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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I just want to say, if there is someone out there who needs help with money, it is a divorced dad. They are paying a lot in child support. In all cases that I know personally, the ex-wife got the mostly-paid-for house (for good reason), and the dad is in an apartment. The divorce process itself was super expensive. If they turn down a great woman because they make an intimidating amount of money, well they're just foolish.[/quote]

It depends upon the quality of the legal representation, and the foolishness of the people getting divorced. A male friend, mid-50s, got the family house, and the kids live with him full-time. He has to pay some short-term alimony and child support but he's living about the same lifestyle he had before the divorce. He was smart enough to shelter a lot of his investments from a downside marriage. His ex lives is a much smaller rental home in a worse neighborhood and she's had to go back to work, quite a shock after 20 years sitting on the couch.

I am mid-50s, I rent a beautiful home (the ex rents a worse house), have the kids half-time, pay a tiny amount of child support (under $100 a month), and retained a surprisingly large net worth after the divorce. I'm in much better shape financially because I no longer have a free-spending female who won't contribute in my household. I also sheltered some of my investments from a bad marriage. 
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This is so much more common than the posters on here dreaming that the women get everything.

Every single woman I know took a major hit to lifestyle.  The ones that were stay at home moms the entire marriage came out the worst---especially the ones that were cheaters and discovered.[/quote]

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