Mikey, I am a 61 yr young female who loves to follow all of your articles. They are well-written and thoughtful. You have a great knack for tackling life's little details and making them all doable. I really enjoyed your article on entertaining drop-in guests with what you have on hand. Keep up the good work!
Despite it being a 2nd marriage for both of us, we have no prenup. It never crossed our minds. Maybe the fact that I didn't ask my ex for any support despite the fact that I paid his student loans and supported us for 5 of our 6 years of marriage caused him to trust me. I didn't own anything worth protecting.
No, my husband and I didn't have a pre-nup, but we also had nothing when we got married. If I was ever to get re-married, I would have a pre-nup to protect my children's assets. It only seems fair.
All of these tips are smart, and I think they can help me be more efficient. I also think that focusing on the positive aspects rather than the negative things is one of the best tips to remember at work. We also posted a few guides to help you be more productive at work. - Erich
Making the plan is one thing. Sticking to it is another. I've been logging what I do. I think it's great to have a long term goal in mind. An official event gives a sense of accomplishment too. Good Luck!
Colgate just came out with a whitening toothpaste that actually tastes like the whitening stuff you get from the dentist. I used it for 2 weeks and had noticeably whiter teeth.
I considered a pre-nup before we got married since I had lots assets and she had lots of debt. However, I realized, it didn't really cover much. Without a pre-nup, your assets and debts before marriage are yours, and your partner's assets and debts are theirs. If you don't combine debts or anything, they stay separate. Meanwhile, a pre-nup cannot cover alimony, and welfare of the child always takes precendence over pre-nup. So the only thing a pre-nup covers is money earned while you are together, or increases in investment value, house value, and that is secondary to child welfare and alimony. Since she wasn't so keen on it, and I didn't see much added value, we did not do a pre-nup. We've been married three years now and she's had lots of health problems. Given, if we split, a pre-nup probably would not have done much good anyway, since alimony would be involved, if we split.
No - we each came into the relationship with a very small amount of hand-me-downs. I think it would have cost more to have a pre-nup than the value of said possessions!
NO. In my opinion it is not moral to go into a marriage with an exit plan. Marriage is a lifelong, til death do us part commitment.
A good read about marriage is John Piper's "This Momentary Marriage". IMHO this book should be read by anyone considering becoming married or who is already married.
(I would hope my opinion on pre-nups wouldn't change id either of us had debt or more assets)
Mikey, I am a 61 yr young female who loves to follow all of your articles. They are well-written and thoughtful. You have a great knack for tackling life's little details and making them all doable. I really enjoyed your article on entertaining drop-in guests with what you have on hand. Keep up the good work!
I asked for a prenup because he has lots of debt and zero savings and I am well established. It did not go over well.
no...i trust my judgement
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I do not have a pre-nup.
I'm not married yet, but I'd happily get a prenup. I'm not really sure why it's even an issue.
Despite it being a 2nd marriage for both of us, we have no prenup. It never crossed our minds. Maybe the fact that I didn't ask my ex for any support despite the fact that I paid his student loans and supported us for 5 of our 6 years of marriage caused him to trust me. I didn't own anything worth protecting.
No. I read about it, thought about it, but did nothing more about it.
Once I verified that my fiance's debts from before the marriage wouldn't transfer over to me, I decided not to go to the expense of a prenup.
Liked you and your post on Facebook.
This made me laugh! I got married 26 years ago, and we were both broke. Happy to say we're still together, and finances are much brighter!
No, my husband and I didn't have a pre-nup, but we also had nothing when we got married. If I was ever to get re-married, I would have a pre-nup to protect my children's assets. It only seems fair.
No. I consider marriage to be a solemn lifelong vow and would not have married my husband if he had felt differently.
All of these tips are smart, and I think they can help me be more efficient. I also think that focusing on the positive aspects rather than the negative things is one of the best tips to remember at work. We also posted a few guides to help you be more productive at work. - Erich
Nope no prenup for me and my husband. Neither one of use had any large assists or debts.
Nope, no prenup here. We were poor when we got married, and are still poor. 50% of zero is still zero :-)
Plus I know we'd both be level headed and resonable even if we ended up divorcing.
Making the plan is one thing. Sticking to it is another. I've been logging what I do. I think it's great to have a long term goal in mind. An official event gives a sense of accomplishment too. Good Luck!
Colgate just came out with a whitening toothpaste that actually tastes like the whitening stuff you get from the dentist. I used it for 2 weeks and had noticeably whiter teeth.
I considered a pre-nup before we got married since I had lots assets and she had lots of debt. However, I realized, it didn't really cover much. Without a pre-nup, your assets and debts before marriage are yours, and your partner's assets and debts are theirs. If you don't combine debts or anything, they stay separate. Meanwhile, a pre-nup cannot cover alimony, and welfare of the child always takes precendence over pre-nup. So the only thing a pre-nup covers is money earned while you are together, or increases in investment value, house value, and that is secondary to child welfare and alimony. Since she wasn't so keen on it, and I didn't see much added value, we did not do a pre-nup. We've been married three years now and she's had lots of health problems. Given, if we split, a pre-nup probably would not have done much good anyway, since alimony would be involved, if we split.
No prenup. Plan on keeping or vows til death parts us. If I can't believe my marriage will last, i wouldn't get married in the first place.
No - we each came into the relationship with a very small amount of hand-me-downs. I think it would have cost more to have a pre-nup than the value of said possessions!
No, we do not have prenup. Never really heard of it at that time.
No, we were teenagers when we married.
NO. In my opinion it is not moral to go into a marriage with an exit plan. Marriage is a lifelong, til death do us part commitment.
A good read about marriage is John Piper's "This Momentary Marriage". IMHO this book should be read by anyone considering becoming married or who is already married.
(I would hope my opinion on pre-nups wouldn't change id either of us had debt or more assets)
not married yet, but I plan on getting one
We do not have a prenup. Neither of us wanted one, and if anything were ever to happen (which we hope won't), we trust each other enough to be fair.