Rick5478 Posted March 26, 2005 Share Posted March 26, 2005 http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050325/ap_on_re_us/divorce_settlement_3 A perfect example of why women love getting married. A perfect example of why men should run for the hills when women bring up the subject of marriage. Link to post Share on other sites
Grinning Maniac Posted March 26, 2005 Share Posted March 26, 2005 PRE-NUP. PRE-NUP. PRE-NUP. They should make them standard. I have no intention of ever getting married anyway. I don't really see the point. If I love you then I love you. What's the difference with a diamond ring? Obviously not much... Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Spock Posted March 26, 2005 Share Posted March 26, 2005 You're of course entitled to your own opinion. And I think I'm entitled to tell you Link to post Share on other sites
li'l bunny Posted March 26, 2005 Share Posted March 26, 2005 Ah sure why not? He can obviously afford it, I doubt he'll miss 40 mill. Also she probably deserves it for putting up with him..! Link to post Share on other sites
RowanRavyn Posted March 26, 2005 Share Posted March 26, 2005 WOW you're supposed to get party favors when you get a divorce? I didn't know that! Link to post Share on other sites
moimeme Posted March 26, 2005 Share Posted March 26, 2005 A perfect example of why women love getting married. A perfect example of why men should run for the hills when women bring up the subject of marriage. ROTFLMAO Right. Because you're a multi-millionaire and therefore women are clamouring to marry you to get at the goods. Link to post Share on other sites
LucreziaBorgia Posted March 26, 2005 Share Posted March 26, 2005 Marrying someone for their money isn't unusual - but it isn't just women that do it, and it has nothing to do with marriage. It has to do with greed, and greed has no gender. Link to post Share on other sites
izzybelle Posted March 26, 2005 Share Posted March 26, 2005 well.... if this was the case, there would be very, very few marriages taking place and we'd all be chasing after the same men... and lucrezia's right it's got nothing to do with marriage, it's all to do with greed. i knew a guy, a number of years ago, that confided in me that he was looking for some weathly old broad who could provide him with the "lifestyle" he felt he deserved, he was ALL about the image, but would leave him alone to do all the things he wanted to do. i laughed in his face and told him "good luck"!!! and then pretty much also told him to stop wasting his time with me then and to go hang out wherever it was that weathly old broads happened to hang. Link to post Share on other sites
SoleMate Posted March 26, 2005 Share Posted March 26, 2005 The wife married him for greed? How do we know that? She cheated. That's bad. We don't know whether HE cheated. And we also don't know what it was like being married to him. Marriage does involve sharing. If you don't trust someone enough to share your assets with them, then you should not marry. Link to post Share on other sites
Author Rick5478 Posted March 26, 2005 Author Share Posted March 26, 2005 Women are just like prostitutes. They may not ask for the money up front, but for all the sex that they give their husbands, eventually their gonna send out the bill. It's like 12 cds for a penny. Eventually it'll catch up to you. You can't trust women. Link to post Share on other sites
d'Arthez Posted March 26, 2005 Share Posted March 26, 2005 I seem to have forgotten someone on the misanthrope / misogynist thread. Link to post Share on other sites
li'l bunny Posted March 26, 2005 Share Posted March 26, 2005 I have to say when I married my H he had no job and I was supporting him. It was only after I had the second child and had to give up work that I began depending on H for financial support. I fully intend going back to work. But of course it is the WOMAN's fault that she has children and depend on her H. Rick do you realise that it wasn't so long ago women HAD to marry to have financial support? Women used never inherit anything, if she wanted a good life she had to marry well. Also my mother and many other mothers of that generation weren't allowed continue in there job once they got married. Imagine that! Men used to cheat on their wives knowing full well that there was no way she would leave because she couldn't afford it. So stop giving women a hard time. Link to post Share on other sites
alphamale Posted March 26, 2005 Share Posted March 26, 2005 Originally posted by LucreziaBorgia Marrying someone for their money isn't unusual - but it isn't just women that do it, and it has nothing to do with marriage. It has to do with greed, and greed has no gender. it has very little to do with greed LUCREZIABORGIA. it has much more to do with genetics, evolution, and human nature. females are programmed thru their DNA and evolution to look for a man who can provide for them and their kids. Link to post Share on other sites
