Personal Narrative: A Personal Account

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James Prettyboy and Kaira Farrell contemplate marriage in the near future and wish to establish their respective rights and responsibilities regarding each other 's income and property and the income and property that may be acquired, either separately or together, during the marriage. The prenuptial agreement as it relates to the distribution between both spouses as it relates to subjects such as financial matters, housework and childbearing rearing responsibilities are outlined in the full.
Husband and wife have made a full and complete disclosure to each other of all of their financial assets and liabilities. In terms of financial matters, I do not expect my spouse to handle all of the finances on his own, neither should he have me work on my own. We shall both have a joint account to which we will both contribute at least $500 each month. The funds in this account will go towards any bills, children, school fees and emergency expenditure. Additionally, we will both have our own separate accounts which will go towards any purpose either of us should so
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Although it conforms to gender roles, I, the wife will assume responsibility for the majority of household chores such as laundry, dusting, mopping, and other forms of the maintenance with regards to cleanliness within the home. This is not including a few select chores for which we will alternate responsibility for and we shall go by several conditions. These select chores are washing dishes, cooking and washing the cars. Additionally, the husband will be responsible for any strenuous activity or any activity which involves heavy lifting. The husband will also take full responsibility for yard work such as mowing the lawn, gardening, pruning shrubs, and hedges as well as cleaning the gutters, or anything else that involves getting on a

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