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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Betty had an inflated sense of working hard. I guess for the time yeah she probably felt like she “worked hard” those early years but she was a sahm who worked part time jobs or if she worked full time a d had two kids so what?  She was so upset that she “supported” Dan but meh, in today’s world what she did was so minimal.

And they were married for 14 years which is long but not that long. Maybe if it had been 20 or 25 years then I could understand.

She loved her lifestyle and the life she had created and she didn’t want to give it up. She couldn’t imagine moving on when it would have been so incredibly easy for her. She could have remarried some other rich guy and Dan would  very likely have given her full custody and generous child support just so he could get on with his next phase of life. She was so incredibly short sighted!
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Wow, way to minimize her contributions to the family. [b]They were together for 18 years--close enough to 20 for you? [/b]

By all accounts she was an excellent mother to four children, all of whom did sports, music lessons and various other extracurriculars. She attended all their events and handled all aspects of their care. Dan was at work of course, rarely if ever present, including on family vacations which she usually handled solo. She entertained his clients and colleagues and basically devoted her life to their family, managing the household and supporting his career. He never had to cook, clean, or be involved in the kids' lives in any meaningful way. Do you really think she didn't work at least 40 hours a week doing all this? She was an asset in every way, other than getting older. And where is the evidence Dan was willing to give her full custody and equitable financial support?[/quote]

No she continued to claim they were married even after they were separated and then divorced. Separated after 14 years of marriage, divorced final after 16 years.

And so what?  Lots of moms today do all she did PLUS work a full time demanding job.  She didn't do anything that spectacular. She didn't work full time and support Dan because it wasn't the norm and daycare was hard to find.  She felt she "worked hard" in comparison to other sahm moms back then because she had to get a job outside the home which wasn't common and she was raised to believe that was not what she would need to do.

She was dumb. She could have had a repeat of her life with the next guy. She was attractive and guys liked her and Dan would have been happy for her to take the kids because he wanted to start over again.  The one or two shrinks she saw should have just given her anti anxiety meds.  She would have been better off.

The death of her baby was truly horrible. I am so sad that she didn't get a chance to name him and bury him.  But back then they probably gave Dan the advice to just move on quickly and not think about it so that she would not be upset.  That's how it was dealt with. It was terrible.  He probably did think he was doing the right thing after all doctors were advising him to do it.  
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He owed her half of everything he earned during the marriage as a lump sum, plus child support and alimony until she could get a job or remarried. But that’s not what he did. He took everything, even her kids, and financially abused and controlled her through legal means. Keeping her wedding china, their furniture, which I am sure she picked out, in the home that he set up with his affair partner turned wife. What purpose could doing things like that serve except to torture and humiliate her? If he really wanted to just move on, he wouldn’t have done any of that.

Murder is never right, but we didn’t lose any good people in this situation. I do feel sorry for their kids. [/quote]

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