Don’t Ignore These Prenup/Engagement Danger Signs!

[@petervaczovsky9211]

Counselor, let's be realistic. Pre-nups are thrown out by judges EVERY DAY. They're worthless on that basis alone. When "pre-nup" starts being mentioned, man or woman, LEAVE! The juice just ain't worth the squeeze.

[@PeterSlater69]

I agree 100%.

[@andrewhemphill8999]

I agree but disagree. They should still be done. Mainly because it makes a financial conversation happen. Most people will start the financial conversation with their significant other but never truly go all the way through it because it's a hard discussion. A prenup is a structured way to go through the conversation and open things up and let both sides understand where the other side is coming from. It lets both sides understand what will or won't happen to certain things (such as the title to a house), or if there is going to be alimony at the end of a divorce. if the two sides can't come to an agreement before the marriage the don't get married until both are seeing eye to eye. You need to both be on the same page before you say I do. Are they worth a lot less because judges throw them out? yes they are worth a lot less, but they still have value because of the financial discussion that happens because of them. on a side note : the U.S. Congress needs to get off their butts and make a law that says "if you have a prenup it is GOING to be enforced and to bad if you don't like it being enforced. You both signed it and you both got married on the basis of what is in that contract. You both entered the contract of getting married based on the contract of the prenup." They should NOT be able to be contested. Sorry that's just my opinion on how they should be handled.

[@jtixtlan]

More difficult than ever for young people. If one has $100-200K in student debt because they “followed their dreams” and lived at campus and got a brand-name degree and the other did community college and live with their parents and worked during college, they one who is debt free because of their sacrifices is going to take on the debt of the one who did the borrowing. If there’s a divorce a few years later, the frugal one will walk away with half of their ex-spouse’s student debt.