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<blockquote data-quote="gingerkat" data-source="post: 1194634" data-attributes="member: 43502">When I met my husband I was 20 and he was 30 and of course we both had nothing. Looking back at everything that has happened, I wouldn&#039;t ask for one and I wouldn&#039;t want to sign one.&nbsp; To me, a pre-nup is almost like a big red&nbsp; &quot;warning label&quot; that is screaming that failure is ahead.&nbsp; Maybe it&#039;s a generational thing, but I think love shouldn&#039;t be a contract formulated by lawyers. As a CPA in the westside of Los Angeles, I&#039;ve seen very few pre-nups even between millionaires.&nbsp; It&#039;s just one of those things that most people don&#039;t do. When I did see them, the average persons that had them were celebrity/athlete, lawyer, and trust fund babies (drawn up by yes, estate or family attorneys).But even then, when divorce came down to it, pre-nups are very rarely iron clad and costly when attorneys get involved, not to mentioned any forensic accounting if required by either spouse or attorney. If anything, you would be better off paying your spouse instead of giving it to the attorneys.For whatever it&#039;s worth, people do what makes you comfortable.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="gingerkat, post: 1194634, member: 43502"] When I met my husband I was 20 and he was 30 and of course we both had nothing. Looking back at everything that has happened, I wouldn't ask for one and I wouldn't want to sign one. To me, a pre-nup is almost like a big red "warning label" that is screaming that failure is ahead. Maybe it's a generational thing, but I think love shouldn't be a contract formulated by lawyers. As a CPA in the westside of Los Angeles, I've seen very [U]few[/U] pre-nups even between millionaires. It's just one of those things that most people don't do. When I did see them, the average persons that had them were celebrity/athlete, lawyer, and trust fund babies (drawn up by yes, estate or family attorneys). But even then, when divorce came down to it, pre-nups are very rarely iron clad and costly when attorneys get involved, not to mentioned any forensic accounting if required by either spouse or attorney. If anything, you would be better off paying your spouse instead of giving it to the attorneys. For whatever it's worth, people do what makes you comfortable. [/QUOTE]

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