Scoop 0 #1 February 2, 2006 OK, Im not going to through any specifics because I really dont know legislation or individual circumstances. But why, for example, if a multi million salary earning footballer who earnt his wealth off his own back using his own 'talent' and created a fantastic lifestyle for himself gets divorced from some girl he has to split a percentage of his earnings. ie. a certain % of current salary over whatever year period. Damn sponging bitches. Should get fuck all unless there is children involved in which case has a certain responsibility. But even a child doesnt need a multi million pound maintanence fee. They dont eat that much or get through that many clothes im sure!!! Is it just me that finds this odd or do people understand the rationale behind this. By the way: I know Im stereotyping. It could well be a wealthy woman and a sponging man Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites SkyDekker 1,153 #2 February 2, 2006 yes I can understand the rational behind it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Scoop 0 #3 February 2, 2006 Would you care to explain then.... I couldnt take in all that information at once Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Andy9o8 0 #4 February 2, 2006 Marriage is an institution that formalizes the fiction that a married couple is more than just a partnership of 2 people, it is a single entity of which the 2 members are an indivisible part. Under the law of most Western countries/states/provinces, most if not all of whatever income a married person earns or property he/she acquires during the marriage (with some exceptions) is earned/acquired not by the individual, but by the marriage; in other words, it becomes "marital property". Upon a divorce, it then becomes the task of the court to equitably (ha!) divide that marital property. I realize why you might think this is counterintuitive, but there it is. Having said this, there is nothing to prevent a legislature from enacting laws to modify this concept to reflect a different social policy. If you feel strongly about it, lobby your MP to introduce a bill to change the law. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites lawrocket 3 #5 February 2, 2006 This is, of course, a vestige of the past. Remember those days when husband worked and wife stayed home with the kids? It's a contract theory, "I'll work and provide for the family, you take care of the hoe and the kids." One spouse therefore puts work and education aside in exchange for the other administrative duties of a couple. Let's say that the "breadwinner" decides, "I want a divorce. You haven't earned a dime since we got married ten years ago. Everything earned was from my paycheck. Get out." Well, that isn't fair, is it? The other spouse did stuff. A bargained for exchange. This means that the other spouse should get 50 percent of what was earned during marriage. Oh, yeah, one more thing. The other spouse gets stuck with half the debts, too. So if earning spouse sucked the entire savings into a failed business venture during marriage, and got stuck with a hefty judgment, non-earning spouse gets stuck with half of that, too. Gene Roddenberry's wife got a future interest in Star Trek, since it was created during marriage. Yep, that's part of it, too. Ah, but spousal support comes into it, too. Let's say multi-million dollar footballer dumped the wife after 5 years. Here she is used to a standard of living. She lived nicely, now she's out without marketable skills. Give her some support for a while to let her get those skills and let her get used to a lesser lifestyle. My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites NtheSeaOrSky 0 #6 February 2, 2006 Quoteyou take care of the hoe and the kids. perhaps a Freudian slip, but pretty darn accurate Life is not fair and there are no guarantees... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites drdive 0 #7 February 2, 2006 Do you know why divorce is so expensive???? - - - - - - - BECAUSE IT IS WORTH IT!!! Been there, done that, got the t-shirt, and felt violated by the gyrations of the twisted legal system. A flippin nightmare, but worth it in the long run. Ed"We saved your gear. Now you can sell it when you get out of the hospital and upsize!!" "K-Dub" " Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites dropoutdave 0 #8 February 2, 2006 Pre-nup! ------------------------------------------------------ May Contain Nut traces...... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites GTAVercetti 0 #9 February 2, 2006 I am glad I scrolled down so I did not have to post that myself.Why yes, my license number is a palindrome. Thank you for noticing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites RhondaLea 3 #10 February 2, 2006 QuoteI am glad I scrolled down so I did not have to post that myself. It's starting to get scary, dude. Really, really scary. rlIf you don't know where you're going, you should know where you came from. Gullah Proverb Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites stallboy 0 #11 February 3, 2006 A man says to his wife "What would you like for your birthday? A diamond ring perhaps, or a new BMW, a holiday in Barbados, you can even have a yacht if you want... anything" She replies "I want a divorce" He says "I wasn't thinking of spending that sort of money!"One day, I'm gonna grow wings, a chemical reaction, hysterical and useless... