You are single and have $1,000,000 in assets.

[wiredspider]

Yea

 

[JEDI]

Originally posted by: FelixDeKat
What is more valuable to you - losing the partner of your dreams or losing half your assets? We all know things change once the rings are on and ham sammiches dont make them themselves. So I would do it, or stay single.

live with girlfriend FTW!
all of the benefits, none of the downsides

 

[zerocool84]

If I had a prenup one stipulation would be for the woman to make me a sammich every morning and bring it to me in bed.

 

[irishScott]

Originally posted by: dainthomas

Originally posted by: irishScott
I pity you if you are so automatically suspicious of people. You seem to expect people to screw you over and stab you in the back, even people you'd trust enough to marry (although from a certain perspective you wouldn't trust them at all). People don't spontaneously change from one extreme to the other barring some mental condition bordering on schizophrenia. I can think of 10 chicks off the top of my head whom I would say have a 90+% chance of never going the route you described. Set your sights beyond the ghetto and frat/sorority whores please.

Marriage is a matter of trust and faith (not necessarily religious) as well as knowledge. If I trust someone enough to marry them, by that point we'll know each other so well and be so prepared it'll be ridiculous.

They don't have to consciously think about "screwing you over". It could be as simple as, for any of a myriad of reasons, in ten or fifteen years you no longer get along at all and choose to move on with your lives.

At this point, your entire financial well being depends on whether she voluntarily turns down what is legally hers (half of the marital assets plus alimony in many cases). Good luck with that, especially taking into account whatever reason you no longer get along.

Well then I'll make sure I marry a reasonable person who doesn't have any desire to rape me if it does come to divorce.

 

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: irishScott

Originally posted by: dainthomas

Originally posted by: irishScott
I pity you if you are so automatically suspicious of people. You seem to expect people to screw you over and stab you in the back, even people you'd trust enough to marry (although from a certain perspective you wouldn't trust them at all). People don't spontaneously change from one extreme to the other barring some mental condition bordering on schizophrenia. I can think of 10 chicks off the top of my head whom I would say have a 90+% chance of never going the route you described. Set your sights beyond the ghetto and frat/sorority whores please.

Marriage is a matter of trust and faith (not necessarily religious) as well as knowledge. If I trust someone enough to marry them, by that point we'll know each other so well and be so prepared it'll be ridiculous.

They don't have to consciously think about "screwing you over". It could be as simple as, for any of a myriad of reasons, in ten or fifteen years you no longer get along at all and choose to move on with your lives.

At this point, your entire financial well being depends on whether she voluntarily turns down what is legally hers (half of the marital assets plus alimony in many cases). Good luck with that, especially taking into account whatever reason you no longer get along.

Well then I'll make sure I marry a reasonable person who doesn't have any desire to rape me if it does come to divorce.

Impossible. When people Divorce, emotions are high, and People are not thinking straight.

 

[irishScott]

Originally posted by: sandorski

Originally posted by: irishScott

Originally posted by: dainthomas

Originally posted by: irishScott
I pity you if you are so automatically suspicious of people. You seem to expect people to screw you over and stab you in the back, even people you'd trust enough to marry (although from a certain perspective you wouldn't trust them at all). People don't spontaneously change from one extreme to the other barring some mental condition bordering on schizophrenia. I can think of 10 chicks off the top of my head whom I would say have a 90+% chance of never going the route you described. Set your sights beyond the ghetto and frat/sorority whores please.

Marriage is a matter of trust and faith (not necessarily religious) as well as knowledge. If I trust someone enough to marry them, by that point we'll know each other so well and be so prepared it'll be ridiculous.

They don't have to consciously think about "screwing you over". It could be as simple as, for any of a myriad of reasons, in ten or fifteen years you no longer get along at all and choose to move on with your lives.

At this point, your entire financial well being depends on whether she voluntarily turns down what is legally hers (half of the marital assets plus alimony in many cases). Good luck with that, especially taking into account whatever reason you no longer get along.

Well then I'll make sure I marry a reasonable person who doesn't have any desire to rape me if it does come to divorce.

Impossible. When people Divorce, emotions are high, and People are not thinking straight.

Overgeneralize much?

Edit: Timewarp

 

[TruePaige]

Originally posted by: sandorski

Originally posted by: irishScott

Originally posted by: dainthomas

Originally posted by: irishScott
I pity you if you are so automatically suspicious of people. You seem to expect people to screw you over and stab you in the back, even people you'd trust enough to marry (although from a certain perspective you wouldn't trust them at all). People don't spontaneously change from one extreme to the other barring some mental condition bordering on schizophrenia. I can think of 10 chicks off the top of my head whom I would say have a 90+% chance of never going the route you described. Set your sights beyond the ghetto and frat/sorority whores please.

