Ladies would you sign a prenuptial agreement?
Heck yea I would sign a pre-nup before getting married and then getting divorced . Cause although I think people should trust their spouses and love them for all time once they are married is a great idea. I am a realist and know that I have some assets already that someone that could try and kill me for if they were rather greedy and so by having a pre-nup I could ensure that my future hubby doesn't get them if there was any foul play. Same would be true if he had any assets like that before the marriage too. I also think that the pre-nup would be good for leaving any kids from prior relationships any money or assets that are meant for them and keep the spouse from trying to claim them and leading to family drama that way. I would also do it to stipulate if any one cheats after being married for so many years there would be an immediate divorce if it was a long affair or something. But yea for reasons like that I would definitely sign a pre-nup. And definitely upon talking to a lawyer further about what all we could have protected and covered, I would then and still sign the pre-nup. Cause the fact of the matter is, that when you get married, you are feeling all the feel good feelings the first few years. But once the going gets tough, people can change for the better or more likely for the worse and I don't want to be caught up in the worse and feel deceived and stupid after the divorce. So better to be smart and safe and not sorry. I will add too for the ladies that said they wouldn't sign it because the marriage is supposed to be about love and trust and not what you. But keep in mind you walk into a marriage one way, you leave it with another perspective which may not always be the best one about each other. And the pre-nup is all about protecting assets obtained before the marriage, what is obtained together during the marriage is what is split up upon the divorce. So the mine is yours stuff gets taken care of during the divorce proceedings. But if you inherited any jewelry or whatever from your family and stuff before getting married the spouse has no claim over that. And that should be important, cause I think by not having a pre-nup you could lose valuables in no time flat cause they weren't protected before hand.
What's a prenuptial agreement?
Rick is right. A male or female that has property, home and or money in the bank can have the person that they are going to marry sign a prenuptial agreement. This a document that a person has been asked to sign before getting married to the one that has something so that in the event of the death/divorce of the one having the property, etc can not get anything that that person had prior to getting married. Anything that the couple buy "together" AFTER marriage is NOT included in the agreement. This not done in all marriages either. This is done to protect someones belongings, as there is, sad to say, folks out there that do prey upon those that do have something, "pretending" to love them so that they can have it once the other person is gone. One other thing, a parent can even have this put into their Will for their children. Meaning....what ever the parents are leaving to their children once they have passed on. The parents can have a prenuptial agreement put into their Will so that the person their child marries can not get the estate in the event of the child's death/divorce. Folks should get married because they love each other and not for what the other person has. So the prenuptial just protects the person that might have something. Now days more and more folks are getting a prenuptial. Bottom line on a prenuptial agreement is, who ever signs the agreement can NOT get anything that the other person already had after they sign it. Example..X has a million dollars, Y signs the prenuptial, Y gets no part of that million. Together X and Y make another million after it was signed, Y is entitled to at least half of that last million, if not more (in most cases). Hope this helps you out some.
What do you think about prenuptial agreements?
I think it is cold myself. It is saying right off the bat I don't trust you so I want to protect myself. That should be a big wake up call for her. I would not pay for any of the wedding if she signs it.
Do women find prenuptial agreements (prenups) offensive?
Rich women certainly don't. Kim Kardashian seemed to find it useful. [1]Personally, what I find offensive is the assumption that prenups are always for the benefit of the man, because the man will always earn drastically more than the woman, and the man will always feel that the default 50–50 split isn’t fair to him.It’s certainly true that the man usually earns more than the woman, so it’s usually going to be the man asking for a prenup that retains more than 50% of assets earned during the marriage. The reasons why men typically earn more than their wives are many and varied. It also seems common for men to value their financial contributions to the household far more than their wives’ non-financial contributions. If he received wages totaling $1 million while she stayed at home raising the kids, maybe he doesn’t feel like her time, effort, and opportunity cost were worth $500,000. Maybe that’s fair. A nanny may have been cheaper. Or if he brought home $1 million while his wife got $50,000 from her job — especially if he worked much longer hours than she did — maybe an unequal split is fair in that situation, too. Housework could hardly balance things out.But what’s “fair” is largely subjective. The lower-earning person is likely to feel offended by a prenup if it doesn’t strike them as fair. Also, a romantic person is likely to feel offended by a prenup because it acknowledges that divorce is a real possibility, real enough to warrant all this time spent with a lawyer. They may also perceive that their soon-to-be spouse doesn’t trust them. Nothing says “I think you might be a gold-digger” like a prenup.Footnotes[1] Kanye West Didn’t Want A Prenup, But Kim Kardashian Did! See How They’ll Divide Their Cash HERE!
Women, would you be offended to sign a prenup?
Hey, So I am a 29 year old surgeon and I will be marrying my fiance in a little under a year and I was wondering that if you gals would be offended to sign a prenup. I know some people with get worked up but let me present my argument. I make around 200k now and will make much more once I get into a specialty fellowship and I was lucky enough to have my parents pay for my medical school, so it's not an argument of a supporting me financially while I would normally be in debt situation. I love her with all of my heart but coming from a divorced family at a young age I am built to expect it cynically enough. I also know that she could say that it would be amicable but once again divorce changes people, and to roughly state, I am not working my a$$ off with long hours, stress, and education to lose half of it because a marriage has failed. IF it were to happen then I would make sure she would be taken care of and after being raised by a single mother with financial difficulties I would make sure our children would be extremely taken care of, but these are merely "ifs". As a surgeon I am thinking past the initial thought to all possibilites. I don't wish to get divorced before the marriage begins, but I don't want to get burned in X amount of years if I didn't take the initiative.
Would you be angry is your husband asked for a prenup (woman and wives)?
No I wouldn't be upset about it. I believe a man has a right to protect his finances from scheming, conniving & money grubbing females who marry only to gain access to their $$$. If a woman has very young or physically challenged children who truly need her at home then I agreement with spousal/child support..... but those females who just want to lay around doing nothing & are physically capable of working, they shouldn't get a dime outside of child support. Even then there should be guidelines governing how she uses the money since a lot of females use it for their personal agendas instead of the childs needs.