You don’t plan to crash your car … but you get insurance … right?!
You don’t plan to fall on your motorcycle … but you wear a helmet (at least I do) … right?
So why not get a prenup?
*Disclaimer*: Just for all you overly sensitive individuals reading (you know who you are) … that was a joke. A prenup is not just “marriage insurance”.
There has been a relatively recent groundswell movement in the push for prenuptial agreements. Kanye West made the phrase “We want prenup!” extremely popular with his radio hit “Golddigger”. While I have no stats to show if they have gained popularity over time (the resident “stat man” can do that for me), I think its a pretty safe assumption that they have.
I am taking this time to officially declare that I want … nay … DEMAND a prenuptial agreement from my future spose.
Oddly enough, this seems to have not gained a lot of ground with women. I am constantly faced with statements like:
“A prenup means your already thinking about divorce”
“I’m not marrying any man who would ask me to sign a prenup … its disrespectful”
“Any man who wants a prenup is secretly on the down low” (dumb broad)
And more stupid statements that would make anyone with half a brain give that “WTF” look.
So I’ve decided to outline just a few of the reasons why prenups are good, why women (or some of you soft men) shouldn’t fear them, and whatever tickles my fancy.
It’s not all about Money!
One common misconception is the soul purpose of a prenup is to divvy up assets in the case of a divorce and protect someone’s money. This isn’t the case. Prenups can and have included provisions such as how often sex occurs, is she going to swallow, will he ever cook, and does the cooch get eaten. Its a basic contract between two people. You can put in whatever craziness that you want.
It’s sad but true … but divorce happens
The divorce rate has been over 50% for awhile now. It was in college or high school when I first heard that “chilling” statistic. I doubt many of those people got married with plans to divorce the “love of their life”, but in the end, they got divorced. Suppose I get a promotion, work 60 hour weeks, and my wife decides to blow the gardner, the mailman, and that special kid in the neighborhood that just turned 18. I have to give her half of my stock options now! Shoot me!
It could help save your marriage
Since divorce has gotten so popular, I feel like people may be a little quicker to run to it as a crutch nowadays instead of putting in the work to actually fix the marriage. I don’t want the fact that you (or me) might be able to walk away with an easy million and receive checks every month for another $5000 for the rest of my/your life as incentive to leave. Now that money is out of the equation … you’ll actually show up for those marriage counseling meetings.
Punish those who need to be punished
I’m not … nor do I ever think I will be a fan of cheating. I’ve never been cheated on (that I know of) and I have never cheated on a significant other. I will definitely have a clause indicating you don’t get sh*t if you cheat. Get that new n*gga to pay for your car note.
I lose because you lied?
So … if the “love of your life” has lied to you about something big (she was born a man, he has 8 kids he forgot to mention, she/he is infertile … and lied about it) … then you could potentially still have to forfeit 50% of your holdings even though you were done wrong. That’s just not right.
Lets just keep it fair
Generally speaking, God forbid … but if divorce looks to be the best way to go … then it seems fair that you leave with what you came in with. There is no “break up court”. People have relationships that have lasted longer and meant more than most marriages, but their is no judge to give them a settlement. I’m all about fairness in life … same with my marriage.
I hope I was able to imbue you all with a little bit of knowledge and have turned you into a fellow support of the “I Want Prenup!” movement. Viva la prenup!
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