What pisses me off about women's divorce settlements:

Here goes...

A distant relative of mine is divorcing her husband, don't know exactly why. When they met, neither had much dough, they both worked most of their marriage, but he came good in his late 30's or so, turned his hand to property and other investments off his own brains, he's now about 50 and worth a few mil. Needless to say, the lazy cow hasn't done much of anything since hubby made her Typist job unnecessary.

They've got two kids, 14 and 17, both in private schools.

Now, he's offered her the house they live in, worth 400k, mortgage paid, half the tuition and living costs for the kids. The scheming bitch reckons he's worth £3mil by now and has petitioned for half that amount...that's a total settlement, inluding the house, of nearly £2 MILLION.

She knows fuck all about business, about property, about how to make money from money. HE was the moneymaker in the family, not her; she just swanned around painting her nails, running the kids to school, and having lunch with her girlfriends on his credit card.

If she'd married Joe "Average Earner" Schmoe, she'd be talking about half the cost of the marital house, and that's it. 200K tops. That's all she ought to get if you ask me, because had she married Joe Average, that's all she'd get. The law is fucked, with this 'half' shit...her settlement and that of all couples should be derived from a fair, just formula, ie the amount she contributed to the house earnings (her typist salary) or whatever she and the kids now need to live comfortably (which does not mean watching daytime soap on his money for another 20 years), whichever is the greater - and in this case, it's the latter.

The law needs to STOP these fucking gold-diggers. We men are the ones who know how to make money from our labour, from our money, we generate wealth, our women dissolve it; and if you don't agree, why can't we sit at home and let our womenfolk make fortunes? Because we'd be fucking dead before their air-headed asses worked out how to get above !!!!!

Anyway, the guy didn't get rich without being smart, he stashed and grew most of his wealth in Swiss accounts, she doesn't think she'll get much more than the house, as the paper trail is well and truly cold. As also will be his cunt whore of a wife if she keeps acting up this winter. I only hope he is the first of many guys trading up their wives who aren't getting burned in the exchange.

Jaybee.

 

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Newsflash:

It's just money.

She has a right to half of it. That's what marriage is about. Don't get married if you are a selfish bastard.

 

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common-law is the same as married...don't stick with chicks longer then 2 years and your good to go

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How much would daycare and babysitting cost for two kids for about 15 years?

That's between $45,000 and $225,000 for each kid. So, $90,000 to $450,000 total.

 

That's a far cry from 2 million.

And technically she's not a gold digger as she married poor.

 

Don't forget cleaning, shopping, cooking, laundry service, and the income she earned before she was able to stop working.

~Raithere

 

Let's not forget she had sex with this guy. That has got to be worth at least a few millions.

 

(a) Don't get married
(b) Get married, but with a prenup (which no self-respecting woman would take anyways)
(c) accept the risks of getting married, choose wisely

I can only recommend that he get a great lawyer.

 

Lets hear "why" they got divorced, then I can post a diatribe.

(Thank god youre back Raithere! ... make that thank goodness!)

 

spurious:

Spurious, can you please give me your earnings from now on? After all, 'it's just money'!

 

A-Men !!

The jury's still out on that one, plenty of rumours flying around, but the marriage has been an unhappy one for a few years, he's a handsome dude and she's aged into a fat ugly (and now greedy) cunt, so naturally he's feeling gypped.

Otherwise, geeez, there are some pussy-whipped guys on this forum.

Spurious - you're a cool cat, but sorry, I have a hard time believing that you make much money after posting here over 8 times per day for a 3 year stretch. The 'It's only money' argument is invariably used only by those who are not in the business of generating much of it.

And that's cool, I have some layabout friends and like you they're the most interesting, fun people you could hope to meet, I'd far rather go to the bar with them and buy all the drinks on a Friday night than the squares, but just don't be speaking on behalf of people with whom you have little in common.

Jaybee.

 

Here's the thing Jaybee, marriage is essentially a legal contract. You're stating that legally you are now a single entity regarding many (primarily financial) aspects of your lives. The success or failure of one is the success or failure of both. Your friend now wants to break the contract and the assets will be divided more or less evenly. It is what it is. People who whine and complain about it were either too ignorant to understand this when they got married or just greedy bastards trying to swindle their partner.

As to who contributed what, it is more than likely that her efforts contributed significantly to his success. Unless he made his money through some sudden stroke of luck it is very likely that he earned it through lots of hard work. Meanwhile someone else had to be the caretaker, providing services that he would have to do without or pay for.

~Raithere

P.S. stretched, thanks... I wasn't really gone, I just didn't have time to post much.

 

Just marry me and you can have half of nothing.

 

It's the other way around. I choose not to be in business or generate money but do something interesting because money isn't my highest priority. That would be one of my guidelines in life: money isn't everything. Hence the exclamation: it's only money.

 

You Scandinavians and your damn socialist attitudes!

 

I'm dutch.

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You know what I say???
I say anyone who leaves, leaves it all because that person is breaking a legal contract of partnership and therefore has no right to anything that was established in said partnership. The partner who leaves rescinds all rights, as well as obligations, by reneging on the contract.
How many would divorce then I wonder?

 

I have to totally agree with that finewine.

If she doesn't want to stay with her rich husband she doesn't have to, she can leave with what possessions are specifically hers.

 

That's why if you get married, only do so under a prenup. That way if you ever divorce, you get to make the rules of what you give him/her when ya split.

- N

 

Unless she can provide proof he was abusive. Women tend to face greater challenges after leaving a marriage.