Sunday, March 17, 2024

Prenups and Catholics

 Why Women Should Want a Prenup

The linked TikTok above makes a hell of a good point.

Now, according to Catholic doctrine, it is a sin, and renders a marriage invalid, for you and your prospective spouse to write a prenup. It is worse if, as in this example, one of the two spouses might attempt to write their own, without telling their partner.

But it's not like you don't end up with a prenup. You always have a prenup. If you don't write it, then the government writes it. .

Now, you can argue that since you and your fiancee didn't write it, it isn't your fault that this situation exists. OK. But you cannot know you are even entering into a marriage. Even if you have correct intent, etc., your intended may not.

You know you're receiving absolution, you know you're receiving the Eucharist, you know you are being confirmed, baptized, anointing of the sick, ordained.

But you never really know if you're getting married, nor do you know, once through the ceremony, if you are, in fact, married. 

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