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Originally posted by SummerChild
Ok, so the Marriage Recipe thread and its discussion of pre-nups got me to thinking...
1. In this day and age when folk are getting married older and more established (in terms of property acquisition), etc. do you do the title transfer of your separately-acquired assets into each other's joint names after marriage? What would you do?
Ladies, do you expect him to do so or can he keep his stuff in his name alone? Men, do you expect her to do so or can she keep her stuff in her name alone?
2. For those who are for pre-nups, are you also for keeping all of your separately-acquired property in your name and not mingling it or its profits with the property that you acquire together?
3. When you pay the bills, is it 50/50 or per the share of income that each brings into the house?
4. Is the way that you deal with the management of finances indicative of your trust or love for the other person?
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1. He can keep is stuff in his name. I don't need my name on everything he owns and vice versa. Whatever we buy together is a separate issue.
2. Whatever we acquire separately stays that way, and whatever is ours will be ours.
3. I don't want to do the 50/50. I would feel as if I'm a roommate instead of a wife. Before I say I do, we will be going for financial counseling so we can get that ironed out.
4. Finances are important and if he was the type that couldn't manage his money properly then you know, a red flag would be raised with regard to marriage. Finances is the leading reason of divorce and I refuse to go down like that.