Marriage is a matter of trust and faith (not necessarily religious) as well as knowledge. If I trust someone enough to marry them, by that point we'll know each other so well and be so prepared it'll be ridiculous.

They don't have to consciously think about "screwing you over". It could be as simple as, for any of a myriad of reasons, in ten or fifteen years you no longer get along at all and choose to move on with your lives.

At this point, your entire financial well being depends on whether she voluntarily turns down what is legally hers (half of the marital assets plus alimony in many cases). Good luck with that, especially taking into account whatever reason you no longer get along.

Well then I'll make sure I marry a reasonable person who doesn't have any desire to rape me if it does come to divorce.

Impossible. When people Divorce, emotions are high, and People are not thinking straight.

That's not always true, either. Some people peacefully divide their assets and go their separate ways.

 

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: TruePaige

Originally posted by: sandorski

Originally posted by: irishScott

Originally posted by: dainthomas

Originally posted by: irishScott
I pity you if you are so automatically suspicious of people. You seem to expect people to screw you over and stab you in the back, even people you'd trust enough to marry (although from a certain perspective you wouldn't trust them at all). People don't spontaneously change from one extreme to the other barring some mental condition bordering on schizophrenia. I can think of 10 chicks off the top of my head whom I would say have a 90+% chance of never going the route you described. Set your sights beyond the ghetto and frat/sorority whores please.

Marriage is a matter of trust and faith (not necessarily religious) as well as knowledge. If I trust someone enough to marry them, by that point we'll know each other so well and be so prepared it'll be ridiculous.

They don't have to consciously think about "screwing you over". It could be as simple as, for any of a myriad of reasons, in ten or fifteen years you no longer get along at all and choose to move on with your lives.

At this point, your entire financial well being depends on whether she voluntarily turns down what is legally hers (half of the marital assets plus alimony in many cases). Good luck with that, especially taking into account whatever reason you no longer get along.

Well then I'll make sure I marry a reasonable person who doesn't have any desire to rape me if it does come to divorce.

Impossible. When people Divorce, emotions are high, and People are not thinking straight.

That's not always true, either. Some people peacefully divide their assets and go their separate ways.

It's rare, but you can not Predict who will or who will not beforehand.

 

[irishScott]

Originally posted by: sandorski

Originally posted by: TruePaige

Originally posted by: sandorski

Originally posted by: irishScott

Originally posted by: dainthomas

Originally posted by: irishScott
I pity you if you are so automatically suspicious of people. You seem to expect people to screw you over and stab you in the back, even people you'd trust enough to marry (although from a certain perspective you wouldn't trust them at all). People don't spontaneously change from one extreme to the other barring some mental condition bordering on schizophrenia. I can think of 10 chicks off the top of my head whom I would say have a 90+% chance of never going the route you described. Set your sights beyond the ghetto and frat/sorority whores please.

Marriage is a matter of trust and faith (not necessarily religious) as well as knowledge. If I trust someone enough to marry them, by that point we'll know each other so well and be so prepared it'll be ridiculous.

They don't have to consciously think about "screwing you over". It could be as simple as, for any of a myriad of reasons, in ten or fifteen years you no longer get along at all and choose to move on with your lives.

At this point, your entire financial well being depends on whether she voluntarily turns down what is legally hers (half of the marital assets plus alimony in many cases). Good luck with that, especially taking into account whatever reason you no longer get along.

Well then I'll make sure I marry a reasonable person who doesn't have any desire to rape me if it does come to divorce.

Impossible. When people Divorce, emotions are high, and People are not thinking straight.

That's not always true, either. Some people peacefully divide their assets and go their separate ways.

It's rare, but you can not Predict who will or who will not beforehand.

Yes you can. It's called knowing people and continuing to know them as they change. It's a very abstract analog concept, but it works. It also requires a divergence from the binary thought patterns many on this forum express.

No I can't predict things down to a timeline of specific events, but there is something known as "knowing a person's character".

 

[SilentZero]

Yes!

 

[thegimp03]

I would unless she was on near-equal financial ground with me, then it wouldn't really matter if we split.

 

[bobdole369]

a mill is enough for me to safeguard my mill. Of course I'm the type of guy who wouldn't loan his car to his mom, cuz she isn't on the insurance though.

