The spouse that agrees to stay out of the workforce to raise kids does have to deal with trying to support themselves after years of no work experience and no social security or retirement contributions. Alimony is designed to address that, it’s not designed to retroactively make up for the fact you never wanted your…

I don’t really see how the fact that your wife was a dick means alimony shouldn’t exist for anyone else.

Hey now, there’s no need to be rude. The pencil hobbyist community has long been subject to erasu-er.

Oh God now I’ll never be happy again unless they meet at court, begin a fist fight in the parking lot, the police come screaming in to bust one of them for bath salts, and then a sinkhole mercifully swallows up the whole mess.

PREACH

WOOOO FLORIDA PRIDE!! (Where you at? I’m from the boonies north of Tampa).

How exactly am I supposed to read “alimony is outdated”? And he’s demanding all kinds of ridiculous crap- exclusive use of their 7 cars, for her to pay all of his attorney’s fees- why’s she the one in the wrong?

I think it’s still up and coming. I wouldn’t hold it against someone for not having made the switch yet.

Yeah, but there’s no local flavor! Crazy rich people are the same everywhere!

Isn’t alimony based on the idea that lots of couples agree that the wife will stay home and raise the kids, so she’s at a major disadvantage trying to support herself in the event of a divorce, while the husband has been developing a career the entire time? I’m not saying she should get enough alimony to completely…

omg I hope you have an AMAZINGGGG time!!!

oh God, you just gave me THE WANDERLUST so bad

Peak Florida? As a native Floridian I’m offended. Nothing’s on fire, no one’s been stabbed over food, there’s NO trace of meth, and Wal-Mart isn’t even tangentially involved. PEAK FLORIDA, MY ASS.

Well, I agree with you that if you feel like your partner would judge you, that’s a major red flag, but I don’t think my exact number is anyone else’s business. My boyfriend knows I’ve had relationships, friends with benefits, and random hookups, and I’ll answer anything he asks about how I feel about sex or…

Yeah, if these are the sickest burns this story has, this is some tepid bullshit.

I mean, I know what my boyfriend’s significant past relationships are and what he thinks about those and what his general attitudes towards sex and relationships are, because I think those are important things to know about your partner, but I don’t know the exact number of people he’s had sex with, because I feel…

Until this thread I really thought the point of a scooped out bagel was to fit more cream cheese in

What the ever-loving fuck. Have these people never heard of the words “small”, “medium”, “large”, and “extra-large”???

But nothing bad will happen to any of the first world douchebags who do coke for funsies, so who cares!!

Oh goodness, I’m so embarrassed to have ranted to you about this like a crazy person. By the time I chilled out, the edit function was gone. Thanks for listening! And that’s awesome news about your down payment- good job, Tyranno-thesaurus’s Mom! :)