https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 13 May 2026 17:06:40 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-prenup-agreement/page/3#post-1793729 Fri, 01 Aug 2014 08:51:02 +0000 loveisstrange 1793729@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope, we were both super broke so there was no point. haha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-prenup-agreement/page/2#post-1793715 Fri, 01 Aug 2014 08:48:22 +0000 dc yoga bee 1793715@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>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 ;) ... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-prenup-agreement/page/2#post-1793679 Fri, 01 Aug 2014 08:34:45 +0000 JoJoGirl 1793679@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup we have one!</p> <p>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... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-prenup-agreement/page/2#post-1793671 Fri, 01 Aug 2014 08:32:30 +0000 BKCaribBaby 1793671@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH probably should have asked for one, but he didn't. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-prenup-agreement/page/2#post-1793485 Fri, 01 Aug 2014 06:19:07 +0000 Ree723 1793485@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope, no need. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-prenup-agreement/page/2#post-1793439 Fri, 01 Aug 2014 04:48:44 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 1793439@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>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! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-prenup-agreement/page/2#post-1793417 Fri, 01 Aug 2014 03:04:52 +0000 Cherrybee 1793417@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>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. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-prenup-agreement/page/2#post-1793414 Fri, 01 Aug 2014 02:43:01 +0000 imbali 1793414@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@.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! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-prenup-agreement/page/2#post-1793169 Thu, 31 Jul 2014 20:49:59 +0000 babycanuck 1793169@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>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 $$$ for it ;)</p> <p>It would have turned into a pre-nup. To be honest, it would have protected me more than him. His family had nothing to protect, mine did. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-prenup-agreement/page/2#post-1793156 Thu, 31 Jul 2014 20:40:57 +0000 wonderstruck 1793156@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. I didn't have anything worth protecting. DH did/does but wasn't interested in signing one. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-prenup-agreement/page/2#post-1792975 Thu, 31 Jul 2014 19:23:39 +0000 anandam 1792975@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: @gingerbebe: We were married in the Catholic Church and the priest doing our pre-Cana preparation/counseling was very firm about the spirit of a pre-nup contradicting the spirit of complete self-giving inherent in marriage (as defined by the Church).</p> <p>It came up because I suggested we draft one to protect DH from responsibility for my (very significant) student loan debt. Needless to say we scrapped the idea. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-prenup-agreement/page/2#post-1792961 Thu, 31 Jul 2014 19:16:42 +0000 californiadreams 1792961@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. I joked that I'd be okay with sharing my students loans if something happened. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-prenup-agreement/page/2#post-1792958 Thu, 31 Jul 2014 19:15:01 +0000 yerpie110 1792958@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope, I had nada and DH had all the $$$. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-prenup-agreement/page/2#post-1792946 Thu, 31 Jul 2014 19:11:06 +0000 BSB 1792946@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. Definitely don't need one. Both didn't have any money or assets. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-prenup-agreement/page/2#post-1792872 Thu, 31 Jul 2014 18:46:40 +0000 Mrs.Pinecone316 1792872@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope, I don't personally know anyone who has one either. We didn't have anything to protect though! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-prenup-agreement/page/2#post-1792852 Thu, 31 Jul 2014 18:40:47 +0000 Ginabean3 1792852@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope, we started with nothing! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-prenup-agreement/page/2#post-1792776 Thu, 31 Jul 2014 18:15:03 +0000 Willow 1792776@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, and we don't know anyone that has one either. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-prenup-agreement/page/2#post-1792745 Thu, 31 Jul 2014 18:00:00 +0000 swurlygurl 1792745@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>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.</p> <p>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. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-prenup-agreement/page/2#post-1792741 Thu, 31 Jul 2014 17:57:51 +0000 sunny 1792741@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>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. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-prenup-agreement/page/2#post-1792733 Thu, 31 Jul 2014 17:52:48 +0000 Adira 1792733@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope, we didn't have anything to begin with. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-prenup-agreement/page/2#post-1792726 Thu, 31 Jul 2014 17:47:11 +0000 auggiefrog 1792726@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The only thing either of us came in our marriage with was student debt, so no, not necessary. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-prenup-agreement/page/2#post-1792688 Thu, 31 Jul 2014 17:18:28 +0000 pui 1792688@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>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. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-prenup-agreement/page/2#post-1792683 Thu, 31 Jul 2014 17:12:34 +0000 MsMamaBear 1792683@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@gingerbebe: So true about community property. I know I looked into my state's! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-prenup-agreement/page/2#post-1792563 Thu, 31 Jul 2014 16:26:07 +0000 gingerbebe 1792563@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>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! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-prenup-agreement/page/2#post-1792550 Thu, 31 Jul 2014 16:15:49 +0000 stiletto_mom 1792550@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-prenup-agreement/page/2#post-1792521 Thu, 31 Jul 2014 16:05:18 +0000 illumina 1792521@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@.twist.: We don't have one, but I sometimes wonder if my DH thinks he should have got one for the same reason ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-prenup-agreement/page/2#post-1792502 Thu, 31 Jul 2014 15:54:36 +0000 Crisark 1792502@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No. And it isn't needed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-prenup-agreement/page/2#post-1792482 Thu, 31 Jul 2014 15:41:45 +0000 MsMamaBear 1792482@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>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. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-prenup-agreement/page/2#post-1792479 Thu, 31 Jul 2014 15:41:17 +0000 .twist. 1792479@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. </p> <p>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!?) </p> <p>He considered it, but ultimately he didn't think it was necessary. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-prenup-agreement/page/2#post-1792465 Thu, 31 Jul 2014 15:37:38 +0000 HLK208 1792465@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No way - no need! </p>