Posted on 04/30/2013 9:15:23 AM PDT by detective
A new trend has some couples turning to lawyers to help save their relationships.
“I promise you that I am going to be making sure that you’re having more fun, more dates, and more time of mine,” Gregg Sullivan told his wife, Toni Mantus.
But unlike many of the promises made during a relationship, this one is part of a written contract. The couple told CBS 2′s Dick Brennan that, with the help of an attorney, they have put everything in writing, including how often they have sex.
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I daresay this is extremely rare, and the contracts aren’t legally enforceable. The media only picked up the story because it’s unusual. To each his (or her) own, but I find contracts like this to be ridiculous.
I doubt a sex contract is enforceable under any circumstances.
“Your Honor, my girlfriend hasn’t put out in over a week, which is a clear breach of contract. I would like to demand specific performance of the terms of the contract, right here in this courtroom.”
“So ordered.”
SnakeDoc
The contracts are not legally enforcable so why in the world would someone pay a lawyer to draft it? If a couple really wants one then just write it up on the back of an envelope.
I am very old fashioned about marriage. I think part of the problem is right here. How about Toni Sullivan?
It is sad.
A woman will not be with a guy unless he is perfect.
He has to say yes to everything or else she is gone.
Gregg, you are a fool and deserve all the misery you get from that foolishness.
If sex is part of a contract, doesn’t that effectively make it prostitution?
If sex is part of a contract, doesn’t that effectively make it prostitution?
MGD used to joke about it when the kids were little - Before kids - "hey, let's go to the mall" "Ok, - we can leave in 5 minues"
After kids: "hey, let's go to the mall"
"Did you mean today? ...you meant today, right? Hmmm....can we get everybody ready to go in time before it closes? Has everyone been to the bathroom? Do we have snacks ready? I know the twins' shoes are somewhere....I just saw them. Girls, let's go..No...don't bring that with you. Where did your sister run off to? Jackets...check. No, you need your jacket - it's cold today. Bathroom? Again? Keys....what did I do with my keys? What time do they close? Maybe we should plan for the day after tomorrow.
Not exactly — unless exchanged for cash or goods. If exchanged for time, affection, or whatever it is that chicks want out of a relationship ... its just a tacky writing of an already existing verbal arrangement.
Most would say sex is part of a marital commitment, which borders on a verbal contract.
SnakeDoc
My contract is the Bible (KJV translation).
“I find contracts like this to be ridiculous.”
Me too. If you need a contract for sex the relationship is prolly over anyway.
Well, my Rabbi called this a “ketuba.”
Seems they’ve been around for 3,500 years.
Many pre-nups have a qualified natural relations clause in them.
Yes, so sad. I tell young people that marriage is about each side not just going 50-50 percent in compromising, but each side going 60 percent in compromising. You try to have it 100 percent your way, or only go half way then the marriage is doomed. You show your love by each side putting in extra effort to satisfy the other.
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