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- Llyod
in what instances do they not work?
- designbot0
EVER
- ephix0
getting married to the alien that abducted you?
- Jnr_Madison0
Between a man and an animal.
- They will have more legs to stand on in court.Jnr_Madison
- groanLlyod
- you've got a cheek groaning at me llyod, considering the shit you post in threads.Jnr_Madison
- i hear man/animal weddings are soon to be legal in SF.sublocked
- sweet!
lambsy - Can't wait to tell my bitchPeter
- Milan0
in instance your wife makes more $ than you
- Llyod0
let's say I have $100million and I get paid $1million per year and then I want to get married. How do I assure that I keep an overwhelming majority of thet money?
- Don't wake up!Milan
- don't get married.moveinspace
- hahahaha - brilliant, milan!Nairn
- stay married!BattleAxe
- Marry Hedge!nicnichols
- sherm0
I have the same q
i'm about to strike it $$$$ and I'm about to get married. I shouldn't think like this but in the event of divorce, I'd like to have more than 2 nickels to rub together.
Prenup the way to go?- a prenup is worth it if you have a significant amount of money or valuables.moveinspace
- valuables meaning real estate, stocks, investments etc. good luck getting her to sign it though.moveinspace
- so shes your sex kitten and not your "other half" then. why even get married?ephix
- well she is all of that and a bag of chips but not if i'm divorced. need peace of mind.sherm
- most women get married and have nothing to lose... they often end up better off.sherm
- Greedo0
Lawyer. Go find one.
- mike_litoris0
you live life in the clouds lloyd
- Llyod0
Here come the haters.
- gramme0
If you even have to ask, you should not be getting married at all imho. Marriage is not a business merger.
- ah but it is. its a legal partnership where there are no good produced, only kids.. and u do merge ur assets.sherm
- see?Llyod
- mariage is ENTIRELY a business merger. any other perspective is idealistic********
- Of course marriage involves a merging of assets, but it is so, so much more.gramme
- My POINT is that prenups are a sign of paranoia, which means you should not be getting married.gramme
- marriage is primarily a spiritual & emotional contract – regardless of what you believe in.gramme
- People need to take care of the spiritual & emotional contract first & foremost. If those get neglected, you're fucked, prenup or not.gramme
- prenup notwithstanding.gramme
- gramme0
prenups imply a fundamental lack of trust; and without trust, marriages fall apart.
- I've never heard of a couple who got a prenup and stayed happily married for decades.gramme
- prenups imply facts. 50% of marriages fail.moveinspace
- moveinspace has a point. even your christian marriages fail gramme.ephix
- regardless if 50% of marriages fail or not, it doesn't negate grammes point at all. The only fact is a prenup = lack of trust.designbot
- aye, unfortunately they do fail. And, unfortunately, I'm afraid you've missed my point.gramme
- (@ ephix)gramme
- 50% chance of you getting a divorce. and If you don't there's a good chance your spouse will!JayCee
- that's just stupid. I'm not even going to address that one.gramme
- emukid0
having life vests available on a boat doesn't imply that we know the boat is going to sink. it merely implies that there are factors not in our control and you never know when the god damn boat will fuck the mailman behind your back.
- blaw0
The most important part of the prenup is the cup you have properly positioned when asking the bride-to-be to sign on the dotted line.
- gramme0
emu, your analogy breaks down because marriage is not, should not be like a boat. It is not a matter of staying afloat. It's a relationship. For your analogy to hold up you would have to say that you wear a life vest in a boat to protect yourself from the other passenger. Getting a prenup makes about as much sense as going out on a date with a gun. My point is that if one is so paranoid about becoming a marital statistic, they shouldn't get married. When marriage ceases to become a "till death do us part" affair, then the beauty of it fades and people treat it like a financial contract. I'm fully aware that 50% or more of all marriages fail regardless of whether a prenup is even in the picture, but having a prenup makes it clear to all parties that trust is not a part of the relationship, and thus couples who get prenups are even more likely to get divorced than ones who do not.
In my opinion, if people go into marriage believing that anything less serious than infidelity or abuse could be grounds for divorce (such as personality differences, shifting priorities, falling out of love), they should cut their losses and avoid the almost-inevitable divorce preemptively. If couples cannot bring themselves to say "until death do us part" to one another, I think they are wasting their time.
I'd say that prenups are more like putting on life vests that are packed with lead bars.
- emukid0
prenups are like wearing seatbelts. kind of uncomfortable and you sure hope you never actually see them in action. but when they do come into play, you are glad you were wearing one.
- emukid0
prenupts are like condoms. you'd rather not wear it but seriously, don't be stupid -- wear one.
- -temukid
- Marriage feels better without it though!strabley_redux
- gramme0
This thread is like a train wreck. There's twisted metal everywhere, and I have shards of glass stuck in my left shoulder.
- but aren't you glad you survived? thanks to prenups.emukid
- ha ha ha hamoveinspace
- yeah, but now I've lost feeling in both legs and will be a paraplegic for the rest of my life.gramme
- gramme0
emukid is like Jimmy Carter. He needs to forget about metaphors and stick with what he knows best – hucking peanuts.
- emukid0
prenups are like my job. i hate it and sometimes, it makes me want to kill myself. but hey, it pays for the coke and hookers.
