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Latest post Tue, Mar 6 2007 9:39 PM by Kooyeen. 11 replies.
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Anonymous  +  334907 Fri, 02 Mar 07 12:33 PM
Are you for or against prenuptial contracts?
A prenuptial agreement is a written contract by parties to a prospective marriage,
which stipulates how they have property divided or support determined
if they end up with divorce.
Some say prenuptial contracts are unromantic,
while others argue they need to sign prenup contracts,
which allow them to prepare for possible divorces.
What's your opinion on prenuptial contracts? 


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Francesca  +  335039 Fri, 02 Mar 07 08:25 PM
I agree to stipulate a prenuptial contracts, one will never know what to expect for the future, so it's good to protect his/her own possessions!
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Anonymous, 2 yr 264 days ago
 Francesca wrote:
I agree to stipulate a prenuptial contracts, one will never know what to expect for the future, so it's good to protect his/her own possessions!


Thank you for your reply.
What is interesting for me is that you're from Italy, a predominantly Catholic country.
The Catholic Church forbids divorce.
Meanwhile a signed prenuptial contract means that the marriage could end up
with divorce.
Do you think a majority of Italians are in favor of prenuptial contracts?

Francesca  +  335269 Sat, 03 Mar 07 03:16 PM
Hey Anon,
well, to be honest, I don't know what the most of the Italians think and I'm not religious..so I could be the exception to the rule Wink [;)]
Francesca
Anonymous, 2 yr 264 days ago
I'm the one who started this thread.
I'm against prenuptial contracts.
A signed prenuptial contract means that the marriage could break down in the future.
If so, why the couple decided to marry?
Is there any problem for them if they just live together without marrying?


Lil' Ruby Rose  +  335495 Sun, 04 Mar 07 09:18 AM

That seems quite a naive approach to take.  In the UK, 3 out of 5 marriages end in divorce.  Arranging a prenuptial contract would seem statistically very sensible, although no-one goes into a marriage believing that they could be one of the 3 in 5.

If you take this line, do you also believe that you shouldn't take out life insurance because it means you are planning to die in an accident?
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Anonymous, 2 yr 263 days ago
So you mean that a prenuptial contract is a from of risk management.
I can understand that one wants to take out an insurance on her/his marriage in
a country where the divorce rate is very high at 60 percent.
In this thread, those who are not Catholics and in favor of prenup agreements seem to be more dominant.
But, in the real world, there are a great number of conservative people.
As I said, the Catholic Church forbids divorce.

Non-Catholics are in favor of prenuptial contracts
while Catholics are against them.
Is this the case?

nona the brit  +  335539 Sun, 04 Mar 07 01:44 PM

You can't generalise about people in that way.

Many non-Catholics will also not like the idea of pre-nups. Probably some Catholics do (even though their church may not recognise a divorce they can of course get legally divorced, the same as anyone else).
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Anonymous, 2 yr 263 days ago
Thanks for your reply.
Why some people don't like the idea of prenup contracts?
Because they believe a marriage should be based on love?
Or because they believe that a marriage is something different from
an insurance?
Where do you think we should draw a line between marriage and risk management.

At first I didn't like the idea of prenups, but now I can understand the importance of
managing the risk of a possible divorce.
If you divorced, then you would have to fight legal battles over property, child custody and support,
while you would have to think about your career or where you live.
This will wear you outl.
Signing a contract before marriage helps relieve you of the stress.

I think this topic is worth discussing.
By the way I haven't married yet.
I was raised Catholic but seldom go to church.
I think I've been caught between the two values, the teachings of the Church and secularism.

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