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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No.  If we divorce I will get a lot more money as a SAHM.  It's the working moms with their own salary who really get screwed in a divorce.  [/quote]

This is true. I believe after you are married for 7 years you get half of his retirement. I also have a college degree and work experience to rebuild if need be. [/quote]

but you don't get to be a SAHM forever.  You don't get to have him support you and your kids until they are 18.  Alimony is meant to be temporary and transitional. So you will have to go back to work and support yourself.  Child support would then be recalculated as a percentage of the two incomes.

Unless he agrees to support you forever in the divorce agreement....[/quote]

Okay. I have seen this scenario play out many times. And the women have all been fine. Most haven't kept their same standard of living, but neither have the men, as they split the assets and had to pay alimony and child support for a period of time. Whether both people work or not, divorce is expensive. Running two households is generally more expensive than running one. Most of the SAHMs I know around this area are well educated, have assets of their own and aren't stupid. Most will be ok if their husbands leave. I know you want these women to be devastated because it makes you feel better, but that just isn't the case with upper middle and upper class women who get divorced. [/quote]

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