I agree completely with the statement that it is how parents handle financial loss that determines to a large extent how it affects the children. My parents handled it somewhat poorly back in 1989 and as a result, I am near obsessed with money and (the absense of) debt. I do have a very distinct sense of the difference between wants and needs though. $300 boots?...not a toughie
well it may be that the husband was a total asshole to this wife when he was making $800k per year, but it's comments like this that really show how people change when the situation changes.
His $800k/yr income (and the lifestyle it afforded them) put them in the top 0.5 - 0.1% of U.S. incomes. Even at $150k/yr, they're still in the top 5%. Head-of-household duties might be considered more of a pass-fail thing, since it's something that we assume the average able-bodied person should be capable of. So, assuming she passes, she's in the top 50% bracket of her realm. So, who's gotten the better end of the deal and continues to even after the pay cut?
Of course it's her. She can be replaced with 5 cheaper, hornier 20 year olds. But good luck replacing that 800,000k income.
Correction, 17 year olds much better Chatted up one today, date later this week, they are much nicer simpler, and have few hassles and hang ups, bet you though if the Dad finds out l will be hung http://www.ageofconsent.com/ageofconsent.htm
This poor slob will probably end up paying child support and alimony based on his $800K income, too. Marriage is a beautiful thing. I'm glad I learned at an early age. Unless she has her own wealth, do not get married. Why enter into a legally binding agreement designed by the devil himself?
Gosh, I feel so bad for these people. Having to use the most modest county club...??? OMG! Horrible! Just insane cruelty! This downturn is brutal...
The country club will disappear in the next 12 months or time of renewal. The way I read the article I feel that, unless things turn around in the near future, she is going to do a "number" on him. Bloody women. Read his blog...not promising...another also ran.