Posted on 07/07/2010 9:44:52 AM PDT by Kaslin
BS. That is exactly what a prenup is.
i’ve been working 2 jobs for 10 years. for a long time it was for fun, then to make sure we were comfortable so she could be a stay at home mom.. but now its mostly to pay child support.
if things go right tho, i should be back to working the second for fun in the next year.
When a woman does nothing but spread her legs she is “entitled”
When a man does nothing but service his woman he doesn't deserve squat.
Welcome to the new Western world run by the left, the same as the old one, except that everything is exactly ass backwards.
When a woman does nothing but spread her legs she is “entitled”
When a man does nothing but service his woman he doesn't deserve squat.
Welcome to the new Western world run by the left, the same as the old one, except that everything is exactly ass backwards.
Good. Glad to hear it. Best of luck to you and your children.
Hey. He’s steeling her youth you dingbat! /s LOL
I agree with your Western World comments.
Prenups are a pre-admission that you think the marriage will fail. If you don’t trust the person not to take you big time in a divorce, or you don’t trust them enough to think they won’t divorce you, or if you don’t think you can live with them forever, then don’t get married. Prenups, as I have said, are simply an admission that you don’t think, for one reason or another, that the marriage will last.
In fairness, it’s not in any way limited to women. Parker Stevenson won a lot of money in court from Kirstie Allie to live in the manner in which he had become accustomed.
Might work for some, but I personally could not remain celibate and sane. Even in my wild an wooly youth during the late '70's and early '80's, I wouldn't join my friends in partaking in cocaine. Not because (at the time) I had any moral problems with it, but because I was unwilling to risk impotence no matter how temporary.
Thanks Milas. You should point out men that have done this too. I agree with you when the circumstances warrant on this issue.
Look, if we were talking about something close to 50/50 parity, I’d lighten up a lot on women. When women get custody 80 plus percent of the time and get to live in the former shared home a large portion of the time, I don’t see things as near parity.
If unequal treatment deserves focus, then this is one of those issues for me.
Take care.
Sounds like you simply don’t believe in divorce, period.
Well, that’s fine. But pehaps you’ve noticed that not everyone else shares that view.
There’s an old saying: “You never really know a woman until you divorce her”.
It was actually my wife’s idea (or more precisely her mother’s idea).
The old lady wanted to make sure I never got a hand on any of the family money. :)
And believe it or not, I think she actually liked me! :)
For those for whom marriage is a temporary arrangement, a pre-nup is clearly a good idea. But can’t we at least be honest about it? Why is it so hard for people to admit they’re making bug-out plans? The whole purpose is to defend your personal property from being pillaged by your spouse, right? Why the charade?
“I promise I’ll love you forever, honey. But if and when I break that promise, you keep your grubby hands off my stuff.”
When your pilot straps on his parachute before your plane even leaves the runway, it’s time to worry.
I don't believe in prenups myself either, but I think you have it wrong in the above. I think the attitude would be accurately expressed as, "I promise I’ll love you forever, honey. But if and when you break that promise, you keep your grubby hands off my stuff."
A poster above spoke of having a pre-nup for if/when things “go wrong” - as if there were some unpredictable force(s) which bring a marriage to an end, when in fact the marriage depends on the husband and the wife.
There are indeed unpredictables in marriage, which we summarize (or at least we used to summarize) in words such as “for better or worse, for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health”, etc. And we vow (or used to vow) that such unpredictables, such things “going wrong”, would absolutely NOT end our marriage.
Nowadays we “promise to try”, and save the more serious language - or the sentiment at least - to guide us through the ending of our marriage:
“For better, richer and health, we’re okay. For worse, poorer or sickness, keep your grubby hands off my stuff.”
Demanding a pre-nup is a refusal to endure the tough times, a refusal to make a promise and hold fast to it. It’s the weakling’s way out.
Understood. However it’s not uncommon to find someone who was deeply committed, believed their spouse was deeply committed only to come home to either a literal or metaphorical note on the kitchen table. I believe a fair number of people want prenups, not because they plan to leave, but because they’re afraid that they’ll be left. Big difference in those two mindsets.
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