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Originally posted by honeychile
When you're in your early twenties, neither spouse is making much money at all, and sees no big change in the future, it's not very important. But when you hit your thirties and are getting married, it's a whole new ballgame. You have your current money, your pension, your assets, and probable inheritances to consider. Also, if you've been married before, you have your children to think about, to make sure that they're not "fleeced" by a greedy exspouse. If I were to marry a man with children or a lot of money, I would fully expect to sign a pre-nup - after my attorney checked it out. Similarly, if I lived in a state where inheritance was considered community property, I would insist upon one.
NO ONE goes into a marriage thinking about a divorce, but realistically, roughly half of the marriages in the United States fail. No one plans to have major hospital expenses, either, but most still carry insurance - same with home insurance, car insurance, etc. There are contingencies in life, and it's only wise to prepare for them.
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You're absolutely right.
I don't think prenups spoil the romance of a wedding or impending marriage. If you're smart, there are other things you should do to protect yourself, spouse, and respective families--such as beefing up your life insurance policies, writing or refining wills, putting on paper such things as DNR orders, organ donation directives, and the like. These things might be "unromantic," but they're realistic.
I know couples who incurred student loan debts before and during their marriages and signed prenups in order to keep those debts separate in the case of divorce. Can you blame them?
But--back to the main topic. The woman is an eeediot. DO NOT have children without being married, and this is coming from a legal standpoint, not a religious one.