American men - avoid the ball & chain!

[Sikander]

Originally posted by st_swithin
If you want someone to take your money, marry an accountant. If you want someone to MAKE money, you have to marry a movie star or something.

JUST SAY NO TO PRENUPS!!

I'm personally holding out for Wynona. She's still young and strong, and she'll look good pushing my wheelchair around Hollywood.

[Harovan]

Originally posted by st_swithin
JUST SAY NO TO PRENUPS!!

Typical female PoV. Knowing, that on divorce by default you get all assets and he gets all debts will surely make you deny pre-nuptial agreements. Women who refuse a fair agreement, deserve to sit on the dry, avoided like the plague.

Overall, marriage is against the spirit of time. It is sooooo XIXth and XXth century. Who wants to live with his partner of the opposite (heck, or same) sex, can do so without a ring or a rubber stamped certificate. Marriage as economical agreement has lost its importance with the emancipation of women. Two partners, each of who is able to feed him/herself without the help of the other don't need it for a common life. And for the children of course both are responsible in equal parts. I respect people, who get married for sentimental reasons (after all I'm married myself, but then, I am XXth century), but I deem it completely unnecessary though.

[st_swithin]

Yeah, well fvck you too, Ralphie.

[MikeH]

If you are thinking about the divorce settlement before you get married then why are you getting married?

[Makeo]

because your sensible. who knows what happens in 20 years.
that said i wouldn't get one because i'm an incurable romantic.

[MikeH]

Me too, and I'm not sensible and I don't own anything at the moment anyway.

[Makeo]

oh yeah and i don't have any money.

[Tolls]

"If you are thinking about the divorce settlement before you get married then why are you getting married?"

I was wondering that...it seems to be an extraordinarily pessimistic start to a marriage.

[MikeH]

"I love you, and want to spend the rest of my life with you, will you marry me?"
"Oh, Yes! Of course I will!"
"Right, but can you sign this? Tust in case things go tits up. It just says that you get two things if we split up, Jack and sh1t and Jack just left town."

[Tolls]

I proposed to my Mrs using fridge magnets..maybe I should have used them to hold a pre-nup to the fridge as well...I'm sure that would have gone down well.

[MikeH]

Yes... I imagine that would have been the only thing that was for the forseeable.

[monolith94]

"in recent decades we have seen the invention by women of bulimia and anorexia"



He has a couple of decent points, but over all, this columnist is living in a fantasy land. I don't worry about prenups cause I wouldn't cheat...

[Harovan]

Originally posted by st_swithin
Yeah, well fvck you too, Ralphie.

Thanks, but no, thanks. Won't let you.

[Jac de Molay]

Im 33 and went through 3 divorces between parents/stepparents, and it'll be a sub-zero day in hell before I ever tie the knot. I've seen so many of friends, great guys, reduced to quivering lumps of existence after getting married

[:) Smiley]

The fact there's someone on this board who's handle is "My Wife Hates Civ" ought to say something