up if you have important assets, even if you're not "planning" to die for another 30-40 years. No one leaves their house "thinking" they're going to get hit by a drunk driver - but it does happen. The fact of life is that things happen to us even when we don't want them to. A pre-nup just covers you IN CASE something happens - and a lot of things CAN happen in marriage, whether you want them to happen or not.
But just as it doesn't make you more likely to die when you HAVE a will, a pre-nup isn't going to make the marriage less likely to work.
2006-09-11 00:11:56 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe Mrs. GTO, that for the time of basic terms the full-wealthy and renowned elect a pre-nup. i do no longer agree that it is a making plans for the marriage to fail because of the fact in a marriage, you have somebody different than your self to think approximately. you will desire to think approximately that sooner or later, your considerable different's perspectives on the dating would desire to alter. while interior the start they would not have minded the money that got here from working 60hrs a week, they'd exchange their track in 5yrs. on the topic of celebrities, they'd no longer elect to be tied into the paparazzi trailing your each and every pass, or they'd no longer savour you being long gone for months at a time on your exposure excursion. you would be a fool to no longer defend some thing, that's nicely worth retaining. That protection isn't making plans for issues to no longer artwork out. it is in simple terms secure-guarding what you have in case issues do no longer artwork out. it is like existence insurance. you are not getting it with plans to die quickly. You get it for whenever you have chose it considering the fact which you comprehend that an unexpected dying is a danger.
2016-12-12 06:25:31 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To a person who has serious assets a pre-nup proves that you are in it for the relationship not half of his money. How many gold diggers chase down the rich spouse hang around for 5 years and run with half his stuff. If you are in it for love a pre-nup should be no problem.
2006-09-11 01:04:34 · answer #4 · answered by Flagger 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You hit the nail on the head. I totally agree with you.Such marriages should never take place, rather if they do they are not marriages, its a contractual obligation , whats the difference between prostitution and pre-nup marriage? Only the legal papers.
2006-09-10 23:45:11 · answer #5 · answered by bash 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
60% of marriages end in divorce the o0ther 40 in death, gee the odds are to cover your ***! When the weatherman says theres a 60% chance of rain do you grab an unbrella or roll up the car windows when you park?
2006-09-11 01:43:49 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know what you mean!
Some couples actually have changed their vows, replacing "'till death do us part" with "as long as our love shall last."
Horrible.
The one reason for pre-nups may be to protect the children from a prior marriage.
2006-09-10 23:44:30 · answer #7 · answered by American citizen and taxpayer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People sign pre-nuptial agreements so that the assets of the richer party in a marraige will be retained by them should the marraige breakdown. Usually, however, the "poorer" one has some provision made for them.
2006-09-11 00:38:03 · answer #8 · answered by dark^wishy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
people dont go into marriage assuming it will fail, but nobody knows whats going to happen in the future, people change.
I recently seperated from my husband of 10 years, we are not that same 2 people we were when we got married, we grew apart. But when we got married, obviously we were inlove and didnt think we'd break up, its happens, and I think if you have enough assets to warrent it , definatly consider a prenup, it saves a messy settlement of nit picking.
2006-09-10 23:57:01 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
its a matter of making things clear. its a commitment with conditions attached and some people just cannot separate their material wealth with that of being separated from it willfully. if the person is judicial, he will make sure that you do no end up at the shorter end of the stick...but it works both ways...you can openly discuss how much each year in the relationship is worth.
2006-09-10 23:47:46 · answer #10 · answered by sunntonya 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