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What does everybody here think? How many here know divorced men who feel they gained financially after the divorce?
To society and the courts at present, the important question is "Do ex-wives, legislators and judges think divorced men gained financially after the divorce?" Despite evidence to the contrary, the unthinking response seems to be "yes". The divorced men themselves can't get a hearing on this issue, oddly enough.....
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or you are in the wrong place.
Those studies are just the academic arm of the political struggle for larger child support, alimony, and property settlement payments.
Oddly they never mention the corollary that getting married is a really dumb move for men.
cheers,
Tim
Those who like this sort of thing
will find this the sort of thing they like.
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Notice this statement:
"Even fathers fare better because the true cost of bringing up children usually tops what they may have to pay in maintenance contributions."
Think about it carefully. What it costs to bring up children usually tops what fathers have to pay in maintenance contributions. Well, *duh*! Of course it does! Mothers are also required to financially contribute to the cost of child upbringing, not just fathers. This is just a backward way of saying "not all the cost of bringing up children is paid for by the father" - just with a form of phrasing that makes it sound as if fathers are somehow getting away with not paying much.
Also interesting, the word "usually". That means not always does the cost of child upbringing tops what fathers have to pay. In other words, sometimes fathrers pay *all* of it!
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"What does everybody here think? How many here know divorced men who feel they gained financially after the divorce?"
I am doing so much better after my divorce. I still have to pay for her healthcare to the tune of $500/month until one of us gets remarried.
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Just take a look at this quote - the same one that Rand T. used:A mother loses the husband's earning power but continue to bear most of the financial burden of bringing up the children. The unstated, but obvious assumption is that the children are with the mother, not the father - which is why the mother ends up bearing that burden. Regardless of the difference in amounts that are eventually paid, the inherent bias in that article, study and statement depend on the fact that mothers have presumptive custody and get the kids way more frequently than men.
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