You do realize many men do do those things. Mine does. I'm sorry you didn't pick a good husband or father to your kids. You forgot helping with homework, attending sports/activities/music events (and volunteering), cooking, cleaning, yard work, fixing the house, laundry. |
The data on courts being unfair to men would disagree with your assertion. In general, men tend to come out of divorces okay financially, but it often tips women and children into poverty. |
If you pay child support, alimony and have shared expenses, and a lower income, how do you think it works? |
This. I also saw a statistic that men who ask for custody get it 93% of the time. I’m sure there are cases that are unfair toward men out there, but they certainly aren’t the majority. |
I think it works that both people are broke because it costs more to have two households than one. I don’t think it works that one person is broke and the other person continues with their previous lifestyle. (Although I do believe that a lot of people who are bitter about paying child support think it should be that way.) |
It’s not stripped away. It’s divided in half. In theory, half of it would have been hers if they had remained married, right? Or she would have made half of the decisions on how it would be spent anyway. If you disagree with this, and think that you should get to make all of the decisions in a marriage, then I agree you get married. |
What? I’ve been married 20 years. Now make more than my dh. We still love each other, and are partners in every sense. Only one of our friends in 25 years together divorced. Many, many successful marriages out there. Is it hard, do kids add stress, do you change some - yes. But many of us learn to grow together, build a family, support one another. I hope you find that. |
Interesting that you mention Singapore. I knew someone whose ex-husband went back to Singapore to escape child support. He just sends money when he feels like it. |
Oh please, women get 'tipped into poverty' because they don't want to work or don't get jobs. Why shouldn't it be a man's job to support an ex with alimony payments for virtually infinity to make sure she has a comfy lifestyle? There are no guarantees in life, lol. Should I get compensated from my brokerage account bank if I lose money on the stock market after making a bad stock pick too? Sh!t, if a court forced me into barely liveable wages because they wanted me to pay insane amounts of child support and alimony per month I'd get the hell outta Dodge and move abroad. No way would I be shackled for years living a miserable life because my ex thinks she deserves thousands per month in alimony. It is just legalized slavery and/or indentured service. |
Because crime is low. They're a first world country with higher median HHI than the US. English is used. It'd be the first place I'd go and renounce my US citizenship if I ever had to pay alimony. I'd send back money for childcare but $0 for alimony. It is NOT my responsibility to find your lifestyle after a divorce. Get a job for heaven's sake. |
Bye. I’ll raise the kids happily without your interference. Don’t come back. Cheers! |
I also saw at satistic that 97% of all alimony payments are made by men. This is even though these days 50% of the workforce is women and there are now more college graduates that are women than men. Alimony is supposed to be gender neutral, yet courts are massively biased against men when it comes to alimony payments. |
The most ironic part is the fact the kids would actually get far better education in Singapore than the US, lol. |
You okay? Alimony isn’t awarded to “women today”- it’s awarded to women who married like 25 years ago. Long term marriages began a long time ago, and stuff. Women who didn’t have career options or education. |
I truly think when a man or woman’s infidelity/cheating is the cause of the marriage breaking, they should not get any alimony. Putting a roof over someone’s head and food on the table while they go bang someone behind your back…and now you want them to pay the cheater that sat on their @ss? No way, no how. |