 

[Ronstang]

The only people that you will usually find denouncing pre-nups are those who have nothing to loose. I was in this situation about 17 years ago. She hit me with all kinds of bull and argued and argued how evil I was if I wanted a pre-nup but I had tons and she had nothing. I got the ring back too. Best decision I ever made. I know plenty of people who had hugely disproportionate assets when they got married. Strangely it was the women with nothing who usually suggested the pre-nup as a way for the man to protect himself. I guess those women were keepers as those people are all still married.

 

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: irishScott

Originally posted by: sandorski

Originally posted by: TruePaige

Originally posted by: sandorski

Originally posted by: irishScott

Originally posted by: dainthomas

Originally posted by: irishScott
I pity you if you are so automatically suspicious of people. You seem to expect people to screw you over and stab you in the back, even people you'd trust enough to marry (although from a certain perspective you wouldn't trust them at all). People don't spontaneously change from one extreme to the other barring some mental condition bordering on schizophrenia. I can think of 10 chicks off the top of my head whom I would say have a 90+% chance of never going the route you described. Set your sights beyond the ghetto and frat/sorority whores please.

Marriage is a matter of trust and faith (not necessarily religious) as well as knowledge. If I trust someone enough to marry them, by that point we'll know each other so well and be so prepared it'll be ridiculous.

They don't have to consciously think about "screwing you over". It could be as simple as, for any of a myriad of reasons, in ten or fifteen years you no longer get along at all and choose to move on with your lives.

At this point, your entire financial well being depends on whether she voluntarily turns down what is legally hers (half of the marital assets plus alimony in many cases). Good luck with that, especially taking into account whatever reason you no longer get along.

Well then I'll make sure I marry a reasonable person who doesn't have any desire to rape me if it does come to divorce.

Impossible. When people Divorce, emotions are high, and People are not thinking straight.

That's not always true, either. Some people peacefully divide their assets and go their separate ways.

It's rare, but you can not Predict who will or who will not beforehand.

Yes you can. It's called knowing people and continuing to know them as they change. It's a very abstract analog concept, but it works. It also requires a divergence from the binary thought patterns many on this forum express.

No I can't predict things down to a timeline of specific events, but there is something known as "knowing a person's character".

You're dreaming.

 

[BW86]

uhh.yes

 

[irishScott]

Originally posted by: sandorski

You're dreaming.

So knowing someone's character is impossible? Knowing someone extremely well is impossible? These are pretty common human occurrences. What exactly am I dreaming here?

 

[TruePaige]

Originally posted by: sandorski

Originally posted by: irishScott

Originally posted by: sandorski

Originally posted by: TruePaige

Originally posted by: sandorski

Originally posted by: irishScott

Originally posted by: dainthomas

Originally posted by: irishScott
I pity you if you are so automatically suspicious of people. You seem to expect people to screw you over and stab you in the back, even people you'd trust enough to marry (although from a certain perspective you wouldn't trust them at all). People don't spontaneously change from one extreme to the other barring some mental condition bordering on schizophrenia. I can think of 10 chicks off the top of my head whom I would say have a 90+% chance of never going the route you described. Set your sights beyond the ghetto and frat/sorority whores please.

Marriage is a matter of trust and faith (not necessarily religious) as well as knowledge. If I trust someone enough to marry them, by that point we'll know each other so well and be so prepared it'll be ridiculous.

They don't have to consciously think about "screwing you over". It could be as simple as, for any of a myriad of reasons, in ten or fifteen years you no longer get along at all and choose to move on with your lives.

At this point, your entire financial well being depends on whether she voluntarily turns down what is legally hers (half of the marital assets plus alimony in many cases). Good luck with that, especially taking into account whatever reason you no longer get along.

Well then I'll make sure I marry a reasonable person who doesn't have any desire to rape me if it does come to divorce.

Impossible. When people Divorce, emotions are high, and People are not thinking straight.

That's not always true, either. Some people peacefully divide their assets and go their separate ways.

It's rare, but you can not Predict who will or who will not beforehand.

Yes you can. It's called knowing people and continuing to know them as they change. It's a very abstract analog concept, but it works. It also requires a divergence from the binary thought patterns many on this forum express.

No I can't predict things down to a timeline of specific events, but there is something known as "knowing a person's character".

You're dreaming.

It's true, you both should be versatile, and you should know their personality well enough to understand their changing needs and the same applies in the reverse.

A good couple should not let their raging emotions control them, they should let their sensibility and devotion guide them.

