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" However unattractive, pre-nups are at least a way round a law that dictates simply because you love someone and share their bed, that person has a claim on everything you own. "

Lionel Shriver

Someone

Law

You

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Take Advantage

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I Am

Different

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Play

Easier

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She

World

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