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Master Don Juan
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Note to board. Somebody mentioned the guy worth 500 M. Um. The guy worth 500 M has enough money that he is unconcerned often about divorce rape etc.
Gee. Why is that?
Well the guy worth 500 M can afford the very best attorneys money can buy and unless he was married BEFORE becoming that wealthy, (in which event the case can be made that his spouse helped or facilitated him gaining great wealth) no court is going to cut his assets in half if he brought that kind of wealth into the marriage to begin with.
You see this all the time. I knew of (for example) a wealthy recording artist that married an attractive woman, but not a particularly savvy or intelligent woman…her main draw was her looks & sex appeal. She filed for divorce, expecting a huge windfall. Nope. She got about 100K (a tiny fraction of his net worth) and had to sign a document affirming that she would never seek additional funds from him or take legal action against him again if she wanted that 100K. She was pissed that was all she got and that it was qualified by the legal documents. I thought she was terribly ungrateful. That’s enough money to live comfortably for a year and establish her own source of income. Drop in the bucket for him. He got fun & companionship and a housemate for the time in question (less than 2 years) and he wasn’t worried about the cost.
My point is that so called divorce rape affects the upwardly mobile middle class the worst. The poor don’t have assets to bicker over and the very wealthy can afford it and/or afford to mitigate it.
Think about it. If someone makes just 10 M a year that’s over 800K per month. That 100K is 12 % of one months income. Let’s say the whole process cost him 500K. Still negligible versus his income.
Some of you guys have no idea how real wealth works. Marriage can be a good idea depending on why a man desires it. But the very most important thing is choosing well for a partner.
A choice plenty of men in all income brackets foul up.
Gee. Why is that?
Well the guy worth 500 M can afford the very best attorneys money can buy and unless he was married BEFORE becoming that wealthy, (in which event the case can be made that his spouse helped or facilitated him gaining great wealth) no court is going to cut his assets in half if he brought that kind of wealth into the marriage to begin with.
You see this all the time. I knew of (for example) a wealthy recording artist that married an attractive woman, but not a particularly savvy or intelligent woman…her main draw was her looks & sex appeal. She filed for divorce, expecting a huge windfall. Nope. She got about 100K (a tiny fraction of his net worth) and had to sign a document affirming that she would never seek additional funds from him or take legal action against him again if she wanted that 100K. She was pissed that was all she got and that it was qualified by the legal documents. I thought she was terribly ungrateful. That’s enough money to live comfortably for a year and establish her own source of income. Drop in the bucket for him. He got fun & companionship and a housemate for the time in question (less than 2 years) and he wasn’t worried about the cost.
My point is that so called divorce rape affects the upwardly mobile middle class the worst. The poor don’t have assets to bicker over and the very wealthy can afford it and/or afford to mitigate it.
Think about it. If someone makes just 10 M a year that’s over 800K per month. That 100K is 12 % of one months income. Let’s say the whole process cost him 500K. Still negligible versus his income.
Some of you guys have no idea how real wealth works. Marriage can be a good idea depending on why a man desires it. But the very most important thing is choosing well for a partner.
A choice plenty of men in all income brackets foul up.
That can definitely happen, especially if you don't know what you're doing. But it is hardly the story of every couple.
