There was an affluent couple divorcing after twenty-three years of marriage. We are not here to determine who is right, who is wrong, or whatever human nature dictates about what we have a major gab fest. Fact: DIVORCE.
They had two homes, two cars, two homes, the works. The 50/50 community property thing was no big deal.
Because they could afford that she be a "stay at home Mom", he was ordered to pay that old dreaded (to men) A word...ALIMONY! Oh, boy! However, it was to only last for fifteen years. She, thinking that she was not too shabby, petite, pretty, witty, etc would remarry, thought the entire deal fair...He figured the same thing. (point of agreement, why are they divorced?)
Mr. Divorced now had a quandry. He met a "child"...well, married someone about twenty years younger than he, immediately. (By the way, they divorced after three years and a child, but, that is not my blog right now). He needed to jump off of the alimony merry-go-round. He offered his children $50,000 if they could find a match for Mom. He offered his cousin $50,000 to get Mrs. Divorced off of his hands and out of his pocket!
His children hadn't a clue as to where to find Mr. $$$ for Mom. His cousin tried and came up with a man who needed a few $$$ himself and no matter how much he loved Mrs. Divorce, had to fork out his own alimony for fifteen years and just couldn't swing it!
AFFLUENT, DIVORCING MEN...LISTEN CLOSELY!!!
At about the time the gavel goes down declaring you a single man, you send the soon to be Mrs. Divorced to a health camp...Elizabeth Arden's MAIN CHANCE is the ticket to ride. You have her lipo-ed, reworked, enhanced. You get her "the works"...massages, facials, mani/pedis, special diets, workouts, tightened, flattened, stretched and snapped into amazing shape for a month. She walks out of there looking like a contender for the the centerfold of Playboy. You have an appointment ready for a complete make over when she is discharged from her 30 day spa vaca. New hair, new make-up. Then you buy her the most amazing wardrobe that would make the Paris shows weep with envy. Then, you make sure she has a golf pro, a tennis pro and if necessary a ballroom dance pro. Now you are rolling man! Last, but not least, you give her a membership in an exclusive country club loaded with professionals like yourself with the same basic bank balance, also with the middle age itch, divorcing. By middle age, face it, men are divorcing or widower-ing...lonely.
Within a year or so, because it would not be acceptable to "shack up", or date for too long...you have her married off! You have saved a bundle in the long run and you, do the math, know it!
Now, cheapies, if you think that the above program is over the top...how about a dowry? If the children above, or the cousin and his wife could have mentioned that Mom was amazing and comes with a bounty...hey, hey...you have her married off and you are out of the ALIMONY Game!
I marvel at the lack of common sense in our so-called intelligent society. I am sure, women reading this are saying, "Hey, yeah! You go girl". I think that men are possibly saying,"I never thought of that" and have stopped trying to ask their attorneys to come up with some official paperwork to have an alimony reduction ordered after a few years and are sharpening their pencils to come up with a fair amount to offer as a dowry.
I know that Divorce is difficult, emotional, and so it goes, but really THINK, THINK, THINK and look beyond the immediate situation that you are over and look toward concrete life plans! IT'S WIN-WIN!
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