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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Married 12 years, together 22 total.  He got caught cheating with men, so I had some leverage.  No kids.  We used a mediator and negotiated this between ourselves, so I have no idea what a judge would have instituted.

At the time we negotiated this, he made 200k, I made 100k.  Our salaries have always been 2:1, but he has more growth and bonus potential than I do.

Rather than deciding on a set amount, which would diminish in value over time due to inflation, we came up with a formula:  20% of the difference in our salaries (his minus mine), divided by 12, I receive monthly.  Never to dip below a floor of $1400/month.  Currently it's around 1600.

Plus, I receive 20% of any bonuses he gets.

We recalculate this formula every March 1 using the previous year's W-2s.

This will be paid for 10 years or until someone moves in with me and contributes to my living expenses.  In that case, the alimony will pause, to start up again if that person moves out and we're still within the 10 years.  It would also end if I receive greater than 200k in gifts from my parents (like an inheritance).

I own a life insurance policy on my ex for 250k, which he pays the monthly premium for. [/quote]

How can you possibly sleep at night, you are fully employed and make a good bit more than the majority of the United States, you don’t have children yet you partake in his earnings, gross![/quote]

Did you miss the part where he wasted 22 years of my life and deprived me of children under fraudulent premises?  [/quote]

He didn't deprive you of kids.  He didn't waste 22 years of your life.  You should have left or had a child on your own.[/quote]

I was content to not have children when I was married to him because I had his companionship and a niece on his side.  I didn't foresee any future without them in it.  Obviously he knew that would be likely.[/quote]
So you weren’t deprived of children nor did you waste 22 years. If you had really wanted kids, you would have had them. [/quote]

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