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re: Do you hide assets and/or cash from your wife in case she divorces you?

Posted on 10/28/26 at 8:02 pm to
Posted by HagaDaga
Member since Oct 2020
9082 posts
Posted on 10/28/26 at 8:02 pm to
I have a buddy who has a brother that buys some silver and/or gold each paycheck, and hides it away at his house.
Posted by jizzle6609
Houston
Member since Jul 2009
22183 posts
Posted on 10/28/26 at 8:06 pm to
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know a guy who did this. He got busted with a hooker, lost his $250k engineering job and lost his wife too. He tried hiding money (over $400k if I remember correctly). Didn’t work. It’s the most lopsided divorce settlement I’ve ever seen. The judge nailed his azz to the wall.


Well that was an expensive nut.
Posted by SenorJuan
NYC
Member since May 2026
108 posts
Posted on 10/28/26 at 8:37 pm to
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I mean….you didn’t think this was odd??


Hindsight is always 20/20 a-hole.

I was raised in a very conservative/christian family with my parents staying together for 50 plus years.

I was fed all that happy wife happy life bullshite and that because she comes from a devout Catholic family she was trustable.

Again, hindsight is always 20/20. It was fricking hell to go through not 5 months after my brother passed away suddenly.
Posted by DarkDrifter
Louisiana
Member since Aug 2011
6180 posts
Posted on 10/28/26 at 8:42 pm to
From my 1st wife I did. My grandfather and I were flipping houses right around the time I found she was running around.. So everything we did I left solely in his name until it was finalized and he just paid me in cash when flipped something
Posted by GreenRockTiger
vortex to the whirlpool of despair
Member since Jun 2020
62170 posts
Posted on 10/28/26 at 8:50 pm to
My husband buys things for his work and gets reimbursed in cash.

He does not tell me when this happens, but I check his wallet most mornings and sometimes I’ll take a $20 and go buy an overpriced espresso all by myself.

Is that the same thing?
Posted by DerkaDerka
Member since Jul 2016
1319 posts
Posted on 10/28/26 at 9:13 pm to
Spend that shite. Get all the lifetime memberships you ever wanted.
Posted by TigrrrDad
Member since Oct 2016
8317 posts
Posted on 10/28/26 at 10:35 pm to
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Well that was an expensive nut.


And it wasn’t even a worthy one - bro was picking up cheap hookers in the French Quarter. He could’ve at least gone to Visions and splurged on a looker.

He was an engineer for one of the big gas companies in Houston but got transferred to New Orleans for a while. Got an apartment in N.O. and would fly in from Houston for work while the wife and kids stayed in Houston. Got busted for soliciting by an undercover cop in a French Quarter bar. Afterwards his wife got into his emails and found numerous exchanges with cheap hookers.
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Posted by BFANLC
The Beach
Member since Oct 2007
24821 posts
Posted on 10/29/26 at 12:30 am to
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separate accounts.


This is the answer
Posted by Rabby
Member since Mar 2021
1983 posts
Posted on 10/29/26 at 12:31 am to
No.
Deposited my paycheck into an account that we jointly held and trusted her with everything. Set up investments in a transparent manner all along the way.
Might not work for everyone, but I went all in on this relationship and have no regrets.
Posted by Broke
AKA Buttercup
Member since Sep 2006
65521 posts
Posted on 10/29/26 at 12:41 am to
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Yeah, but I’ll be royally pissed if I’m ever forced to sell my Star Wars collection.


You may be joking but I have about 200k worth of vintage star wars
Posted by PUB
New Orleans
Member since Sep 2017
21768 posts
Posted on 10/29/26 at 1:54 am to
Hide everything you can.
Epic outbreak in gray divorces by empty nester woman who want their best lives now instead of being the nurse maid of an aging BAW.
Friends left weeks short of 30/40 years that are literally in late 4th quarter. Their therapists and BFFs cheer them on, some on social media. Vile too
Posted by kywildcatfanone
Wildcat Country!
Member since Oct 2012
143593 posts
Posted on 10/29/26 at 4:33 am to
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I kept thinking the whole time “how is this legal? Why isn’t there an adult in the room (divorce court) to call bullshite on this? She cheats on me, we have no kids and I’m walking away with my clothes, dog and truck? Wtf?”

But she “wasn’t happy anymore” so it makes it ok.


I hear you. I was lucky, I had bought the house before we got married, it was in my name only. Her mother kept asking me to update it to put her name on and I had planned to do it, but just hadn't had time. Back then I worked over ah hour away from where I lived, so I had very long days and just didn't have time to deal with it.

My wife's note on our front door read "I'm tired of living for everyone else, I want to live for me", and then I opened the door and all the furniture was gone in the whole house. Cleaned it all out in one work day. Turns out she had been having an affair with an old high school flame. I've told that story several times on here before.
Posted by TheEnglishman
On the road to Wellville
Member since Mar 2010
3319 posts
Posted on 10/29/26 at 7:32 am to
Nice try Mrs Englishman.....
Posted by Sus-Scrofa
Member since Feb 2013
11690 posts
Posted on 10/29/26 at 7:50 am to
A friend of mine’s ex wife controlled their finances. They didn’t have much.

But she switched out their vehicle for a newer one. Convinced him to sign off on a home equity loan to remodel the house to add a bedroom so their kids didn’t have to share a room.

Once the remodel was done she promptly told him to get out and there was no money to divide and no equity in the house or car to split.

They had some student loans. She said hers were paid off, but she never paid on his, kept hitting the deferral button, and that was his problem now.

He showed up on our doorstep with $200 in his pocket and a duffle bag completely stunned.

I’m convinced she’s got funds stashed somewhere.
Posted by chinhoyang
Member since Jun 2011
26327 posts
Posted on 10/29/26 at 7:57 am to
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She cleaned our accounts out while I was at work.


I had a brief foray into family law but hated it. I hated the "let's race to the bank account and see who can drain the account first" nonsense. I have seen a few times where the wife or husband drains 1/2 the account because they are worried the other spouse will drain everything.

If I was a Judge, I'd be tough on account drainers. In a small parish, the word would eventually get out "bad things happen to those who drain the accounts."
Posted by LSUfan4444
Member since Mar 2004
57631 posts
Posted on 10/29/26 at 8:01 am to
Imagine putting that much thought into divorce instead of marriage
Posted by gumbo2176
Member since May 2018
20706 posts
Posted on 10/29/26 at 8:06 am to
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Yeah, but I’ll be royally pissed if I’m ever forced to sell my Star Wars collection.



Not to worry. You likely won't have them to sell when she gets them in the property settlement. Women go for the jugular when ending a marriage and will try to get anything you deeply love on their side of the settlement contents.
Posted by Defenseiskey
Houston, TX
Member since Nov 2010
2500 posts
Posted on 10/29/26 at 8:07 am to
You could probably easily hide a nice emergency stash just in case but a large net worth is a lot harder to hide unless you just hide a bunch cash somewhere.

If you put it into any type of asset, they will likely find you and the punishment wouldn't be worth it.
Posted by lsuconnman
Baton rouge
Member since Feb 2007
5902 posts
Posted on 10/29/26 at 8:17 am to
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Not to worry. You likely won't have them to sell when she gets them in the property settlement. Women go for the jugular when ending a marriage and will try to get anything you deeply love on their side of the settlement contents.


Maybe, but would require them to spend some time learning the difference between a doll and an action figure.
Posted by el Gaucho
He/They
Member since Dec 2010
61337 posts
Posted on 10/29/26 at 8:19 am to



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