Elin now dating a white guy

In my humble opinion, I felt it was fair to support my ex during the first months of our son's life because he was a newborn. We agreed to that and I was already the primary financially responsible party in our marriage, so it was not real change anyway, just that she had less spending money during her hiatus from work for 6 months. After that, she went back to work.

If a guy forces his wife to stay at home, he's a nimrod. I believe that not having the wife work distorts the equilibrium and power balance that I (just me) believe should exist in a marriage: a relationship of equals. If a guy is on some sexist retrograde 1950s throwback behavior, then he deserves to suffer the price for that troglodyte thinking.

That being said, I don't believe that, beyond child support, a woman should be cared for into perpetuity just because she bore a man's children. I guess what I'm saying is I'm in favor of child support, not alimony.

 

We can't force them to do shit. They choose to stay home.

Amen

 

Seriously, though, I know of lot of old-school Catholic politicians who do not ALLOW their wives to work. Granted, they're not physically assaulting them to prevent them from leaving the house in search of work, but some guys demand and the women acquiesce. I don't think it's right, but I do know a lot of examples of marriages populated by domineering men. Seriously.

 

Thanks, though I think you were *way* more articulate on this than I was. Marriage is a partnership, not an ownership. You don't buy a woman, or a man. It's two people joining their lives together, and in that relationship *they* decide what each partner's "job" is.

 

Wow. Not.

 

I'm mostly in agreement here. Division of marital assets isn't alimony, and it's an entirely different issue. If a guy forces his wife to stay home, or even if they both agree to it, if the marriage is long enough that whatever marketable skills she has are outdated, alimony for a set period of time while she retrains is not unthinkable.

I stayed home with my son for four years, because that's what we decided. In Massachusetts, where I divorced, you couldn't even *ask* for alimony unless you'd been a stay at home parent for more than 10 years. (Of course I took on all the marital debt, and he never bothered to pay child support, but that's an entirely different matter).

BTW, I know several stay at home dads, and my advice to them is the same I give to stay at home moms - don't do it. Something happens, you're left high and dry and you aren't going to find going back into the workforce easy after being out of it for a few years.

 

Me too. I also know a lot of women whose husbands "allow" or don't allow them to spend money, go out with the girls etc. I think it's bullshit.

I used to work with a guy who thought he had feminist cred because, hey, he'd just given his wife $200 and "let" her go spend it on herself. Of course, they BOTH worked full time and made about equal salaries. So it was *her* money to start with.

 

Yeah, that man controlling the money stuff creeps me out. My current gf told me about her husband giving her an allowance when she made 2/3 of the bread. I couldn't stop laughing. That's ridiculous.

 

Money is the life blood of marriage. Whats the biggest reason couples divorce or what do they fight over the most during a divorce? It can't be ignored because its uncomfortable.

 

Funny 'cause Tiger hasn't DONE SHIT since he divorced from Elin.:smt026

Matter of fact, his missing domestic tranquility at home seems to have blown a friggin garage door sized hole through his career.

Never underestimate how important a stable home life can play in one's career.

If Tiger is so smart he should have had a prenup. If his prenup stipulated Elin was going to receive 20% of their assets, it is what it is.

 

Um yeah I'll go with never ending negative media attention for 2000 Alex. Let's just ignore the decades of hard work. Elin being around is what made it all possible at least 20 percent anyway. Smdh lol

 

Yes! When I bought my house, my mother's husband was *very* concerned. "But what if she gets married again?" he said to my mother. "It's HER house. And it will stay HER house."

 

Wow. That's a really jaded view of what marriage is about. It's a PARTNERSHIP. It isn't a financial arrangement. If you think that marriage is about a guy putting in money and getting pussy in return (which apparently isn't worth much), here's a small tidbit. Women are not ATMs. We're people.

 

In that scenario men would be the ATM lol

 

Haha no kidding

I think the moral of this story is that Tiger should of NEVER gotten married. He should of just did his thing and been able to rail all the trim he wanted. Really stupid of him to get married and not even have a prenup.

If I was even 1/8 as wealthy as he was I wouldnt even get married lol

 

Cosign. Thread shut down

 

greedy fuck

100 million dollars, really?

tiger is a chump for cheating, but she's a loser too for taking all that money that HE made

none of the women here are jumping on her case for that, right?

 

And you won't because apparently four years of fucking and holding hands is worth 20% of your wealth lol

 

:smt081

 

Link doesnt work for me.

I also remember reading $100 mill was a complete exaggeration, and was actually around $40 mil. I think she deserves all the money she got.