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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DCUM celeb Nanny here - She’s going to have a reality check, just having to pay for her own household staff. Housekeepers in Santa Barbara/Montecito (for high maintenance celebs) are $40-50/hr. Nannies/Family assistants $40-45/hr. Groceries in Santa Barbara are soooo expensive. I used to work weekends in the area, and I’d bring all my food from LA in a cooler because everything is so expensive. $20k a month (after rent) for someone like her, really is nothing. This is going to be a huge lifestyle adjustment. Even gas is crazy expensive!!

I know this is a wild take, but she doesn’t work. She has zero need for nannies, housekeepers, or assistants.

DCUM celeb nanny again - Most of the families I work for (where the dad is the celeb) the mums don’t work… and they have 2-3 nannies, a family assistant, estate manager, personal assistant, chef, and grounds keepers. In additional to personal trainers, masseuse, hair stylists, manicurists, and facialists (who come to the property for treatments) etc. Not working doesn’t mean she won’t want to have these types of services.

The mom’s full time job in these cases is to maintain her looks.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Kevin Costner is worth approximately 400 million. He and his attorneys can spin this info all they want. Even if Christine isn't smart or educated or good with finances.... he married her and thought she would be a good mother for his children. They were married for 20 years. He is acting like a pluperfect JERK. No amount of spin will change that fact.

ITA. He wouldn’t even notice $15-20M and she’d still have to adjust her lifestyle downward. The kids will notice her drastic lifestyle change and blame their dad for not taking care of her.

The kids will know that all the money comes from dad cause mom does nothing but spend and lounge around the house all day.

Let’s be real. These are teens. They are reading the court transcripts and understand what each parent is saying/asking for. And their friends or bullies do too.

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Anonymous wrote:Kevin Costner is worth approximately 400 million. He and his attorneys can spin this info all they want. Even if Christine isn't smart or educated or good with finances.... he married her and thought she would be a good mother for his children. They were married for 20 years. He is acting like a pluperfect JERK. No amount of spin will change that fact.

ITA. He wouldn’t even notice $15-20M and she’d still have to adjust her lifestyle downward. The kids will notice her drastic lifestyle change and blame their dad for not taking care of her.

The kids will know that all the money comes from dad cause mom does nothing but spend and lounge around the house all day.

If the mom gets divorced tomorrow and doesn’t have her own money or is not getting a substantial amount of money from her ex then she loses all of these privileges.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DCUM celeb Nanny here - She’s going to have a reality check, just having to pay for her own household staff. Housekeepers in Santa Barbara/Montecito (for high maintenance celebs) are $40-50/hr. Nannies/Family assistants $40-45/hr. Groceries in Santa Barbara are soooo expensive. I used to work weekends in the area, and I’d bring all my food from LA in a cooler because everything is so expensive. $20k a month (after rent) for someone like her, really is nothing. This is going to be a huge lifestyle adjustment. Even gas is crazy expensive!!

I know this is a wild take, but she doesn’t work. She has zero need for nannies, housekeepers, or assistants.

DCUM celeb nanny again - Most of the families I work for (where the dad is the celeb) the mums don’t work… and they have 2-3 nannies, a family assistant, estate manager, personal assistant, chef, and grounds keepers. In additional to personal trainers, masseuse, hair stylists, manicurists, and facialists (who come to the property for treatments) etc. Not working doesn’t mean she won’t want to have these types of services.

Tough shit. She’s no longer married to the dad. She can get a job and pay for her own “wants” instead of stealing from her children’s CS so that she doesn’t have to drive kids to activities, go the grocery store, clean her house etc. Oh and my fav - make her/the kids schedules.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Kevin Costner is worth approximately 400 million. He and his attorneys can spin this info all they want. Even if Christine isn't smart or educated or good with finances.... he married her and thought she would be a good mother for his children. They were married for 20 years. He is acting like a pluperfect JERK. No amount of spin will change that fact.

ITA. He wouldn’t even notice $15-20M and she’d still have to adjust her lifestyle downward. The kids will notice her drastic lifestyle change and blame their dad for not taking care of her.

Why does she need to be taken care of? She isn't a plant or a pet or a child.

If you feel an adult can't take care of themselves - who takes care of Kevin?

And we have no idea what her kids think of her or him or her lifestyle or their lifestyle or the divorce or the changes. Some kids welcome aspects of it.

I’m currently a nanny for a 15 and 12 year old.the mom stays home and doesn’t work. After school it’s non stop driving, snacks, dinner prep, keeping on top of school work. Do you think my Beverly Hills SAHM helps with any of those things? Lol. Trust me, she still has nannies or a family assistant for kids those ages.

