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if a mariage has broken down, dividing the proceeds of the union can be a conflict ridden and ugly business. It might , though, have a positive function for all that and enable the expression and resolution of bitter feelings and grievances which are within the relationship.

Everything in life is not neat and clean and tidy. A pre-nuptial agreement might seem a sensible precaution like a seat belt in a car or a life jacket on a ship. It might also be that in floundering in the stormy seas of a divorce is when you have to learn to swim. It may be that being held securely by a seat belt is what enables the metal shard to pierce you!

As marriage is a very individual affair, it must be left to the couple involved to decide what provision they wish to make, if any, for the coming divorce. For some people, divorce is simply not on the radar. why should they be legally blugeoned into making an arrangement for something they do not choose to recognise? For some people "till death us do part" is what they say AND what they mean. They do not want a let out clause.

There is already so much legislation in existence designed to "protect" us all from possible dangers which might never happen. The downside of all this cottonwool is that it can stifle imagination, creativity and experimentation. It denies the possibility that something good can come out of a seeming disaster. If society respects marriage as a solid and worthwhile institution, it must show enough respect to those who enter the state of matrimony to work out their own design for life. Or we will be entering a phase where the governmnet decrees that all married coupkes take a sabbatical every five years, which might be a good idea in theory but the circumstances at the time might be all wrong.

A marriage is between two sentient individuals. It is not between two sentient individuals and [beyond tax laws] a government rule book.

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