Don’t Marry Someone Who Asks You To Sign A Prenup

Prenups are planning for failure.

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Marriage in modern society is a contract that, statistically speaking, fifty percent of people will break.

It’s a coin toss. Either you end up with the love of your life, or with a spiteful ex-husband who’s trying to fight you for custody of the kids (or an evil ex-wife who’s trying to claim ownership for half of your financial assets).

Apparently, that’s why it’s so important to get a prenuptial agreement signed before tying the knot.

If you have any assets worth protecting, you should make sure that they are safe from the clutches of the person love with your whole heart and are about to marry.

Does anyone else think there’s something wrong with that sentence?

How can you commit to spending the rest of your life with a person — while still taking precautions in case they transform into a money-grabbing monster in five or twenty-five years.

The whole concept is strange to me.

A prenup basically says, “I don’t completely trust you with my money.” Or even, “I love you, but I don’t completely trust that this thing will work…