 

[Atreus21]

Originally posted by: SunnyD
Prenup yes. If she balks, then you know she's a gold digger. Screw the argument "well if YOU really loved me, you wouldn't be worried about your money!"

Sorry, but in this day and age it's every man for himself.

Well, I think what you're really saying is that you don't trust her. It's as simple as that.

You can't fault women for getting huffy when you tell them you don't trust them to their face.

 

[FelixDeCat]

Originally posted by: Atreus21

Originally posted by: SunnyD
Prenup yes. If she balks, then you know she's a gold digger. Screw the argument "well if YOU really loved me, you wouldn't be worried about your money!"

Sorry, but in this day and age it's every man for himself.

Well, I think what you're really saying is that you don't trust her. It's as simple as that.

You can't fault women for getting huffy when you tell them you don't trust them to their face.

And by saying 'no' she is saying she doesnt trust me.

 

[thegimp03]

Originally posted by: Atreus21

Originally posted by: SunnyD
Prenup yes. If she balks, then you know she's a gold digger. Screw the argument "well if YOU really loved me, you wouldn't be worried about your money!"

Sorry, but in this day and age it's every man for himself.

Well, I think what you're really saying is that you don't trust her. It's as simple as that.

You can't fault women for getting huffy when you tell them you don't trust them to their face.

What's the point of trust if she's marrying you to take half your assets? Isn't there something wrong with that? The way things are now, divorce is so commonplace that if either person in a relationship had significantly more money than their future spouse, not getting a prenup is retarded.

 

[TruePaige]

Originally posted by: FelixDeKat

Originally posted by: Atreus21

Originally posted by: SunnyD
Prenup yes. If she balks, then you know she's a gold digger. Screw the argument "well if YOU really loved me, you wouldn't be worried about your money!"

Sorry, but in this day and age it's every man for himself.

Well, I think what you're really saying is that you don't trust her. It's as simple as that.

You can't fault women for getting huffy when you tell them you don't trust them to their face.

And by saying 'no' she is saying she doesnt trust me.

Well you are telling them that instead of building a future you both can rely on that you have the same good future no matter what and she isn't guaranteed the same.

Can you blame someone for being upset? You could completely drop the ball and your spouse could have to pack up and leave with little to no recourse.

 

[TruePaige]

Originally posted by: thegimp03

Originally posted by: Atreus21

Originally posted by: SunnyD
Prenup yes. If she balks, then you know she's a gold digger. Screw the argument "well if YOU really loved me, you wouldn't be worried about your money!"

Sorry, but in this day and age it's every man for himself.

Well, I think what you're really saying is that you don't trust her. It's as simple as that.

You can't fault women for getting huffy when you tell them you don't trust them to their face.

What's the point of trust if she's marrying you to take half your assets? Isn't there something wrong with that? The way things are now, divorce is so commonplace that if either person in a relationship had significantly more money than their future spouse, not getting a prenup is retarded.

What's the point of getting married if you can't trust that she isn't in it to take half your assets?

 

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: irishScott

Originally posted by: sandorski

You're dreaming.

So knowing someone's character is impossible? Knowing someone extremely well is impossible? These are pretty common human occurrences. What exactly am I dreaming here?

The factors that cause Divorce are too emotionally charged to predict the actions of those involved. People don't Divorce casually, it is usually after some trauma, such as Infidelity. If people were able to Predict such things, they wouldn't be getting a Divorce in the first place.

 

[TruePaige]

Originally posted by: sandorski

Originally posted by: irishScott

Originally posted by: sandorski

You're dreaming.

So knowing someone's character is impossible? Knowing someone extremely well is impossible? These are pretty common human occurrences. What exactly am I dreaming here?

The factors that cause Divorce are too emotionally charged to predict the actions of those involved. People don't Divorce casually, it is usually after some trauma, such as Infidelity. If people were able to Predict such things, they wouldn't be getting a Divorce in the first place.

I've only known one couple that divorced in a civil manner, but it was an ideal way to end things.

Stay together and sell the house, split the cash, and go their separate ways.

 

[irishScott]

Originally posted by: sandorski

Originally posted by: irishScott

Originally posted by: sandorski

You're dreaming.

So knowing someone's character is impossible? Knowing someone extremely well is impossible? These are pretty common human occurrences. What exactly am I dreaming here?

The factors that cause Divorce are too emotionally charged to predict the actions of those involved. People don't Divorce casually, it is usually after some trauma, such as Infidelity. If people were able to Predict such things, they wouldn't be getting a Divorce in the first place.

So knowing how someone reacts under extreme pressure is impossible too?