Technically, you don't even have to get something yourself either. Just requiring the other party to do or not do something is enough even if it doesn't materia

Technically, you don't even have to get something yourself either. Just requiring the other party to do or not do something is enough even if it doesn't materially benefit you at all. The law school case demonstrating this is Hamer v. Sidway: https://matthewminer.name/law/briefs/1L/1st+Semester/LAW+505-002+%E2%80%93+Contracts+I/Hamer+v.+Sidway+(2) https://matthewminer.name/law/briefs/1L/1st+Semester/LAW+505... There, an uncle promised to pay his nephew the equivalent of $170,000 if his nephew promised to not drink, smoke, or play cards or billiards, and the court upheld the contract.