Just Ask Georgia: Week of 10/28/2026

GEORGIA, I have a question,

I am 28. I am getting married in four months, and last week my future in-laws sent their conditions via a lawyer's email, with a PDF attached and my name already typed in.

My fiancé's family has money. Mine has a mortgage. When we got engaged, his parents offered to help with the wedding, and I asked them, the way a daughter would, if they could manage $50,000. They said yes. We put $4,600 down as a deposit. I tasted cake. I argued about linens with his mother like we were already family.

The prenup arrived last Tuesday. No conversation. A family attorney, a documen...