"A prenuptial agreement, antenuptial agreement, or premarital agreement, is a written contract entered into by a couple prior to marriage or a civil union that enables them to select and control many of the legal rights they acquire upon marrying, and what happens when their marriage eventually ends by death or divorce."
It's basically a contract to ensure the married people (usually the man) won't lose a lot of their wealth or assets if a divorce happens and ensures the other person (usually the woman) won't take a large percentage of the partner's wealth if a divorce happens. So it's like Divorce Insurance.
So ladies, would you agree to a pre-nup with who proposed to you, or you proposed to? Why or why not?
Guys, would you make your fiancée sign a pre-nup prior to marriage, and not marry her if she didn't? Why or why not?
The results of this should be interesting...I don't like or respect John Cena at all, but a 75 page "marriage contract" is smart!
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I never plan on getting married anyway.
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Thank you for all the responses. Now, here's my answer: If a woman I was with wouldn't sign a prenup, I wouldn't continue being with her, because it means she's just a gold digger who thinks she's entitled to something she didn't earn. And if I was with a woman who earned much more than me, I'd still sign one, cause she's entitled to what she's earned, as well.
Girls, would you be fine if the guy you wanted to marry wanted you to sign a prenup? Guys, would you make your fiancée sign a prenup?
I don’t plan on ever getting married. If I were stupid enough to get married, I would probably strongly consider getting a prenup because of the way modern women my age are. Yet I know they would just take that as though I don’t trust them which is true. I don’t. So that is why I never plan to get married. Besides, you gotta be friends with a potential partner before starting a romantic relationship before deciding on marriage. And if you have no female friends on purpose, (and you aren’t into men,) than you’ll never get married anyway and won’t have to worry about considering getting a prenup
I would be the one asking for one. I have my own business, and I don't intend for someone who doesn't love me anymore or who cheated on me or whatever horrible thing that could possibly end a marriage, to think he has dibs on something he had nothing to do with.
I forgot to answer the “Why?” : Because he deserves the money he has made, he deserves his portions of the assets. There’s not much else to it. Realistically speaking for my situation. I sure as hell would not be making as much as my boyfriend. Therefore, he deserves to keep what is his due to his hard work. I don’t want his money. I don’t want want he worked his ass off for. That is not fair.
@WhatTheHeckkkk real ladies like do not have to sign any prenup because i believe that if both couple have this same mentality than their marriage will forever, especially that a real marriage is made to last forever and getting a divorce other than for cheating is a sin, god makes the couple as one spiritually and physically and turned into a family...
If the husband dies "may god forbid" than the wife will receive all his assets to assure at least a safe respectful life until they gather again in heaven!
It's true that wife wants only her husband and nothing else but that's life, sometimes then worst happens!
I hope that every loving couple who are truly married to live long and leave this world together cause after decades of being with each other than it will become impossible to live without the other half...
I get it, but I don’t think I could live by that. I couldn’t marry someone who I wouldn’t share everything with. What sort of income would he have to feel the means necessary? This conversation should occur before popping the question. Each party should consider their losses, and if that person is worth it, and deserving in every way, I don’t believe there should be any reservations. If he was very wealthy, and expected me not to hold a reliable income myself, I couldn’t trust that I wouldn’t be screwed over by the set up he’s suggesting. If it was a one time allowance, I’d be upset that he wouldn’t share. This would be an easy no for me.
Yeah, if he doesn't expect you to have a reliable or good income while with him, there should be no prenup. Yet, if he is wealthy before meeting you and doesn't expect you to not keep your means of income, then a prenup is to protect his extensive assets from being halved by someone who really doesn't need to use them because she makes enough to live healthily on her own income.
And I totally get that. Nobody gets married expecting a divorce. And if I had millions, or hundred of thousands, I’d be a little more reserved too. I’ve never been in that position so it’s hard to truly know, but I’m certain that I’d choose to just simply never marry if I felt as though a prenup would be necessary. I’m a little superstitious, and if something like that was put in place so early on, I’d always feel like the relationship was just a ticking time bomb, and everything belonged to the one with more money (whether that be me, or him) I wouldn’t be comfortable with that as I prefer to keep things 50/50.
Didn't see your question till late. One of the reasons I married my wife is because she offered to sign a prenup without me even asking. There were a lot of other reasons but this was a must have for me. She was fully aware of all of my views on how men often get abused by modern women & the simp controlled court system. No I wouldn't get married without one. The prenup we have is fair & balanced. Also I wasn't looking to screw her out of anything reasonable.
I'm not sure. Here in Japan, we don't have the concept of alimony so prenups are unnecessary. It might be a big part of the reason we still value marriage quite a lot here since we don't have to hear stories of people losing half of what they own as a result of divorce causing more and more people to lose faith in marriage and more people to divorce.
