How common are prenups in UK among middle-class? I'm thinking of asking my SO for one but I worry it would be viewed by anyone else as a one foot-out-the-door kinda situation. I'm just trying to be safe with little I have, seeing my friends' marriages.

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Brit here, just married an American. We’ve agreed that anything that was mine before the marriage will stay with me if it doesn’t work out. He raised it eventually (in context of another friend’s marriage breaking down).

I think legally they have no value, but carefully agreeing expectations before tying the knot is ok. An honest discussion - and trust that they will uphold it - should be enough.

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It’s very uncommon because UK law doesn’t enforce them strictly.

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