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Posted on 1/14/23 at 9:39 pm to
Posted by Sao
East Texas Piney Woods
Member since Jun 2009
65974 posts
Posted on 1/14/23 at 9:39 pm to
Reverse the whip. Make your ex pay you for the last 2 years. Do it for all of our sake please sir.
This post was edited on 1/15/23 at 12:57 am
Posted by Will Cover
St. Louis, MO
Member since Mar 2007
38644 posts
Posted on 1/14/23 at 11:11 pm to
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Haha, I've been married 30 years and my youngest is 16, I ain't getting a divorce.

My wife is one of those, "I might be a widow, but I'll never be an ex" type woman.


Married for 18 years. Together for over 24 years. I'm divorced now.

I always thought my former wife would always be by my side. I was wrong. I made mistakes along the way, some of which were taking her for granted and being completely selfish without really understanding how selfish I was being. Basically, I was unaware of just how unaware I was.

It's a tough lesson to learn, but my point with this is to never take anyone for granted, because you may wake up one day, as I did, and realize what you lost. And your wife, like my former wife, may change her mind because feelings can be fleeing and influence what people do or don't do.

This post was edited on 1/14/23 at 11:15 pm
Posted by George Dickel
Member since Jun 2019
1621 posts
Posted on 1/14/23 at 11:57 pm to
Very important to change any of your passwords that your wife may know of. As far as Facebook, Instagram, TikTok…. Shut it down and stay off social media. Anything posted on social media can be used against you in court. Go into the courtroom with both barrels firing. It’s a war.
Hopefully you will change your mind and get back together.
Posted by Penrod
Member since Jan 2011
39966 posts
Posted on 1/15/23 at 5:52 am to
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One of my good friends got a divorce a couple years ago (he initiated). Said the same thing you did. Got bent financially and still got fricked over in custody hearings. Fight for yourself. Especially if things aren’t ending amicably.

A lot of these stories are BS. Most men are self-centered children, and any ruling short of them being able to walk away consequence-free is “being bent over”.

When the decision is made for the woman to stay at home with the children, her earnings trajectory starts changing. If a divorce happens years later the man should have to fill the gap between what she can make and what she might have been able to make had she stayed in the workforce.

There are certainly cases of injustice, such as when the wife runs around on a good husband, but how is a judge supposed to get to the bottom of that?
This post was edited on 1/15/23 at 5:53 am
Posted by Gifman
by the mountains
Member since Jan 2021
9657 posts
Posted on 1/15/23 at 6:06 am to
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Most men are self-centered children, and any ruling short of them being able to walk away consequence-free is “being bent over”.


So you disagree that in most states, divorce courts lean heavily toward the mother? Interesting. You should probably crawl out from under that rock.
Posted by lsufan1971
Zachary
Member since Nov 2003
18452 posts
Posted on 1/15/23 at 6:16 am to
Hire the best female divorce attorney in your area. Like some others have said having a better attorney than your STBX is a good start and good investment.

She will use the kid and any kindness you have against you.
Posted by lsufan1971
Zachary
Member since Nov 2003
18452 posts
Posted on 1/15/23 at 6:25 am to
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A lot of these stories are BS. Most men are self-centered children, and any ruling short of them being able to walk away consequence-free is “being bent over”.


It cost me 25K in legal and PI fees to get custody of my daughter from my whore ex wife who left an 8 yr old at home for 12 hrs. frick off with your BS stories.

Buddy of mine had his wife leave him 2 days after Christmas with a 2 and 4 yr old at home because she didn’t want to be married anymore. Left her kids and husband for some younger dick. He owns his own business so she was a stay at home mom. Lawyer has already told him he is going to get raked. Again frick off with your BS stories.

Many good fathers and husbands get destroyed financially and emotionally by women who think the grass is greener.
Posted by JayDeerTay84
Texas
Member since May 2013
9847 posts
Posted on 1/15/23 at 7:06 am to
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Anyway, divorce is for either the poor or the super-rich. If you are in that $1-2mil of combined net worth, which is probably a lot of us, it's cheaper to keep her.


I see so many people say this but remember, you dont get your time and years back.

Happiness and sanity are priceless over some numbers in a bank.

I'd rather be happy in a shed by a river than living in a fake suburban home which is basically a prison if you and said spouse cant even get along.

This post was edited on 1/15/23 at 7:07 am
Posted by AtlantaLSUfan
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2009
23343 posts
Posted on 1/15/23 at 7:08 am to
Courts incentivize women to leave marriages. It’s all by design.

Best you can do is stay with her as long as possible before involving courts. If that is completely out of the question, just hope for shared custody.
This post was edited on 1/15/23 at 9:19 am
Posted by SlowFlowPro
Simple Solutions to Complex Probs
Member since Jan 2004
424516 posts
Posted on 1/15/23 at 7:16 am to
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The ex and I agree on most things these days but EVERYTHING that changes must go to court. I'm still paying child support on my 19 year old son who lives with me. My 16 year old daughters refuse to go back to their mom's house and I'm still paying for that. According to my attorney, the ONLY way to get child support reduced or visitation modified is to go before a judge. I guarantee you that I could broker a fair deal with my ex and we'd both be satisfied, but someone has to profit from people's pain...


Doing these sorts of uncontested modifications is one of my niches. I do them cheaply for the reasons you said above.

I'm not trying to be your attorney or anything. What I'm curious about is what you would type into google to find a cheaper alternative?
Posted by greenbean
USAF Retired
Member since Feb 2019
4697 posts
Posted on 1/15/23 at 7:43 am to
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I see so many people say this but remember, you dont get your time and years back.

Happiness and sanity are priceless over some numbers in a bank.

