BruiseLee
Enlightened
I've been dating a lot recently, and one thing I make clear with a woman I'm even halfway serious about is if we ever tie the big knot, I want a pre-nuptial agreement.
Now, I'm not a rich guy by any stretch of the imagination, but after years of hard work and living cheaply (my car is over 30 years old for crying out loud), I managed to buy a beautiful home in an upscale neighborhood.
I worked two jobs for 9 years, and believe me I really hated one of my jobs. But, I forced myself to go to work year after year, and as far as I'm concerned since none of the women I've gone out with has put a penny into my mortgage, and none of them has more material wealth than me, what's mine is mine.
Now, they say if you really loved me, you wouldn't demand a pre-nuptial. To which I reply, "Honey, I know you're not a gold-digger, so why should you care?"
Needless to say, nothing fails to **** women off like a discussion like this. Also needless to say, I'm still far from being married. Which is o.k. with me, because the last thing I want to be is a meal ticket for life.
Now, I don't know a single guy who has a pre-nuptial agreement with his wife. Do you? Also, I'm wondering how well these things really work. I remember reading in the news about a professional baseball player who had his wife sign a pre-nuptial. When they decided to get a divorce, her lawyers pleaded something like because she was from another country she didn't understand the document she was signing, therefore it was null and void. The judge agreed with her, and now the ballplayer has to pay up!
To an average guy like me, losing my home to a woman who lives off 1/2 my salary while I live in my car and is banging another guy in my house is intolerable. And let me tell you, I work with two guy who are living that nightmare right now. Yes, they really do live in their cars.
So, to sum up:
1) Did you get your wife to sign a pre-nuptial agreement? Did
you try and were refused? If you were sucessful, how did you
convince your wife to sign it?
2) If you and your wife did have a pre-nuptial agreement and later
became divorced, did it help you?
3) Anyone ever sucessfully have their wives sign a post-nuptial?
I'm hoping there are a few guys with big balls out there that were able to pull off pre-nuptials, but I'm thinking most of us guys, when it comes down to it, just cave and get married. Goodbye nice house, hello 18 years of child support and alimony.
You've got to love our legal system.
Bruise
Now, I'm not a rich guy by any stretch of the imagination, but after years of hard work and living cheaply (my car is over 30 years old for crying out loud), I managed to buy a beautiful home in an upscale neighborhood.
I worked two jobs for 9 years, and believe me I really hated one of my jobs. But, I forced myself to go to work year after year, and as far as I'm concerned since none of the women I've gone out with has put a penny into my mortgage, and none of them has more material wealth than me, what's mine is mine.
Now, they say if you really loved me, you wouldn't demand a pre-nuptial. To which I reply, "Honey, I know you're not a gold-digger, so why should you care?"
Needless to say, nothing fails to **** women off like a discussion like this. Also needless to say, I'm still far from being married. Which is o.k. with me, because the last thing I want to be is a meal ticket for life.
Now, I don't know a single guy who has a pre-nuptial agreement with his wife. Do you? Also, I'm wondering how well these things really work. I remember reading in the news about a professional baseball player who had his wife sign a pre-nuptial. When they decided to get a divorce, her lawyers pleaded something like because she was from another country she didn't understand the document she was signing, therefore it was null and void. The judge agreed with her, and now the ballplayer has to pay up!
To an average guy like me, losing my home to a woman who lives off 1/2 my salary while I live in my car and is banging another guy in my house is intolerable. And let me tell you, I work with two guy who are living that nightmare right now. Yes, they really do live in their cars.
So, to sum up:
1) Did you get your wife to sign a pre-nuptial agreement? Did
you try and were refused? If you were sucessful, how did you
convince your wife to sign it?
2) If you and your wife did have a pre-nuptial agreement and later
became divorced, did it help you?
3) Anyone ever sucessfully have their wives sign a post-nuptial?
I'm hoping there are a few guys with big balls out there that were able to pull off pre-nuptials, but I'm thinking most of us guys, when it comes down to it, just cave and get married. Goodbye nice house, hello 18 years of child support and alimony.
You've got to love our legal system.
Bruise