Till contractual obligations do us part

Marriage has taken a consumerist turn as pre- and postnups become the norm.

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Surely you're not marrying me for the money?
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Call me old-fashioned, but I think the idea of a prenuptial agreement goes against the whole "till death do us part" idea of marriage. It appears I'm not alone. "Only two things are certain: death and taxes, not divorce," says James Baldock in Metro. A prenup isn't like a will, which deals with an inevitable situation.

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