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No. In our culture a prenup is a sign of distrust, or that you don't expect a marriage to succeed. Rational or not, people who have no gold-digging intentions c
by praxulus 10y ago
No. In our culture a prenup is a sign of distrust, or that you don't expect a marriage to succeed. Rational or not, people who have no gold-digging intentions can still be extremely opposed to prenups.
- irrational 10y agoBut in our culture isn't it also assumed that the marriage will end someday? I once overheard the mother of the groom saying how much she loved her new daughter-in-law and thought that she would make a great first-wife for her son!
- emodendroket 10y agoNo, I don't think that is assumed by most people getting married.
- dragonwriter 10y ago> But in our culture isn't it also assumed that the marriage will end someday? Not in my culture, I don't know about yours. > I once overheard the mother of the groom saying how much she loved her new daughter-in-law and thought that she would make a great first-wife for her son! "I once overheard..." is a fairly thin reed to hang an inference of broad cultural expectation on.
- askldfhjkasfhd 10y agoGenerally, people assume that a plurality of marriages that aren't theirs will end. Their marriage, of course, isn't like those. We humans are really bad at seeing our biases.
- dragonwriter 10y ago> Generally, people assume that a plurality of marriages that aren't theirs will end. A plurality is the largest individual share where there is no majority. Since marriages have only two outcomes (end by death, end by divorce), there is no room for a plurality, only a majority one way or the other. I don't think people falsely assume other outcomes which reduce the biggest share to a mere plurality. And there is precious little evidence to support that the biggest share (majority or plurality) is to end in divorce.
- askldfhjkasfhd 10y agoI appreciate you taking the time to fix my misuse of one word.