OK, I've got two female friends who got married.
One decided to get married on the level of heart because she didn't want to deal with legal matters (prenup etc.). She didn't like the idea of a marriage as a legal contract but rather as a union between two souls. After some time, she and her "husband" realized it ain't working and he decided they should separate. Out of good heart, he agreed to financially support my friend one full year after they split up. She feels he betrayed her since he promised to be married untill death do us part. They've had religious ceremony only.
The other friend got married out of convinience, with mutual understanding: Since she's got certain issue that marriage would take care of, they've decided to do it to solve that issue and if the love developed and relationship really bloomed into full blown marriage, great! If not, well, too bad. In this case, the prenup didn't even cross their minds. Now, here's the problem. Since they've both realized their relationship is going nowhere, it's inevitable they are going to separate and eventualy divorce.
Since we live in sunny Cali where marital laws are a bit more flexible than in other states...
What do you think, is it better to get legaly married, sign a prenup and live happily ever after, or follow your heart, forget about the legal contractual details and live happily ever after...
... or not?
Where's the fine line between contractual and spiritual love? And can they exist side by side?
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Legal is always safer in the long run I think. Emotions are so fickle and changing and a marriage contract is never a guarantee but at least you will have some protections under the law if you do split up so that one party doesn't completely take advantage of the other.
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