I'd rather be happy in a shed by a river than living in a fake suburban home which is basically a prison if you and said spouse cant even get along.



Hey the flip side is, "You why divorce is so expensive? Because It's worth it!"
Posted by CrystalPreserves
Member since May 2019
2611 posts
Posted on 1/15/23 at 9:33 am to
Expect to be royally screwed over by the state. They will take your money because the state makes money if they collect your child support through what’s called “support enforcement” and Title IV D funding from the fed. wherein they start fleecing it straight from your payroll. $.29¢ for every dollar that they spend collecting child support goes to state coffers to fund the big fancy courthouses and in some cases the family court judge’s retirement funds. They be rakin’ in dat doe bro.

They will scrutinize everything in your life to find something, anything that can remotely be construed as a reason to take the majority of time away from you and give the kids to mom. (So they can hit that payroll for more $$$ from the fed (title IV D at the end of the year.) Hope that you get Worksheet B when they decide to calculate how much the state gets to take from you.

If you get a gf in the future, expect baby mama to immediately flare up with petty and juvenile behavior, refusing to allow you phone calls with your child and vice versa. Also, expect very little accountability for your baby mama for any said petty behaviors. You’ll just have to eat a ton of lil bitty shite sandwiches over years. It just flares up much worse if you are dating someone, due to baby mama insecurity. It doesn’t matter how polite your new gf will be, how good of a person she is. She could be mother theresa with kindness and the baby mama will make her a villain due to insecurities or whatever.

Also, family court does not punish people for perjury. It’s known as a Perjury Palace because of all the lying that goes on without consequence. My advice: document everything. It’s a royal pain in the arse to have to document and record everything. Just do it. It is your only hope.

Try to make a deal between the attorneys for 50/50 custody and both of you parents need to try to agree where your kids will attend school and get it in writing. Otherwise baby mama gonna have your kids dragged all over the place as she meets new men to shack up and live off of, all while collecting your child support. Try to keep it from going to a trial. Trial puts it in the judge’s hands and you don’t want to risk that. Try to make a deal with opposing counsel if at all possible.

Do NOT EVER trust an attorney. Not even your own. Verify everything that say. All attorneys around Louisiana know each other very well and they’re drinking beer and bbqing when not in court. Don’t have the mentality that they really dislike each other. They really don’t. They’re all cut from the same cloth. Often they will make a phone call and shoot the shite with opposing counsel and the two attorneys will imagine some deal and then encourage each other to convince you of what they decide is best for them, but not you. Question everything your own attorney tells you. He is not your friend. He is an instrument. Repeat he is NOT your pal. He’ll speak to you as if he is, as long as you are paying him/her. You need to scrutinize and question everything he tells you. Attorneys are trying to create billable hours. Judges are trying to move cases off their dockets quickly. (the more cases moved through the court the more $$$ from the fed)

You’re really screwed with the deck stacked against you. It’s all a big shite show and I can go on and on about the different ways children get screwed.
This post was edited on 1/15/23 at 10:35 am
Posted by USMEagles
Member since Jan 2018
11811 posts
Posted on 1/15/23 at 10:02 am to
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Courts incentivize women to leave marriages. It’s all by design.


Yup. Split the family open like a pecan and eat the good part. Yankee overlords get to sell two houses, two cars, two Nintendos, etc. where before there was only the opportunity to sell one. Divorce feeds the Yankee oppressor.
Posted by Mo Jeaux
Member since Aug 2008
59246 posts
Posted on 1/15/23 at 10:20 am to
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If a divorce happens years later the man should have to fill the gap between what she can make and what she might have been able to make had she stayed in the workforce.


Why? It's not like that in some other countries. If the nature of the contract is changed, then the benefits of that contract should change.
Posted by fallguy_1978
Best States #50
Member since Feb 2018
48970 posts
Posted on 1/15/23 at 10:37 am to
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Married for 18 years. Together for over 24 years. I'm divorced now.

Sorry to hear that Will. My parents got divorced after 14-15 years of marriage and 3 children.

Marriage is something that always needs work it seems. My best friend's parents got divorced a few years ago after 50 years together.
Posted by USMEagles
Member since Jan 2018
11811 posts
Posted on 1/15/23 at 10:37 am to
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If a divorce happens years later the man should have to fill the gap between what she can make and what she might have been able to make had she stayed in the workforce.



You know, the ceiling on "shite I might have been able to do had I not met my first wife" is pretty limitless.
Posted by TomJoadGhost
Alabama
Member since Nov 2022
1003 posts
Posted on 1/15/23 at 10:38 am to
Reading this thread makes me grateful my ex wife is a sane person. Our divorce sucked, but we didn’t try to screw each other over. We both just wanted to end it and move on with our lives. Granted, we didn’t have kids to complicate it.
Posted by LSUSkip
Central, LA
Member since Jul 2012
17672 posts
Posted on 1/15/23 at 10:42 am to
My wife and I get along okay, but the sex has dried up and we're really more like roommates at this point. There's no way I'll file for a divorce though, because I know how it will end and I don't want to give her half of my money to only get to see my kids every other weekend.
Posted by USMEagles
Member since Jan 2018
11811 posts
Posted on 1/15/23 at 10:43 am to
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My wife and I get along okay, but the sex has dried up and we're really more like roommates at this point.


You ever thought about getting her a strap-on or a buttplug or something?
Posted by Dawgfanman
Member since Jun 2015
22670 posts
Posted on 1/15/23 at 10:45 am to
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When the decision is made for the woman to stay at home with the children, her earnings trajectory starts changing. If a divorce happens years later the man should have to fill the gap between what she can make and what she might have been able to make had she stayed in the workforce.


bullshite, the woman gets to make a decision and the man has to pay for it?
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