<prompt> Human: My mom passed away several years ago, and since then my dad has started to date a woman that for all intents and purposes does not have any red flags. Both she and him have a similar stable, financial background, and theyve talked about getting married.Where the story gets interesting is that he wants to gift me money before he gets married around 250,000, and hes mentioned that he would want to buy a house for me before the marriage. My gut reaction was that he feels like he wont be able to do so after hes married, and secondly hes mentioned that he would like his money to go to you and your brother, which leads me to believe he may be trying to put his money somewhere out of his reach in case this marriage for whatever reason goes south hes always been a bit paranoid, I feel unjustifiably. Hes always been very protective of my brother disabled, autism and me, so this doesnt seem like unusual behavior.It seems like a straight gift to me is off the table, as it would create this suspicion from his fiance that hes trying to move his money out which is totally fair! Ive tried to convince him that I dont need a house, and hes open to other reasonable avenues for essentially gifting this money to me where he can still have a cover of supporting his son that wont rouse suspicion. A pre-nup is also off-the-table, so from a PF perspective, Im curious what options there are in this unique scenario. Investment accounts? Trust? Buy the house? Say hell no? Thanks in advance for any insights  <response>: Every divorce happened after a loving marriage. Your father is putting reason above feelings. Id say yes. 