Pre Nuptial Arrangements

Winston Churchill once said that there are two things in life that are guaranteed, death and taxes.

A strong, healthy marriage unfortunately didn’t make the cut. 

And this is why I believe wholeheartedly in pre-nups.

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  • Onadrought says:

    07:52pm | 17/10/09

    Agree Gillian, a pre-nup or keeping a huge chunk of your money separate. I’ve got a few friends going through divorces at the moment, and the settlement issues seem like hell. And these couples don’t even have kids. Even though people here seem to be saying, pre-nups are ineffective, if… Read more »

  • nat says:

    12:36am | 17/10/09

    I was quite happy with the “our money” account my ex-fiance and I had in addition to the “my money” account…equal contribution to shared expenses, and no guilt over using “our money” to buy something that I wanted…and when it all fell apart, very easy to recuperate and divide deposits… Read more »

 

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