My W interestingly enough suggested that there should be *no* marriage contract. Her point was that the marriage contract encourages complacency and taking the relationship for granted. It gives you a false sense of security that you are "locked in" for the long haul.

If the assumption between you was that either of you could wake up any morning and freely walk away, you'd probably both regard the situation differently from the beginning and not get into these messes!

I certainly see the virtue in that line of thinking, it just gets more complicated when children are involved, she didn't have a good answer for that.


Married 18, Together 20, Now Divorced
M: 48, W: 50, D: 18, S: 16, D: 12
Bomb Dropped (EA, D): 7/13/11
Start Reconcile: 8/15/11
Bomb Dropped (EA, D): 5/1/2014 (Divorced)
In a New Relationship: 3/2015