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Brilliant_Rock
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- May 2, 2006
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Gosh, I gotta say...I am ALL for free money.
My fiance and I were engaged when we bought our house, and we still wrote up a contract in case of break-up. Neither of us believes we will break up (and we have 2 more months to go until the wedding!), but it really is a prudent course of action. You never really know what will happen.
I think it really depends on a number of factors - how much you two are on the same page, how certain you both are that you will be getting engaged and married, and how much you want/need that extra $8,000. I think this would involve a very long, very serious conversation. When you think about it, most mortgages are a 30-year committment. Are you and him ok with that? And if you're at a "nearly engaged" stage, why not have him just propose now and have that done?
The only condition I'd do this is with an airtight contract in case of separation.
ETA: I get the whole "traditional way" in that he wants to have a job before he proposes, but it's perfectly acceptable for you to be traditional in the sense you want to be engaged before purchasing a house together!
My fiance and I were engaged when we bought our house, and we still wrote up a contract in case of break-up. Neither of us believes we will break up (and we have 2 more months to go until the wedding!), but it really is a prudent course of action. You never really know what will happen.
I think it really depends on a number of factors - how much you two are on the same page, how certain you both are that you will be getting engaged and married, and how much you want/need that extra $8,000. I think this would involve a very long, very serious conversation. When you think about it, most mortgages are a 30-year committment. Are you and him ok with that? And if you're at a "nearly engaged" stage, why not have him just propose now and have that done?
The only condition I'd do this is with an airtight contract in case of separation.
ETA: I get the whole "traditional way" in that he wants to have a job before he proposes, but it's perfectly acceptable for you to be traditional in the sense you want to be engaged before purchasing a house together!