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites miked10270 0 #12 February 3, 2006 Dear Husband: I'm writing you this letter to tell you that I'm leaving you for good. I've been a good woman to you for seven years and I have nothing to show for it. These last two weeks have been hell. Your boss called to tell me that you had quit your job today and that was the last straw. Last week, you came home and didn't notice that I had gotten my hair and nails done, cooked your favorite meal and even wore a brand new negligee. You came home and ate in two minutes, and went straight to sleep after watching the game. You don't tell me you love me anymore, you don't touch me or anything. You're cheating or you don't love me anymore, whatever the case is, I'm gone. P.S. If you're trying to find me, don't. Your BROTHER and I are moving away to West Virginia together! Have a great life! Your EX-Wife ***************** Dear Ex-Wife: Nothing has made my day more than receiving your letter. It's true that you and I have been married for seven years, although a good woman is a far cry from what you've been. I watch sports so much to try to drown out your constant nagging. Too bad that doesn't work. I did notice when you cut off all of your hair last week, the first thing that came to mind was "You look just like a man!" My mother raised me to not say anything if you can't say anything nice. When you cooked my favorite meal, you must have gotten me confused with MY BROTHER, because I stopped eating pork seven years ago - about the same time that you did! I went to sleep on you when you had on that new negligee because the price tag was still on it. I prayed that it was a coincidence that my brother had just borrowed fifty dollars from me that morning and your negligee was $49.99. After all of this, I still loved you and felt that we could work it out. So when I discovered that I had hit the lotto for ten million dollars, I quit my job and bought us two tickets to Jamaica. But when I got home you were gone. Everything happens for a reason I guess. I hope you have the filling life you always wanted My lawyer said with your letter that you wrote, you won't get a dime from me. So take care. P.S. I don't know if I ever told you this but Carl, my brother was born Carla. I hope that's not a problem. Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites juanesky 0 #13 February 3, 2006 Thanks Mike that was good."According to some of the conservatives here, it sounds like it's fine to beat your wide - as long as she had it coming." -Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. 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SkyDekker 1,153 #2 February 2, 2006 yes I can understand the rational behind it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scoop 0 #3 February 2, 2006 Would you care to explain then.... I couldnt take in all that information at once Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 0 #4 February 2, 2006 Marriage is an institution that formalizes the fiction that a married couple is more than just a partnership of 2 people, it is a single entity of which the 2 members are an indivisible part. Under the law of most Western countries/states/provinces, most if not all of whatever income a married person earns or property he/she acquires during the marriage (with some exceptions) is earned/acquired not by the individual, but by the marriage; in other words, it becomes "marital property". Upon a divorce, it then becomes the task of the court to equitably (ha!) divide that marital property. I realize why you might think this is counterintuitive, but there it is. Having said this, there is nothing to prevent a legislature from enacting laws to modify this concept to reflect a different social policy. If you feel strongly about it, lobby your MP to introduce a bill to change the law. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lawrocket 3 #5 February 2, 2006 This is, of course, a vestige of the past. Remember those days when husband worked and wife stayed home with the kids? It's a contract theory, "I'll work and provide for the family, you take care of the hoe and the kids." One spouse therefore puts work and education aside in exchange for the other administrative duties of a couple. Let's say that the "breadwinner" decides, "I want a divorce. You haven't earned a dime since we got married ten years ago. Everything earned was from my paycheck. Get out." Well, that isn't fair, is it? The other spouse did stuff. A bargained for exchange. This means that the other spouse should get 50 percent of what was earned during marriage. Oh, yeah, one more thing. The other