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My fiancee and I are semi-newly engaged. New enough that we haven't made any real strides toward planning a wedding but we've been engaged long enough that the novelty has worn off (not that I'm not still over the moon lol).

Anyway, his father is a lawyer and his professional opinion is that a prenup is a good financial investment.

However, his personal opinion is that they ruin marriages - kind of like a self-fulfilling prophecy. He and his wife do not have one. He makes upwards of $400,000+ a year and she works with/for him as she manages his finances and appointments.

My fiancee is also going to be a lawyer. Once he passes the bar he's going in as partner in his father's law firm.

I am employed as well, but let's just say that my career won't be making $400,000 a year :p. The salary span for my career is $40,000-$130,000 depending on years in business.

Neither my fiancee or I really feel that it would be necessary. To quote him, he says, "Getting a prenup means you think your marriage could fail. And then it will."

But society seems to think that everyone should get prenups.

So what are your thoughts on it?