I'd be more interested in their "Free Agency" outfit.

Personally I think this idea should be expanded on a little more. Have an official "wedding season" and also a designated "free agency period"...

I do not have one but I feel every couple should have some variation of one.

 

It would never fly but I genuinely believe marriages should work like sport's contracts. Hear me out. You sign on for a five year deal and at the end of the deal you have the option to re-negotiate or part ways. If it is a shaky marriage all ready maybe you only sign on for two more years with the hopes of working it out. If not you can go your separate ways and find another partner. I think people would be willing to hang around for a few more months as opposed to the messy divorce if they know an end is in sight.

 

I have always felt long term contracts are risky. I would negotiate the term down as short as possible. You think the market would go as low as one night? :sssh:

If you are not a punk you would want a prenup.

I have always felt long term contracts are risky. I would negotiate the term down as short as possible. You think the market would go as low as one night? :sssh:

 

I think wedding contracts by state statute should be required to be at least 3-5 years.

What bearing does a prenup have on the success rate of marriages, though?

 

From a link in the article linked above:

 

However, if you think that couples who sign prenups are just begging to get divorced, think again. Contrary to what superstition might say (i.e. talking about divorce before marriage is bad luck!), 86 percent of experts polled agree that a prenup has no predictable impact on a marriage with regard to the couple's likelihood of divorce.

 

Read more: Do Prenups Predict Divorce? | Fox News Magazine

If your under 25 and either said has money get one. Your still learning yourself then have to learn to live with less freedom.

I can say without reservation, that no matter the circumstance she could have it all if it happened.

 

EVEN THE GUNS?????

 

Before anyone gets too bent out of shape, that was a a joke.

If my wife was to file for divorce right now, I wouldn't contest a thing. If she wanted everything, she could have it. I have one child who would have 3 years remaining to be on child support, and he'd run away to live with me anyway to be honest, even she'd admit that. Our life has become so intertwined it's one anyway. To separate it would be a mess, no different than if one of us passes away. I can say without reservation, that no matter the circumstance she could have it all if it happened. It's just money and stuff when you boil it all down. We are a society of stuff. George Carlin was spot on.

 

I think this is hard for you to give an objective opinion on because you are in a happy, strong marriage. We all should be so lucky.

 

I would bet money that if things starting going downhill and you and your bride were at each others throats for a couple of years and then she filed for divorce you would feel much much different.

From a link in the article linked above:

 

However, if you think that couples who sign prenups are just begging to get divorced, think again. Contrary to what superstition might say (i.e. talking about divorce before marriage is bad luck!), 86 percent of experts polled agree that a prenup has no predictable impact on a marriage with regard to the couple's likelihood of divorce.

 

Read more: Do Prenups Predict Divorce? | Fox News Magazine

What qualifies as an expert?

From a link in the article linked above:

 

However, if you think that couples who sign prenups are just begging to get divorced, think again. Contrary to what superstition might say (i.e. talking about divorce before marriage is bad luck!), 86 percent of experts polled agree that a prenup has no predictable impact on a marriage with regard to the couple's likelihood of divorce.

 

Read more: Do Prenups Predict Divorce? | Fox News Magazine

 

Fair enough. So having a prenup doesn't appear to make you more or less likely to get divorced. It just makes the divorce process a little easier.

 

I would like to see some flat out numbers-to-numbers evidence showing a polled population of couples that signed prenups, and how many did and didn't get divorced, and see a poll that mirrors the same population, except take the same divorced/not divorced ratio out of people who didn't have prenups. I'd trust that more than "polled experts" on the matter. Not saying the experts are all wrong...I'm just saying I prefer hard numbers.

 

Also, I'd be interested to see the increase in divorce rate as compared to the (assumed) increase in the popularity of prenuptial agreements over the last 100 or 150 years. I think it'd be interesting to see if either of the two show any kind of relationship to one another.

Fair enough. So having a prenup doesn't appear to make you more or less likely to get divorced. It just makes the divorce process a little easier.

 

I would like to see some flat out numbers-to-numbers evidence showing a polled population of couples that signed prenups, and how many did and didn't get divorced, and see a poll that mirrors the same population, except take the same divorced/not divorced ratio out of people who didn't have prenups. I'd trust that more than "polled experts" on the matter. Not saying the experts are all wrong...I'm just saying I prefer hard numbers.

 

Also, I'd be interested to see the increase in divorce rate as compared to the (assumed) increase in the popularity of prenuptial agreements over the last 100 or 150 years. I think it'd be interesting to see if either of the two show any kind of relationship to one another.

 

Kentucky Courts did not enforce pre-nuptial agreements until 1990.

 

For what it's worth, I'd guess that those couples that have honest, open conversations about prenuptial agreements are more likely to stay together than those who do not. The willingness to openly discuss one of life's biggest stressors (i.e. money) probably makes for a better long-term relationship.

 

Kentucky Courts did not enforce pre-nuptial agreements until 1990.

 

For what it's worth, I'd guess that those couples that have honest, open conversations about prenuptial agreements are more likely to stay together than those who do not. The willingness to openly discuss one of life's biggest stressors (i.e. money) probably makes for a better long-term relationship.

 

I agree on this my wife and I had a talk 2 years ago before we married and decided we didn't want to draw up plans for failure. We are mature and out of our 20s to know where we are and what we want out of life.

Kentucky Courts did not enforce pre-nuptial agreements until 1990.

 

For what it's worth, I'd guess that those couples that have honest, open conversations about prenuptial agreements are more likely to stay together than those who do not. The willingness to openly discuss one of life's biggest stressors (i.e. money) probably makes for a better long-term relationship.

 

Truth

No prenup.

No regrets.

 

But the discussion does make me think about how to advise the kids.

20 years ago it did not even cross our minds.

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I will be honest that it is something that I've thought long and hard about. Not because I have so much money saved up, but because I'm basically debt free thankfully and just about any girl I've dated that isn't the case. Sucks to think about marriage as a financial decision more than the "romantic" side of things. Not sure what that says about me and the thoughts of love these days, maybe just growing up.