Do you believe in a prenup if there is a big asset discrepancy?

Short answer no.
Whenever the court gets involved there is a price to pay.
Whenever the court gets involved you can bet your version of fair will go out the window.
Since I strongly doubt there I'd any prenup that enough money an hatred can't undo it seems to make the marriage about contracts not commitment.

Nothing wrong with a pre nup. It about protecting the couple's welfare and interest

As with all things in life, it depends...

Do both partners feel like keeping their incomes separate or is the tendency more like wanting to share everything and anything? Total trust and openness?

How big is this gap, and what are the stakes? For instance, if one has their own company and it would get ruined in case of divorce I think prenup would be good.

I also think age is an issue. Most ppl that have already gone through 1 or more relationships may be less eager to share all they have than a young couple who's freshly starting a relationship.

And there will likely be more things one could consider... It depends on the couple and the stakes.

Prenup hell yes.. sweetheart you're walking out that door with what you walked in with... and that reminds me that boob job that I paid for..yup.. just leave them on the hallway desk on your way out..lmao

I believe in prenups even if there isn't a big asset discrepancy.

I also believe in life insurance, health insurance, fire/homeowners insurance, and car insurance.
I get those and usually don't think about them again until I have to use them.

Prenups usually don't have the monthly premium payments, which is nice.

Not a thing wrong with getting a prenup in my book.. I may not have much but what I do have will go to my kids..

I have seen so many loose everything they have due not to having one...

Well, in the state of California, or in any state
recognizing equality in divorce proceedings, half
of joint assets/income are awarded each party.

So one might assume the person seeking the prenup
has no interest in sharing half of it.

Maybe they had it a long time, first.
Maybe they have been through it once or twice already.
Maybe there are children to protect.

Whatever the reason, they feel a need to limit the
after-the-love-is-gone distributions.

I am ambivalent about it, I can see pros and cons
of them.

tends to happen more in later relationships

I mean I could not imagine this conversation taking place
between the ex and I when we were in our early twenties

" so like I dig ya and everything but look I am not gonna marry you until we agree that this towel is mine but that is your pizza pan"

Yes

I don't mind preups if I am an honest person

Absolutely, I believe in them.

I can see where it involves minor children wanting to assure their home is secure and as a provider your spouse doesn't trash you financially so you can not provide but when the kids are grown I don't see my home as their asset. They have their own home I have no claim on. And I prepared them with their separate assets and life skills so they were ready to do that at the end of their teens by working toward that from early in their lives. They had enough to comfortably furnish an apartment

I wouldn't want one. I would want to just be more cautious about who I was marrying. I would need to trust them and WANT to share what I had, making a prenup kind of defeatist.

A prenup is essential in my opinion to protect your interests should the relationship fail. It is much easier to reach an agreement before a relationship fails than it would be after it happens, and sadly relationships do fail. Why should anyone with financial assets before a marriage put them at risk, a prenup provides the insurance against loosing them, removing the risk.

Considering that I lost 25 years of assets because I failed to obtain the right lawyer and some of those assets were personal that got sold off to support her drug habit, yes, a prenup before marriage is certainly advisable.

As I sit right now, I have no real valued assets to be concerned about so the prenup would be to protect the one I love.

As for a prenup before marriage...if you are living together, to protect your stuff in case you split up? Well, I have been in that situation since my marrage ended and what I lost to her was insignificant and easily replaced so no prenup is needed. But then, again, I am speaking from the point of having no real valued assets to protect.

If you give your girlfriend a set of $10,000 earrings as a gift they are no longer yours. Likewise if your girlfriend buys you a speed boat that she puts in your name, it is no longer hers.

Most people, normal, everyday people, do not operate in love thinking about who owns what and is it mine or theirs. They share. Hopefully you make the correct personality judgement when getting into those relationships. If not, there is always reciepts. You do keep your reciepts don't you?

I don't see anything wrong with a Prenuptial Agreement if you're considering marriage.

If you need a prenup then it sounds like to me that you are planning on failing with your marriage.

Considering divorce rates in the U.S. There is a chance it could fail. Better to have your ducks in a row, then lose them to someone who doesn't necessarily deserve half of your stuff.

'Kinhell, what happened to the fairytale ending.