moimeme Posted March 26, 2005 Share Posted March 26, 2005 Well, I seem to be female and have yet to choose a man based on his earning potential. In the world of 'one example is proof', I have completely disproven your theory. Link to post Share on other sites
blind_otter Posted March 26, 2005 Share Posted March 26, 2005 Originally posted by Rick5478 Women are just like prostitutes. They may not ask for the money up front, but for all the sex that they give their husbands, eventually their gonna send out the bill. It's like 12 cds for a penny. Eventually it'll catch up to you. You can't trust women. :lmao: Yeah. And my exhusband left me with over $10,000 debt to pay off for him so I have to declare bankruptcy. And every single guy I've ever dated ended up living off of me because I always make more money than they do, and I happen to have parents who are well off. They all drained my trust fund. I have nothing left and I have to rebuild my entired retirement portfolio, luckily I'm 25 and I have the time to do it. Sorry someone f*cked you over, but guess what? It happens to wealthy women pretty regularly too. Link to post Share on other sites
izzybelle Posted March 26, 2005 Share Posted March 26, 2005 blind_otter, i can relate to a lot of what you said. while i didn't have to declare buncruptcy, it was frightening close for a while. when i married my exH, i think his parents were convinced that i was marrying him for the money he would inherit someday. his father's solution was to write him out of the will thinking i would go away. i didn't, because i honestly could have cared less about the money. i left the marriage with 35% of the assests and well over 50% of the debt (over 10K) because i had established credit in my name and geeee... when it came time to split the debt up, anything with my name on it became mine, regardless of whether or not the charges were just mine, his or for the kids. he kept the house and the good car. the car i "got" died a month after i moved out. i'm only getting 75% of the child support i should have gotten because i didn't want to fight with him over it. he had the money to back a court battle, i didn't. if i had only been in it for the money, i would have stayed unhappy, but married, until he inherited his million and then walked out. my sanity and my ability to be a good mother to my kids was far more important to me than was any potential money i could have received. the only good thing, for me, that ever came out of that relationship was my kids. and you can try to argue that this fits your "theory" and yes, i can rest easy knowing that someday, after my H inherits and after he dies (assuming he's still in the will - don't know if he is now or not), my kids will be well taken care of. i won't see a penny of it, but they will. that is of course unless the woman he's marrying very soon, isn't in it for the money and isn't planning on taking what is rightfully my kids! who knows, maybe she is one of THOSE women! house 225K car 25K hot tub, furniture, etc. 25K+ sanity and getting the he!! out of a bad situation - PRICELESS Link to post Share on other sites
MySugaree Posted March 26, 2005 Share Posted March 26, 2005 The pattern I've seen is the reverse of what the thread starter posited. I've witnessed a sizeable number of young women help put their husbands through professional school only to find, upon graduation, that they've been unceremoniously dumped. That damn Y chromosone strikes again. Link to post Share on other sites
alphamale Posted March 26, 2005 Share Posted March 26, 2005 Originally posted by MySugaree I've witnessed a sizeable number of young women help put their husbands through professional school only to find, upon graduation, that they've been unceremoniously dumped. And why is that MYSUGAREE??? cause now their professional hubbies are making $$$ and all these beautiful young women are interested in them now. the same beautiful young women who would not give these dudes the time of day a decade ago are now flocking around and waving puzzy in their faces. so they dump the average looking "nice" wife who put them thru school and get some arm candy and a Lexus. Link to post Share on other sites
RecordProducer Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 Man's success is a turn-on for most women. Marrying someone without love only for his money is quite different from getting hot for a guy who is successful, smart, and charming. Besides, it's a mental atavism that originates since thousands of years ago; women want to have children with those who can provide. Just like most women like taller guys, because through human history it meant stronger, more capable of surviving, women wanted to make home with those who can provide enough food for them and the little ones (in old times it would be the chief, the head of the tribe). Hence women's weakness to CEO's and authority figures. That's why women love presents so much. It's encoded in our genes that a present makes us happy, because for so many centuries (if not millenniums), it meant that the father of her kids returned to the cave with a present - the booty, the food. It's stronger than us. By the way, obviously none of you read the article to the end. This multimillionaire founded his company in 1987. He is 54 now and his wife is 51. Most likely they got married before he earned the enormous wealth. Link to post Share on other sites
