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by hd4 1434 days ago
I'll do one better, just don't marry. Pre-nups are routinely thrown out by divorce courts.

Unless the guy is extremely poor and marrying a high net-worth woman, there is just no point in marrying, you gain absolutely nothing (except for pithy tax benefits in some cases).

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> I'll do one better, just don't marry. Pre-nups are routinely thrown out by divorce courts.

That's not a good idea in many jurisdictions - after a predetermined number of years of living together as a couple (man and wife), you are considered to be married in community of property anyway[1].

It's safer to simply get married with a prenup; at least that requires either party to spend money and effort nullifying it.

If you don't want to take the risk, just don't move in together at all.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common-law_marriage