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Re:What good workplace politics looks like in practice by johnfn on Wednesday October 01, 2025 @07:13PM (#45444745)
If I kept getting burned, I might think about the types of people I get into relationships with, the type of things I'm learning while dating, and I might talk with friends to see how their relationships are going and see if I could be doing something different. I don't think I would start telling everyone in a relationship to prepare for divorce.
Re:What good workplace politics looks like in practice by garciasn on Wednesday October 01, 2025 @07:59PM (#45445040)
People change; especially over decades.
Re:What good workplace politics looks like in practice by Maro on Thursday October 02, 2025 @01:22AM (#45446548)
I've been divorced once. That in itself doesn't mean I go around telling people to not get married.

But, it does mean that I forced [1] my 2nd wife to sign a pre-nuptual agreement, and I go around recommending others to do so as well.

[1] she initially refused to sign it, I told her the wedding's off if she doesn't, so she did; she's still unhappy about this and hates me for a day whenever she's reminded of it; this was 5 years ago, we're still married and not divorcing currently; while I know it doesn't sound romantic, it was the right thing to do because people and life circumstances change _a lot_; I hope we will stay together forever and get buried next to each other, but I had the same hope with my 1st wife and then she cheated on me when my then-startup was failing, so now, much wiser, I can see a 1000 ways for such hopes to fall apart

Re:What good workplace politics looks like in practice by lupusreal on Thursday October 02, 2025 @06:23AM (#45447986)
Judges toss prenups all the time. You best keep her happy.
Re:What good workplace politics looks like in practice by Maro on Thursday October 02, 2025 @07:53AM (#45448480)
This is not in the US.
Re:What good workplace politics looks like in practice by mlrtime on Thursday October 02, 2025 @07:00AM (#45448173)
So? That means they're all worthless?
Re:What good workplace politics looks like in practice by lupusreal on Friday October 03, 2025 @07:01AM (#45461444)
In the US at least, I suspect they're worse than useless because they start the marriage off by giving the woman something to feel bitter about.
Re:What good workplace politics looks like in practice by mlrtime on Thursday October 02, 2025 @07:02AM (#45448184)
Brother, I'm in the same boat as you.

This unhappiness that your wife has will not go away and you will deal with situation at some point. These hard conversations have a way of finding you.

I won't tell you to tear up the pre-nup, but I highly recommend coming up with a compromise (over time) that meets both of your needs.

Re:What good workplace politics looks like in practice by Maro on Thursday October 02, 2025 @07:53AM (#45448477)
I know what you mean, I do think about how to soften this situation often. It'd be easier if she'd be rational about it, but she's not the rational type — which is even more reason to have the pre-nup..
Re:What good workplace politics looks like in practice by mlrtime on Friday October 03, 2025 @06:17AM (#45461184)
> It'd be easier if she'd be rational about it,

My man, all of us would. I talk to my wife often about this. We are just built differently and that is what makes the opposite sex so attractive tbh. That irrationality comes out in different positive ways I'm sure (or you wouldn't have married), you can't just turn it on and off (unfortunately)

Re:What good workplace politics looks like in practice by Chris2048 on Thursday October 02, 2025 @07:54AM (#45448495)
> I told her the wedding's off if she doesn't

Did you tell here beforehand (earlier in relationship) you wanted a prenup, or only after proposal?