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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If BB simply had divorced, he would have still been able to take Juliana to the gym and restaurants. They'd just need to move to a smaller place, not a big deal. I wonder if they were planning to leave the country. [/quote]

Wife (ex-wife) would be afforded half his federal pension plus his TSP (gov'ts version of 401k) if they divorced.[/quote]

And he would get half of hers. She was likely higher paid as a nurse. He was a low level fed.[/quote]

Financial angle/loss of retirement bennies would be greater for him, I imagine, thus a prime motive. [b]Given his potential salary at retirement, his pension would amount to a nice figure[/b]. Also consider the fact that many feds retire with $1 million plus in their TSP accounts. She would most likely be allotted half if they were to divorce based on his infidelity.

I can't speak to nurses and pensions, but I gather that he was the one who had more to lose financially in a divorce.[/quote]

No, the government pension is not what it used to be -- especially for people hired after a certain date.  I retired about 2 years ago as a GS-15, and my pension is about 1/3 of my salary, less health insurance, taxes, etc.  The pension basically pays my mortgage.  I'm not complaining, but I definitely cannot NOT work if I want to live in the area (I'm a contractor now).  Maybe if I move to Idabel, OK, I could live on my pension...  All this to say, his pension would not be that big.[/quote]

Yes, Fed gov't changed FERS  **in 2013**. If you were hired before 2013, your contribution rate and bennies were not affected. I'm guessing that, if you're already retired, and we're in 2023, ypu were hired before 2013. And I agree that staying in the DC area post-retirement would eat up your monthly check, given the area's high cost of living.

But my point is that he didn't want to split his pension/TSP with her. Men I've known who went through divorces had to start new careers upon retirement in order to make up for the loss of pension/TSP income.[/quote]

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