moimeme Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 Man's success is a turn-on for most women. I'd dispute 'most' even. I think there's a point that you realize that a man's success is the result of very much very hard work - meaning that the guy's tied to his job and you likely won't see much of him. I suppose some women think that's an ideal arrangement. I'm not one of them. That's why women love presents so much. Again, some do. That 'Five Love Languages' theory shows that different people value different things. Link to post Share on other sites
alphamale Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 Originally posted by moimeme I'd dispute 'most' even. many of us are intelligent enuf to know, MOIMEME, that there are exceptions to everything. and rules don't apply fast and hard to everyone and everything. We don't need you to keep on pointing it out every damn day! I'm not one of them. good for you, that is great! Again, some do. That 'Five Love Languages' theory shows that different people value different things. you are right and we know this already, thanks. Link to post Share on other sites
RecordProducer Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 Thanks, ALFA for defending my theory. I am also an exception in some way. While most women enjoy shopping, I find it very boring. I actually avoid it totally. I let my mother go shop clothes and footwear for me because I just hate to shop. I don't need money for spending. I just admire successful men. Shoot me for that! One of the things that money can buy and that I enjoy is traveling with the man I love. I also like dining out and I like to have a cleaning lady in my house at least once a week. Clothes, jewelry, fancy cars or villas mean nothing to me. Link to post Share on other sites
moimeme Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 many of us are intelligent enuf to know, MOIMEME, that there are exceptions to everything. and rules don't apply fast and hard to everyone and everything Well [color=violet]ALPHAMALE[/color], it's impossible to discern from some people's posts if they truly believe what they write or if they do have caveats in mind. Certainly you do not qualify your generalizations. I just admire successful men. Shoot me for that! No need. You're welcome to do so and that's perfectly fine. It's just an awful lot of people buy into stereotypes and I think it does nobody any good. If you don't, hurray. Link to post Share on other sites
CurlyIam Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 Originally posted by alphamale And why is that MYSUGAREE??? cause now their professional hubbies are making $$$ and all these beautiful young women are interested in them now. the same beautiful young women who would not give these dudes the time of day a decade ago are now flocking around and waving puzzy in their faces. so they dump the average looking "nice" wife who put them thru school and get some arm candy and a Lexus. You must be right, Alpha, what about women who happen to have an extraordinaly soul, be absolutely beautiful inside but weigh more than 200 lbs? You bet your money that the second she loses weight she becomes a catch. Won't men do THE SAME? It's a f*cked up society if you speak in general terms. That's why it's so stupid to do so. If bashing women makes you feel beter, please do so. You and Rick can form a club. Gender is someting that does not determin the kind of person I am. I chose who I am. Some women are b*tches? Good for them. Some men are pigs? Whatever makes them happy. But it's PEOPLE, their choice, not their gender making them behave so! Link to post Share on other sites
alphamale Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 Originally posted by CurlyIam You must be right, Alpha, what about women who happen to have an extraordinaly soul, be absolutely beautiful inside but weigh more than 200 lbs? You bet your money that the second she loses weight she becomes a catch. Won't men do THE SAME? well of course CURLYIAM, it applies to both sexes. Whenever the balance of power in a relationship changes dramatically the relationship usually falls apart. Here are some examples: - 250 lb wife loses 125 lbs and becomes gorgeous - married couple wins $10 million in the Lotto - husband comes into large inheritance from rich uncle - two "A-list" actors marry in Hollywood and one's career goes down toilet. Link to post Share on other sites
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