Holy Crap did I laugh at that. Laughed so hard I nearly cracked a rib.
single moms barely making it on 300k/year
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Holy Crap did I laugh at that. Laughed so hard I nearly cracked a rib.
yeah, if you live in a trailer or under a bridge, under an assumed identity hiding from irs and subsist on ramen noodles and AM radio.
What a fucking load of shit this is. Men are responsible for far more fiscal problems than women in nuclear families. Women are most often the ones who know what needs to be done, but either don't have the ability to say anything or else try to say something but get shot down.
Men who post idiotic bullshit like this are the ones that don't understand that the way to have success women isn't to smack them around. They don't get anywhere, women can sense they're low-IQ losers from a mile away, they're lonely and bitter, and so they become woman-haters.
you sound like the woman who was left for someone younger and better.
this isn't an idiotic post, its the truth. Plenty of women out there just like this wingnut living well beyond their means and ruining men. Especially in NYC, they're like roaches in brooklyn, all over the place!! So don't take out your frustrations on a forum filled with men.
I feel bad for the guy having to give away 75 grand a year to that useless slag.
BTW fellas, be careful with the pre nups, you have to have them renewed every 10 years otherwise its voided and she can start nailing you (and probably some other guy while shes at it)
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yeah, if you live in a trailer or under a bridge, under an assumed identity hiding from irs and subsist on ramen noodles and AM radio.
That's right. Sounds like it should work... until you've tried it.
Years ago when I ran a financial planning practice for fee, I'd at first thought making $100K was nirvana. But I counseled with lots of people with such incomes who couldn't put $10K together if you put a gun to their head.
So, I thought, "the magic income number must be $250K".... wasn't that either. They weren't much better than the $100K'ers. I remember one wife saying, "Just because my husband's a doctor people think we have money"... (They were about $250K with 4 kids.)
The $250K'ers make more money, of course, but they also pay MUCH higher taxes. Then after "a little better house, a little better car, and a little better vacation", there isn't much left over.... not withstanding the fact they probably know very little about investing and are therefore not likely to be successful.
No, I sound like a man who hasn't had any trouble attracting and keeping quality women in his life.
Do you seriously believe that there's no correlation between the personality traits of the men who get taken by gold digging women and the fact of their getting taken?
Ah well. Am I surprised that a board like this is dominated by under-socialized losers looking for someone to blame for the outcomes in their lives?
Nope.
The woman is obviously in a tight spot, and is treading water. Unless she expects to get a substantial promotion and raise in due course, or meets a new Mr. Wonderful soon, then she will almost certainly have to make some lifestyle adjustments. Waiting until the last moment may make it somewhat less pleasant. I would have to guess that the ex makes more money than she does, given the large lifestyle to which her family has become accustomed. But her financial equation doesn't compute in the long run without that hefty second income. It's hard stepping down, even for intelligent folk. Perhaps if they were a tad more frugal to begin with...