But the rules are stacked against you
[QUOTE=ThatGuy865;1660448]Actually. I've been married twice. And both divorces ended without me being fleeced.
I state from not only my experience but for many that I know. Sure some had to sell the house and split the proceeds. But that is known.
The AVG person does not pay alimony any longer [B]if the wife has a job[/B]. If your wife was a "stay at home" wife during your marriage then you knew you would have to pay alimony when divorced. What do you expect. She's been out of the work force for years.
These are no new facts, its been this way since marriage has began. So whose fault is it. [B]You asked her[/B] to marry you and probably bought an expense ring when you did it. And now you're bitter and blaming AW for your bad choices in life.[/QUOTE]I was married once, not entirely out of love, but a willingness to help someone out. Now in the end I got out scot free and she did not try to fleece me and asked for nothing. But knowing that the rules are stacked against me made me very nervous at the time.
I supported her through her education, by supporting her financially, she never supported me financially at all, and by proof reading and writing her papers. There is no way she would have graduated with the average that she had and gone on to a high paying job later on without my help.
I did have investments abroad. Yes she stayed and home and I supported her, then why should she be able to fleece me during a divorce. Why should she be able to take what I worked hard for while I was supporting her and enabling her to earn her own living?
In the end she felt too guilty to try to fleece me and did not ask for anything, but had she tried the courts would have taken her side. Now like the other men on this forum I will be extremely cautious about marriage and so forth. Yes the rules are known, but they are nonetheless stacked against men.
When a woman stays at home, most of the time it is a conscious choice to not have to work and be supported and live comfortably. She knows what the implications for her future working prospects are. Why in that case should a court decide to reward her for years of idleness. That is totally ridiculous and the rules are in fact stacked against men.
All these men are saying is that the rules are stacked against men. Why do you think women are so happy to get married? So that they have the power to blackmail you in the future, what does a man get out of it?