To: sauropod
I was seriously involved with someone several years ago. He wanted a pre-nup - I was horrififed. He had known me for years as a friend and knew my character.
When we broke up, he got very pissy. Heck - he still has some of my stuff.
My attitude has changed over the years. Marriage is a contract, and there's always the chance that the relationship will fail. And it take more than one willing person to make things work out. I'm divorced, and although we had discussed a pre-nup, we never got around to it. And it was my idea.
405 posted on
06/16/2003 8:20:39 AM PDT by
technochick99
(Self defense is a basic human right. http://www.2ASisters.org julib@2asisters.org)
To: technochick99
Am in the death throes of a divorce. I understand how you feel, yet i still am a romantic at heart. I believe in trust.
406 posted on
06/16/2003 8:30:51 AM PDT by
sauropod
(Mo Dowd is a Stepford Wife Wanna-be. She wanted to be a Douglas Wife...)
To: technochick99
I, too, used to be horrified at the idea of a pre nuptual agreement. Now, if the other person were opposed, I'd think she was up to something.
Let's be realistic...50% of marriages end in divorce, and I'm sure that almost none of those who got married ever believed it would happen to them.
What better way to say, "I love you for YOU, not for what I can possibly get out of you later?"
To me, a pre-nup is just an addendum to the wedding vows. It's a way of saying, "I do, but if in a few years I don't, I'll leave quietly without taking your ass to the cleaners and making your life a living hell".
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