I prefer it this way in a system where prenups aren't necessary in the first place.
I think if I was contemplating marriage in a country where alimony was a thing like the US, then I'd at least take my sweetest time before getting married (say live together peacefully for 10 years first) regardless of whether or not I contemplate the idea of a prenup.
... or maybe just not get married in a place like the US. There's a much heavier legal factor looming over marriage and less of a communal factor there to my understanding. I also think the US is where I can try new things, like a life with a woman even if we have kids and be like some new type of couple raising kids together even though we aren't married and leave the state out of it. Here that would be all but socially unacceptable for couples to be raising kids outside of marriage, and generally very bad for the kids.
I think prenups are basically saying that you think the union will fail. If there is a large difference in assets then they can be a good idea, but if the net worth of the parties are similar then I think it's unnecessary.
Prenups are thrown out of court everyday for one reason or another. I advice men not to get married except for if they want to start and raise their own family. Biological children are about the only thing which is worth the risk. There are other legal ways to save your assets in case of a divorce. But for that you have to consult a lawyer experienced in that field. Trust me, $2000 in lawyer consultation fees can save you millions later.
I would absolutely insist on one now!! Especially after my last/first marriage. She didn’t contribute a dime towards the mortgage, worked a home daycare making as much as I did, paid minimal bills …. And walked away with half the house and half my pension!!
I’m never going to get married because I don’t believe in love, weddings are a waste of time and money, and marriage is a joke. Plus no man is ever going to ask me Because only pretty people get proposed to
Unless you're not actually a biological woman, you should have no problem finding any man to marry you. This is the Age of Simps. Your standards in men are probably just extremely high (like 99% of women's). Otherwise, just get on a dating site and only take the men seriously who are less than an 8 out of 10.
LMAO, No, it’s the men with high standards. Not me. I am open to dating a fat guy, a thin guy, a tall guy a short guy, etc. I really don’t have a preference. It’s the men who want nothing to do with me because I don’t look like a botoxed living blowup doll
I'm curious now. But I seriously doubt your looks have anything to do with it, at all. I'd PM you to ask more, like what do you look like, but you have it set to "This user allows private messages from followings only!" so you'd have to cut that off first.
But I guarantee you I could find you a decent man within 48 hours. Assuming you actually DON'T have impossibly high standards.
No. Because a prenup just takes into consideration materialistic side of life. It doesn’t take into consideration the things someone contributes and earns outside of that. Such as nursing someone who is sick for many years with cancer. Or giving up a career to take care of children. prenups are very black and white thinking I believe. Personally I probably wouldn’t even date someone with this mindset to begin with. It’s a certain type of personality that would ask for a prenup.
don't plan on marriage, but sure. it would be very helpful should life go tits up. but i would also want to say i would hope he would be up to potentially updating it, if circumstances changed drastically
My answer may be straightforward, but I hope it's okay. I would most definitely agree to this kind of arrangement.
To me, it just implies that he's very proactive with our marriage, although there would be doubts on my part, I would still give him a chance. After all, we're getting engaged, trust would be prevalent by then since (assuming) I said yes, right? 😊
Marriage is like a hurricane there is a lot of blowing in the beginning & when it is all said & done your house is gone. I say sign a prenup if you have assets to protect & if your partner isn’t willing to sign one they’re digging for gold.
Yup. I watched divorces through out my life and it has seriously discouraged me from getting married unless certain things were in place to avoid the chaos. If she’s willing to sign a prenup then I’m good
Nope, I'd never be ok with that. Either we're all in or not at all, otherwise we're setting up our marriage for a failure and that's just not good enough for me. I'm a Christian though and would only marry another Christian so I believe we'd agree that marriage is forever.
The only case in which prenup is acceptable to me is if one person has a risky job that if something goes badly could result in paying out a large compensation.
After being betrayed in a marriage by the person who I was most vulnerable to.. yep!. I was told he would never cheat I thought I was going to be with him for the rest of my life.
My wife and I both have our own inheritance that add up to quite a bit separately. We signed a prenup saying our inheritance is off limits if we get divorced.
Yes. If we get married my things are his things and his things are mine. With our career path I'll end up earning more money than him, but that is irrelevant because it is our money not my money if we're married. Getting a divorce is not an option in my head. But if the unthinkable happens I think that it should be hard. It should be difficult to get through. Dividing the assets should not be easy.
I'm on the fence about this. In the past I would have said "No". But now I have significant assets. And well, the market of women out there is what it is. So while I'd consider a prenuptial. I've been told they have to be pretty airtight for her not to take a sledge hammer to your wealth should she decide to divorce you.
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