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We did, but it's because I own a percentage in our family business which is tied up in land and investments. Everyone is required to do it, it was not a big deal, it just keeps everything for my family whole if there was a divorce. Anything besides that is fair game since we earned it together.
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Nope, we were broke 22 year olds hehe
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Yes - we didn't (and still don't!) have anything to protect but we got one anyway. There is a chance that one or both of us may start our own business and we were advised that a prenup would reduce risk in that case
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Nope, no real need for us to have one. But neither of us would have had a problem with one if the other wanted it (we randomly discussed it one day before we were even engaged).
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@Mrs. Jump Rope: thanks for the link, lots of good tidbits
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@gingerbebe: got it!
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Nope!
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Such an interesting thread. We don't have one, it never even crossed my mind.
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nope, never crossed my mind. but we also had no estates/inheritances/assets to protect.
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No we didn't get one, I don't know anyone who has gotten one either!
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We don't.
I actually recommended one so that he would know that I'm not trying to take his money, but he really didn't want to.
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No way - no need!
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Nope.
I suggested one since my husband owns his own company and I did not want him to think I would ever try to take any part of that (it's really not mine and I haven't invested anything into it, so why would I want part of it other than to be a bitch!?)
He considered it, but ultimately he didn't think it was necessary.
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Currently single, but if I do decide to marry in the future, yes, we will have a prenup.I own my house, so I'd prefer to protect it. You never know how someone will act when they are extremely angry.
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No. And it isn't needed.
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@.twist.: We don't have one, but I sometimes wonder if my DH thinks he should have got one for the same reason
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Nope
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I *would* encourage you to get to know the marital property laws in your state. I realize that it may be because I'm a nerd, but the differences between jurisdictions is fascinating and at times shocking. I live in CA so we have community property (a short huge generalization is that if you earned it after you get married, its 50/50), but other places we've lived the rules are SO bizarre!
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@gingerbebe: So true about community property. I know I looked into my state's!
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We were going to, but ended up not. We went to a lawyer about it. Because of the way it works in our area and the assets we would be "protecting" we would basically just be wasting a bunch of money on paperwork that wouldn't have actually protected anything anyway.
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The only thing either of us came in our marriage with was student debt, so no, not necessary.
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Nope, we didn't have anything to begin with.
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Yes. My parents really pushed hard for it and neither of us had any strong opinion about it, so we just did it to appease them and keep the peace.
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No, we came in pretty equal, and we'll always have equal careers. If one of us decides to open a business, the other will have just as much input into that company so it wouldn't be an issue of protecting one from the other taking it over.
I do know many people that have them though - mostly people who got remarried when they were older and were more established with investments and what-nots.
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No, and we don't know anyone that has one either.
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Nope, we started with nothing!
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Nope, I don't personally know anyone who has one either. We didn't have anything to protect though!
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Nope. Definitely don't need one. Both didn't have any money or assets.
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Nope, I had nada and DH had all the $$$.
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Nope. I joked that I'd be okay with sharing my students loans if something happened.
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@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: @gingerbebe: We were married in the Catholic Church and the priest doing our pre-Cana preparation/counseling was very firm about the spirit of a pre-nup contradicting the spirit of complete self-giving inherent in marriage (as defined by the Church).
It came up because I suggested we draft one to protect DH from responsibility for my (very significant) student loan debt. Needless to say we scrapped the idea.
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Nope. I didn't have anything worth protecting. DH did/does but wasn't interested in signing one.
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FIL was insisting that we got a co-habitation agreement when we moved in together, but at the time we couldn't afford it and I guess after making a fuss it wasn't that big of a deal since he didn't want to put up the $$$ for it
It would have turned into a pre-nup. To be honest, it would have protected me more than him. His family had nothing to protect, mine did.
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@.twist.: @illumina: @swurlygurl: We got one with the idea in mind that one of us may start our own company but not b/c one or both of us may try to screw us our of the money from the company - we got one in case the business goes into debt. SO if DH starts a company, goes into debt, and debtors come a'knockin, they can't take my assets, only his, for repayment. Then we make sure that we've put house, car, etc in my name so that *our* assets are protected from the business liability. If that makes any sense!
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Nope. They're not legally enforceable here in the UK anyway. In UK law, marriage is marriage and comes with a pre-defined set of rights and responsibilities; you can't vary that contract. However, the Court does have pretty wide discretionary powers when dividing up assets post-divorce and a pre-nup could be, shall we say, persuasive in influencing the Court's decision.
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Nope. His assets are in trust and I'm the primary bread winner, so we felt it all evened out. And anyway, we were in the to death do us part camp, and both felt very strongly about that. There was a reason that I waited until 38 to get married!
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Nope, no need.
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DH probably should have asked for one, but he didn't.
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Yup we have one!
ETA: Kind of a long story as to why as we were both relatively broke, but happy to share if anyone cares. Of course we 'believe in til death do us part' but I think everyone does when they get married...
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Nope, we got married while I was still broke in law school knowing I might would make more than him I still didn't want one. I've practiced some family law, and have seen things get so messy, but divorce is not an option for us for religious reasons. Annnnd we also will not be moving to a community property state
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