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think any less of Costner. He is following the prenup and paying child support, he offered to cover all the kids expenses (she refused), he offered to give her a lump sum towards her housing (she refused). She is the one who wants to break the prenup and wants a ridiculous amount for child support.

Same. I don’t really get the histrionic poster(s) going on and on about what a jerk he is. I do not see it.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DCUM celeb Nanny here - She’s going to have a reality check, just having to pay for her own household staff. Housekeepers in Santa Barbara/Montecito (for high maintenance celebs) are $40-50/hr. Nannies/Family assistants $40-45/hr. Groceries in Santa Barbara are soooo expensive. I used to work weekends in the area, and I’d bring all my food from LA in a cooler because everything is so expensive. $20k a month (after rent) for someone like her, really is nothing. This is going to be a huge lifestyle adjustment. Even gas is crazy expensive!!

I know this is a wild take, but she doesn’t work. She has zero need for nannies, housekeepers, or assistants.

Her kids are also 16, 14 and 13, wtf would she need a nanny for?!

Driving to after school athletics, organizing the kids, etc. You have no idea how these people live.

Anonymous wrote:Kevin Costner is worth approximately 400 million. He and his attorneys can spin this info all they want. Even if Christine isn't smart or educated or good with finances.... he married her and thought she would be a good mother for his children. They were married for 20 years. He is acting like a pluperfect JERK. No amount of spin will change that fact.

ITA. He wouldn’t even notice $15-20M and she’d still have to adjust her lifestyle downward. The kids will notice her drastic lifestyle change and blame their dad for not taking care of her.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DCUM celeb Nanny here - She’s going to have a reality check, just having to pay for her own household staff. Housekeepers in Santa Barbara/Montecito (for high maintenance celebs) are $40-50/hr. Nannies/Family assistants $40-45/hr. Groceries in Santa Barbara are soooo expensive. I used to work weekends in the area, and I’d bring all my food from LA in a cooler because everything is so expensive. $20k a month (after rent) for someone like her, really is nothing. This is going to be a huge lifestyle adjustment. Even gas is crazy expensive!!

I know this is a wild take, but she doesn’t work. She has zero need for nannies, housekeepers, or assistants.

DCUM celeb nanny again - Most of the families I work for (where the dad is the celeb) the mums don’t work… and they have 2-3 nannies, a family assistant, estate manager, personal assistant, chef, and grounds keepers. In additional to personal trainers, masseuse, hair stylists, manicurists, and facialists (who come to the property for treatments) etc. Not working doesn’t mean she won’t want to have these types of services.

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think any less of Costner. He is following the prenup and paying child support, he offered to cover all the kids expenses (she refused), he offered to give her a lump sum towards her housing (she refused). She is the one who wants to break the prenup and wants a ridiculous amount for child support.

+1

I don’t think any less of Costner. He is following the prenup and paying child support, he offered to cover all the kids expenses (she refused), he offered to give her a lump sum towards her housing (she refused). She is the one who wants to break the prenup and wants a ridiculous amount for child support.

Anonymous wrote:Kevin Costner is worth approximately 400 million. He and his attorneys can spin this info all they want. Even if Christine isn't smart or educated or good with finances.... he married her and thought she would be a good mother for his children. They were married for 20 years. He is acting like a pluperfect JERK. No amount of spin will change that fact.

I don't know why you keep saying he married her and thought she would be a good mother. Millions of people get married thinking their partner will be a good partner and parent and that changes with time. She obviously thought he would be a good father for her children too. He still says she is a good mother. None of that has anything to do with her seeing him as a money tree.

People get married at one point in life, have children at another point in life, and get divorced at another point in life. Life isn't static, it is aways changing and the reality is they are for whatever reason, ending their marriage. I don't think either has said the other is a bad parent. The courts ensure there is a financial settlement that is considered fair given the circumstances. No one needs to financially support their ex husband or ex wife to whatever lifestyle their ex so desires. Men and women are both equally capable of being independent responsible adults. This is not a woman who sacrificed her career because she had to stay home with the children for some reason.

Her extravagant spending may have been a point of contention in the marriage. He is under no duty to support that lifestyle.

Anonymous wrote:Kevin Costner is worth approximately 400 million. He and his attorneys can spin this info all they want. Even if Christine isn't smart or educated or good with finances.... he married her and thought she would be a good mother for his children. They were married for 20 years. He is acting like a pluperfect JERK. No amount of spin will change that fact.

Most people who know anything about this either disagree or don’t care. I just don’t see people thinking highly of Christine.