Agree 100%. I had a pre-nup for my 2nd marriage that saved my @ss when my much younger wife decided I was boring and got a boyfriend during my 2nd semester in electrical engineering(back to school at 30 thanks to my Grandfather). I kept my home, my car, my bills, AND we split the joint bills. Louisiana, 1985.
On alimony, I have mixed feelings. Over a LONG(decades) marriage...I can understand it. When awarded after a "brief" marriage to "maintain the standard of living" for the EX....I view it as legal prostitution payments/extortion/theft-by-fraud AND way out of line.
Which is why RESPONSIBLE attorneys advise their clients to draft time tables into any alimony clause.
Rule of thumb is nothing for two years, rehabilitaive alimony after five years, and after 12 years there better be a decent lump sum alimony.
Also the alimony should not be specific but tied to the value and ability to pay. (the husband should not have to sell his assets and himself into poverty to keep the terms of the pre-nup).
Also bankrupcy courts have been re-examining the nature of payments to an ex-wife and deeming them "support" and thus not dischargable even if they were specifically agreed and called cash payment not support. (though paying her lawyer may be severable and not support)