60% of marriages now end in divorce. People are settling for less than what they really want more than ever. Sure... listen to your mother... get married, have kids before you're ready and sure that he/she is the right one... just because you're 25, or 30, or 35.. or whatever. I think people are more in love with the idea of marriage ... and 'being married'... than the actual person they have to wake up to every day. If I see one more couple get married before living with each other for a year or without being engaged for more than 6 months I'm gonna puke. People end up married and act surprised later on that he's a slob and she's a bitch. what a concept.
Exactly. Open you heart is not the same as getting married. Open your heart won't cost you half of your assets down the road.
It's kind of like saying don't take driving lessons from those who never had a car accident? Some people never had a car accident because they don't drive but some people never had a car accident because they really know what they are doing.
Marriage isn't base of wealth, and how much one is worth. If you have to think about divorce and pre-nup before you get married, then maybe you shouldn't walk down the aisle. Because that is what your marriage is gonna base on.
I don't think being married makes one an expert on marriage. I also don't think that by having a child makes one an expert on parenting. Just having the right to do something does not make anyone good at it. If someone is an idiot before marriage... they aren't getting any smarter from a ring.
You are saying if you have doubts about someone, maybe you shouldn't marry that person. That's different from someone who knows he/she wants a prenup before he/she even meets the person he/she wants to marry. The latter shows that person is smart about risk management and probably make good decisions in life. But I am a hopeless romantic like you. I don't believe in prenups. That's why I am only marrying someone richer than me.
