by Gary Roberts

Created on: July 05, 2007   Last Updated: July 08, 2010

Loved up and naive, call me what you like! But, I always believed that relationships and the institute of marriage were fundamentally built on trust. Old fashioned notion, I hear some say.
The world has changed, I hear from the back row. But love and relationships are the same as they have ever been. Aren't they? Its just the concept that has changed! Mistrust the scourge of romance!

So, why feed it with prenuptial agreements and embed a notion of mistrust from the outset.
'Plant the seed and watch it grow'. If a couple feel the necessity to make prenuptial Agreements surely this is an indication of underlying reservations. In which case why marry?
It seems the more we meddle with things and over complicate, the more we set ourselves up for failure. There are more divorces and less marriages now than ever, perhaps indicative of present interpretations of what marriage is, If, the prenuptial are purely financially based. If not perhaps more emphasis should be placed on wedding vows, and subsequently, the breaking of them be an automatic forfeit of reparations. This itself will surely put pay to infidelities.

In addition, there are enough laws regarding, marriage, separation and divorce. That should easily cover any 'Gold digger' scenarios. And, if there is a problem with the implementation of these laws, perhaps it would be better to review these first, than to implement even more constraints on the freedom of love.
NB: A suggestion here would be, a split of combined amassed funds based on contribution, with no less emphasis being placed on a woman's role as a housekeeper.

Finally, the word 'compulsory' is a further indication of social intervention in the personal lives of the people. This is surely a matter of choice, I have only highlighted the implications,
If people wish to make this choice that's their prerogative it should not be forced upon them.

PS. I am not a solicitor or barrister, although I am sure many of them would be totally against the idea, as, they would probably find their incomes drop substantially.

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