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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In this day and age, with no alimony and no daily divorce, no one should be a SAHM.

Plus don’t count on getting “half” if you split. Women who are low earners rarely get 50% of assets. More like 30%.[/quote]

The no alimony thing is just not true. People love to say that on this board. I receive alimony. It's not uncommon for couples where one person is extremely high earning and the other's career took a backseat to support it. And yes, I got HALF. And kept the house. [/quote]

I’m a woman and had to pay my ex alimony (I settled on a large lump sum to be able to move on with my life). We had no kids and he did nothing to support my education or career. I still did everything at home and with the pets and I took the entire financial burden of my education on myself. But Fairfax county used a calculator and said I owed him alimony because I outearned him. We had been married three years. It was utter bullshit. [/quote]

Yeah I don’t know where all the discussion of “he’s going to leave her” started but she would absolutely get alimony for at least a few years and significant child support. Crazy to think otherwise. But it doesn’t actually sound like their marriage is in trouble or he’s cheating or whatever, just that he’s not stepping up with the kids and he spends his limited free time outside the home. [/quote]

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