Do we need a prenup agreement?

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Mi_Rose said:
Why on earth would anyone who believes marriage is for life get a prenup?
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Why on earth would anyone with an unwavering faith in God buy insurance of any kind? Because it is the fiscally responsible thing to do.
The OP could have the absolute best and pure intentions, however if the future spouse has other intentions, then his intentions really don’t matter.
 
Owning a car or a boat or a house or a diamond ring is not a Sacrament.
 
If the future spouse has other intentions that are less than decent, then maybe the OP should not be marrying that person. The end.
 
You’re right. And no one said that they were.
You don’t buy life insurance for yourself, it does you no good after you die. You buy it because you want to protect those who are left behind. It is a fiscally responsible thing to do. We realize that life happens, and we prepare for the possibilities–but it doesn’t mean we are planning on dying in the near future.
A prenup doesn’t have to mean you are planning on the marriage failing. You can have the best intentions and desires of a sacramental and permanent marriage that there are. But if your spouse decides otherwise, you are then vulnerable to the laws of your locale. Your intentions won’t matter. A prenup is kind of like insurance–protecting assets when these things happen.
 
I agree completely. Unfortunately, some people are very, very good at hiding their true intentions, especially those intentions that are particularly devious and even evil. Their real intentions are not apparent until after the marriage.
Those people with an especially significant amount of assets would tend to be targeted by these kinds of people. And while you would hope that carefully choosing your future spouse, and going through the engagement process and marriage prep would eliminate much of this, the reality is that it doesn’t.
A good prenup protects you in such instances. In fact, it could be argued that a good prenup can help prevent such things.
 
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If the future spouse has other intentions that are less than decent, then maybe the OP should not be marrying that person.
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Yeah, because no one in the history of the whole world has ever been deceived by a future spouse.
 
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