Divorce
So the verdict is in and it appears to be top news on many sites. After four years of marriage she walks away with £24 million pounds. If the judges estimates are correct, that is six percent of his fortune. In one way I wish I'd married a rich man and left a millionaire, but on the other hand it sickens me. It cheapens women everywhere and I have always felt this way. If there are children involved, then there should be some financial obligations made, but other than that, in most circumstances, I think alimony is a crock.
If my marriage broke up tomorrow I'd make sure he was paying half the kids expenses, but otherwise I wouldn't want a penny. I'm intelligent and have skills - I can work - I don't need some man paying my way just because I happened to make a stupid mistake at the altar.
I know several middle-aged men who are today struggling to pay their ex, mortgage and kids. They are neglecting their own health and well-being just to make ends meet. One man in particular, we'll call him Steve, has had a particular round of bad luck. His first wife ran away with a Brazilian drummer and his second left him for a woman. He is paying alimony to them both. How is that fair? They left him, yet somehow he is financially responsible for them.
We constantly talk about equality for women and press for it on most fronts, but these sort of verdicts make us look like hypocrites. If we want to be equal then we better live with everything that entails and stop making ourselves look stupid. Thanks Heather for making us all look like fools.
she only made herself look like a fool, and the world knows it
Posted by: Manuel | March 18, 2008 at 12:38 AM
It's probably a hangover from when women didn't have as many opportunities as they do now. It's still a crock of shit though.
Posted by: Margaret | May 04, 2008 at 02:45 PM
It's probably a hangover from when women didn't have as many opportunities as they do now. It's still a crock of shit though.
Posted by: Margaret | May 04, 2008 at 02:46 PM