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I recently got engaged and will be married soon. I'm trying to understand if a prenup is necessary, as both parties own Bitcoin.
I’ve always thought that you shouldn’t marry someone you feel the need to defend yourself against.
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The thing is, you never know what’s gonna happen. Better safe than sorry. Why do you think your other half’s never gonna let you down?
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You should trust the person you’re marrying.
It’s an enormous commitment, prenup or no, and you shouldn’t enter into with someone you’re scared of.
Sometimes you have to be all in for a thing to work.
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I get what you’re saying, but I don’t see it as a lack of love or commitment when people want a contract.
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The vows are the terms of the contract.
Sometimes you have to burn the bridges behind you as a commitment device.
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This, marriage is the anti-hedge affirmation.
If you need a parachute just stay unmarried and vow nothing.
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42 sats \ 2 replies \ @anon 20h
that's what I used to think too, but two of my friends ended up in a bad divorce last year and almost financially ruin.
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I appreciate the concern but maintain my position that you shouldn’t marry someone that you have serious concerns about.
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This isn't about trusting your partner then, this is about you trusting youself to be a better judge of character than your friends.
Or maybe you know they're ultimately at fault for their behavior in the relationship, and you're not confident that your less of a loser than they are.
Either way, it's an inward problem.
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48 sats \ 2 replies \ @siggy47 21h
I'm not an expert in divorce law, but it really depends on where you live. That being said, I did not have one when I got married. Honestly it never even crossed my mind.
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36 sats \ 1 reply \ @anon 21h
Two of my friends ended up in a bad divorce and almost financially ruin.
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Oh, I'm not questioning your caution. Typically, assets acquired before marriage are separate property, but that's not legal advice. You really should do a search of law in your jurisdiction, but you have probably done that already.
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30 sats \ 0 replies \ @optimism 19h
I didn't, and although my marriage didn't end too nice, I don't regret it. Greed sucks.
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @LAXITIVA 17h
I wish I could get divorced 🤌 but I can’t get married 🫠🤌
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69 sats \ 0 replies \ @anon 16h
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separate property
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0 sats \ 3 replies \ @anon 21h
That's why I'm trying to understand if it's still necessary. my keys, my coins; her keys, her coins.
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Not sure how it works where you are, but here in Portugal you can get married with a clause where only the stuff you get after the wedding belongs to both.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @anon 21h
You mean I should look up the laws on where we register, or the place where we live?
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both
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dont really need one if you have bitcoin are you sovereign or are you going to obey the court like a good slave?
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @anon 9h
If you think you might need one… then you should probably have one.
Or just celebrate with a private ceremony without the government status change
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Many older men friends told me I should do that but I fell like it was weird so I went against their advice. So far 11 years (and four kids) in and I don’t regret this at all. And my wife and I fight a lot. We are from very different cultures and different personalities.
I’m convinced that once you have kids, there is no way back.
I’m sure there are some crazy exception cases when divorce is the only way out but I like to keep that option terrible, expensive and unknown. Burn the ships!
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My wife made me sign a postnup before she invested in an appartment to rent. Just make sure you don't buy a property before your wife does.
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we want prenup; we want prenuuuuup
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Well, really when my wife and I got married, we did it for love, we were dating for two years and recently we celebrated 8 years of marriage, really before getting married we had nothing, and the little we have we have done together, you should know your partner well, and really when you are going to get married you should not think about divorce, otherwise that would be crap.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @carter 18h
Nope... shouldn't be an issue though
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @scatman 19h
My wife and I have different citizenships. For our sake, but mostly for the sake of our children, we were advised to get one. The main reason is that, if anything happens, it gets even messier when the rules of the two countries of the spouses differ in how to deal with this kind of thing.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @anon 19h
My wife and I have different citizenships.
We are in the same situation.
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Don't prenup look into a South Dakota Trust, they're better
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Unless you are a whale, probably not.
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Wrong territory should be in ~AskSN
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0 sats \ 5 replies \ @anon 20h
but it's bitcoin related.
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It’s a stretch plus it’s a general question
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @anon 17h
gfy
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I WILL DOWNZAP YOU!
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @anon 17h
thanks, the other @anon is not me.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @OT 21h
No.
But I think about this stuff when my kids come of age. I bet there will be lots of gold diggers (we need a new name for this BTW).
Do we use a prenup or do we go for arranged marriages?
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @anon 21h
I'm also thinking mostly for the kids, I need to make sure the money will always be there for them.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Fabs 21h
I'd absolutely get one - better be safe than sorry.
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