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- From: keithg@cnmhnet.UUCP (keith garrard)
- Newsgroups: alt.romance,soc.couples
- Subject: Re: help! worried about friends...
- Message-ID: <278@cnmhnet.UUCP>
- Date: 28 Dec 92 22:57:45 GMT
- References: <1992Dec28.035809.29078@samba.oit.unc.edu>
- Followup-To: alt.romance
- Organization: California-Nevada Methodist Homes
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- In article <1992Dec28.035809.29078@samba.oit.unc.edu> Catherine.Collingwood@launchpad.unc.edu (Catherine Collingwood) writes:
- >Help!
- >Two friends of mine (ages 17 and 19) are engaged, which in itself is not
- >necessarily a bad thing, but...
- >mere months away, neither of them have thought to start talking about
- >such minutae (sp?) as financial plans, where they're going to live,
- >And they keep asking me for advice on how to make a relationship work!
- >So do any of you know of anyone else I can suggest that is fairly
- >inexpensive? They also told me that a marriage counselor is too
- >with their relationship either. In short, my friends want advice,
- >but refuse to believe me in that certain types of counsellors won't
- >be biased.
-
- Do your friends have access to the Net? If so, they can receive
- all the advice they need from here. Another alternative is YOU.
- Can't you help your friends out? Or do they want an unbiased
- third party observer?
- You are right, in that they *do* need to talk about the financial
- situation, as well as a lot of other things. Such as BABIES.
- How do they feel about children? Are they going to have joint
- checking accounts, or separate? Is she going to take his name
- when they are married, or keep her own? Will they have their
- own credit cards? Will they live in her place or his? If one
- of the parties has a significant financial investment anywhere,
- or stands to inherit a significant fortune, will this be accounted
- for and protected by a prenuptial agreement?
- Yes, your friends need to have a talk with someone. If they
- don't think so, then they obviously aren't ready for marriage.
- Although I'm normally against the scenario you spoke of involving
- the priest's retreat, in this case, I think it would be a good
- idea.
- --Keith
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