Married for 10 years, both spouses worked and had no kids but in the divorced alimony is still granted.

What is the point when the wife is on her own and has her own job and makes an average income to live comfortably since she’s one person. Say ,000 a year as a nurse or something. Why is she still given alimony?

That’s unfair isn’t it? They had no kids. MANY couples still have to pay alimony to the other when they don’t have any kids and it seems pointless.

I am 35 and my boyfriend is 10 yrs older than I am. We both work with the school system but of course he makes more $$ because he has been at his job longer. He has been married once before and the ex wife of 17 yrs currently lives in their house that they shared together so of course he feels like it was taken from him but he claims that (HE) was the one that paid for that house so he is a little bitter. But out of that he still has two new cars that he owns and a house that he owns and I believe that’s the reason why he wants me to sign a prenup, but keep in mind that I also have 2 cars that I own but I have only been buying my home for 6 yrs so its not paid off like his so it’s not like I have nothing. So if we were to marry,I would assume that he would expect me to sell my home and move in his home since it is paid for already. If I sign a prenup,where would that leave me if our marriage didn’t work, I would have to start from scratch again it seems. It doesn’t seem fair that I have to pay for his failed past marriage. What should I do?

Why should the wife be entitled to monies entirely separate from child support from an ex-spouse?

When a marriage is over, it’s over. If the woman wants money, you should get a job.

My fiance and I are planning on having children of our own but shes going to school to be a massage therapist. We will have kids after shes done with school, so the question is will they let her work while shes prego or will she have to quit her job?

I was married for 10 months and my wife decides she fell out of love with me. She wants divorce and and wants to take my 401k. She kind of had a job that paid her well and I would give her most of my paycheck every time. Can she take my 401k like that? She did not contribute to my 401k also.

I am a 16 year old mother in Texas. I have been living away from home for over a year now, but i still visit frequently. My mother has a suspended license for a DWI so she cant help me with getting my drivers license, and she won’t give me the documents I need for someone else to help me, so i cannot get my license to get a job to get emancipated. My son’s father and I have been wanting to get married and then i wouldn’t need my mothers approval for anything but I would have to have parental consent to get married in Texas. I just need advice or ideas of what I can do to get free of my mother. And it isn’t just to be free. I need to work and move but i cant do so because of my mother. Thanks for taking the time to read this.
@snick: I have to have a parent, grandparent, guardian with me to sign and she cant since she has a suspended license. I tried to get my birth certificate and social security card from her because I need them to get my licence so my grandmother could help me do it but she wont give them to me.

My husband had 14,000.00 in his 401k when we separated. Now I’m filing for divorce & he’s like "oh, I cashed in the 401k, it’s gone."

I brought it up the day we split, and he said the only way he could get that money out of his 401k is if he died or quit/lost his job.

So if I’m entitled to half of the 401k (we were together 17 years) what happens now that he spent it?
To George : See guys? This is why most of you sit home jerking off to porn, alone & depressed. Obviously if we were married for 17 years, and he ended it, I loved him. I make more money than him, which seems to be the case more often than not these days, so us girls are getting pickier at who were gonna "take care of". LOL you poor, lonely, loser:( Looks like its just you and your small penis again tonight
Oh I’m sorry JEFF, did you need some attention? lol I dont think anyone is going to agree that ,000.00 is small change and not worth fighting for. You and george should hook up

I have a friend who is considering working with HIV populations as a counselor, advocate or an educator. She has a Masters in Education, and Divinity. She has a background simular to mine. (We both have a Masters in Divinity and Education) She has also recently discovered that she has HIV as a result of her husbands extra marital affairs.

She is really an awesome person as well as an awesome minister. I think that her unique background and experience would be an asset to that particular career.

QUESTION FOR YOU:

Do you all have any suggestions of organizations that she could explore or do you know of anyone who is hiring for that kind of job. (She really would like to make HIV HER NEW CAREER FIELD; coupled with her ministry background I think she can be a help to a lot of people.)

I will be going to school in the fall to get my masters in school counseling and want to have a job that will provide me with experience and have good hours (not evenings) so that I could easily fit school in (part-time). I’m just looking for some ideas.

I’m 37 & my bf is 40. We’ve been dating almost 1 year. When we started dating I was married- but legally seperated. My divorce is still not final because of some marital assets we are fighting over. I realize this divorce is taking forever. I’ve not lived with my ex for over 1 year. My bf’s not the reason we are getting a divorce, just wanted to clear that up. My bf suddenly started saying we are committing adultery & reading bible verses to me everytime we talk. He lives 500 miles away, so we don’t see each other but about twice a month, although it has been nearly a month since we’ve been together. He thinks we should wait until my divorce is final before we continue seeing each other. I think that’s bull!! Sounds like an excuse to get out of this relationship to me…btw, i have a steady decent paying job, my own house, car & my kids are still in school here, He doesn’t really have a job at the moment, lives with his dad, has nothing to leave behind. His kids live in 2 different states. What do you think?