04-27-2006, 07:46 PM
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Re: Another Marriage Question
Answering my own questions... 
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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?
I expect him to place me on all of those assets, as I will place him on all of mine. Ok, granted, it will be a little weird thinking that these are things that I have worked for and all of a sudden, he is about to be bettered but he has real estate and mucho investments so I will be bettered as well. I guess that I wouldn't feel this way if I had everythign and he had nothing or so much less than me. I'm probably wrong for thinking like this but I'm being real.
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?
Not for pre-nups. If it's like that, we can't just stay bfriend-gfriend. Why bother?
3. When you pay the bills, is it 50/50 or per the share of income that each brings into the house?
I don't believe in 50/50 or share of income b/c it feels more like a roommate approach. Ok, I'm disagreeing with my own choices. LOL. Whatever, I like the idea of paying for certain things. Like I think that most men probably like the idea of providing the roof by paying the mortgage. That's fine, I can pay the utilities and all of the other bills (car notes, etc.) and put the rest into investments for us as I expect that he'll do with his surplus.
4. Is the way that you deal with the management of finances indicative of your trust or love for the other person?
I think so. But maybe in the eyes of some it's not so, it just is what it is.
SC
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