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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, I got divorced three years ago after being married for 24 years. I got alimony for life.[/quote]

Hopefully the courts force you to work the exact same number of hours as your alimony paying husband.
Otherwise, exactly WHAT special thing did you do to deserve some other working slave to support you for live?[/quote]

Sigh. . . guy here -- what did she do?  In a marriage when you have an arrangement like this, if it works, is a partnership.  Into that partnership one spouse puts income from work along with presumably hard stressful work.  the stay at home spouse puts in time so the other does not need to worry about kids, food, bills, dry cleaning, home repair, and really anything else.  Together it is a partnership.  But it is not a partnership for its duration.  It extends beyond the end.  So alimony.  That is the deal.  Why?  Because you cannot put a career back together with 20 plus years out of the workforce.  So when two people make that deal --- it is not for life but it for longer than the marriage.  If you do not like that -- don't make the deal.[/quote]

That's it exactly. Alimony isn't going anywhere because of various situations. It could be health, older age, SN kids, etc. and the court addresses all these issues.

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