spouse gets stuck with half the debts, too. So if earning spouse sucked the entire savings into a failed business venture during marriage, and got stuck with a hefty judgment, non-earning spouse gets stuck with half of that, too. Gene Roddenberry's wife got a future interest in Star Trek, since it was created during marriage. Yep, that's part of it, too. Ah, but spousal support comes into it, too. Let's say multi-million dollar footballer dumped the wife after 5 years. Here she is used to a standard of living. She lived nicely, now she's out without marketable skills. Give her some support for a while to let her get those skills and let her get used to a lesser lifestyle. My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NtheSeaOrSky 0 #6 February 2, 2006 Quoteyou take care of the hoe and the kids. perhaps a Freudian slip, but pretty darn accurate Life is not fair and there are no guarantees... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drdive 0 #7 February 2, 2006 Do you know why divorce is so expensive???? - - - - - - - BECAUSE IT IS WORTH IT!!! Been there, done that, got the t-shirt, and felt violated by the gyrations of the twisted legal system. A flippin nightmare, but worth it in the long run. Ed"We saved your gear. Now you can sell it when you get out of the hospital and upsize!!" "K-Dub" " Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dropoutdave 0 #8 February 2, 2006 Pre-nup! ------------------------------------------------------ May Contain Nut traces...... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GTAVercetti 0 #9 February 2, 2006 I am glad I scrolled down so I did not have to post that myself.Why yes, my license number is a palindrome. Thank you for noticing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RhondaLea 3 #10 February 2, 2006 QuoteI am glad I scrolled down so I did not have to post that myself. It's starting to get scary, dude. Really, really scary. rlIf you don't know where you're going, you should know where you came from. Gullah Proverb Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stallboy 0 #11 February 3, 2006 A man says to his wife "What would you like for your birthday? A diamond ring perhaps, or a new BMW, a holiday in Barbados, you can even have a yacht if you want... anything" She replies "I want a divorce" He says "I wasn't thinking of spending that sort of money!"One day, I'm gonna grow wings, a chemical reaction, hysterical and useless... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
miked10270 0 #12 February 3, 2006 Dear Husband: I'm writing you this letter to tell you that I'm leaving you for good. I've been a good woman to you for seven years and I have nothing to show for it. These last two weeks have been hell. Your boss called to tell me that you had quit your job today and that was the last straw. Last week, you came home and didn't notice that I had gotten my hair and nails done, cooked your favorite meal and even wore a brand new negligee. You came home and ate in two minutes, and went straight to sleep after watching the game. You don't tell me you love me anymore, you don't touch me or anything. You're cheating or you don't love me anymore, whatever the case is, I'm gone. P.S. If you're trying to find me, don't. Your BROTHER and I are moving away to West Virginia together! Have a great life! Your EX-Wife ***************** Dear Ex-Wife: Nothing has made my day more than receiving your letter. It's true that you and I have been married for seven years, although a good woman is a far cry from what you've been. I watch sports so much to try to drown out your constant nagging. Too bad that doesn't work. I did notice when you cut off all of your hair last week, the first thing that came to mind was "You look just like a man!" My mother raised me to not say anything if you can't say anything nice. When you cooked my favorite meal, you must have gotten me confused with MY BROTHER, because I stopped eating pork seven years ago - about the same time that you did! I went to sleep on you when you had on that new negligee because the price tag was still on it. I prayed that it was a coincidence that my brother had just borrowed fifty dollars from me that morning and your negligee was $49.99. After all of this, I still loved you and felt that we could work it out. So when I discovered that I had hit the lotto for ten million dollars, I quit my job and bought us two tickets to Jamaica. But when I got home you were gone. Everything happens for a reason I guess. I hope you have the filling life you always wanted My lawyer said with your letter that you wrote, you won't get a dime from me. So take care. P.S. I don't know if I ever told you this but Carl, my brother was born Carla. I hope that's not a problem. Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
juanesky 0 #13 February 3, 2006 Thanks Mike that was good."According to some of the conservatives here, it sounds like it's fine to beat your wide - as long as she had it coming." -Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
