Originally Posted by BWillie (Post 14022722)

No but I've had a girlfriend of 10 years. She pesters me all the time. I do not live with her even. Once I pay off my current house I'm going to pool all my assets in a trust and hire an attorney to ensure it cannot be touched as I'll probably be forced to do it one of these days.

Originally Posted by JakeF (Post 14020861)

Unless she had direct input in the Amazon business there is no way she should get 70 billion dollars. Complete bullshit.

Originally Posted by JakeF (Post 14020927)

This isn't the 1950's when women didn't work and were at the financial mercy of the man in her life. I'm fully on board with the man taking care of the kids and a wife that didn't work so she could take care of the household. That doesn't equal 70 billion dollars. Unless she has direct input on the concept or the development of Amazon then give her 1 billion and send her on her way.

A billion dollars is enough for any person to live like a King/Queen for the rest of their life.

Originally Posted by EyePod (Post 14023119)

Have you ever run a household as a family? Shit is hard. And this is assuming she was a SAHM. This is how marriage works. 100% fair.

Originally Posted by AssEaterChief (Post 14021812)

Yep, you'd have to be pretty dumb to do it these days

Originally Posted by EyePod (Post 14023135)

:eek: There is no way that Amazon happens if she wasn't there supporting him. .

Originally Posted by BIG_DADDY (Post 14023139)

The fact that there are people/attorneys that feel this way is why marriage is dying. I am a happily married man but should it not work out for any reason there is zero chance I would ever do it again. My wife knows that and my son knows that. Well, unless McKenzie wants to do it without a prenup. LMAO

Originally Posted by EyePod (Post 14023154)

I don't know if I'd ever marry again, but I have no reason why I'd want a divorce now.

Originally Posted by AssEaterChief (Post 14021812)

Yep, you'd have to be pretty dumb to do it these days

Originally Posted by BIG_DADDY (Post 14023143)

WTF? This place never ceases to amaze.

Originally Posted by Donger (Post 14023157)

Perhaps not, but your wife might one day.

Originally Posted by Amnorix (Post 14021170)

So business owner has wife, has several sons with her. Gets divorced. Marries wife #2. Has one child, a daughter, with wife #2. Daughter never works in the biz.

Boys join the biz and help it grow ALOT. Idiot dad/owner doesn't do anything with stock except own 100% of it himself. He gets old, semi-retires, still owns 100% while the boys take over the show.

Wife decides she wants divorce. Now, they were married for a LONG time, but the daughter is an adult, and the wife is now like 80. She doesn't need much to survive for the rest of her life comfortably. Unfortunately, due to a total lack of planning and forethought by the father (and his sons) the wife is now entitled to own 50% of the company.

Ignoring the actual biz owner and his wife (let's face it, they're well off regardless of this whole process) -- the real upshot of this is that 50% of the value of the biz at the time of the divorce gets transferred -- really -- to the daughter, with the remaining 50% being split among the boys. Now the boys get the own the biz and can continue to grow it and earn from it, but that's a real ****ing over for them, especially since they are now PAYING the daughter for 50% of the growth that they massively contributed to creating.

Plan ahead kids. Use lawyers. Be smart.

Or you know, watch your kids sit on a spiked dildo because you're either too dumb or because you want to continue to exert power/control long after you should've given it to your kids.

Originally Posted by EyePod (Post 14023171)

I'm sure I'm looking through rose-colored glasses considering my parents and my in-laws aren't divorced (and my in-laws probably should have), but looking at the issues other people have in their relationships - they just don't exist in ours. I like to think it's due to our honesty and openness and making sure we're joint on big decisions and finances.

Originally Posted by EyePod (Post 14023171)

I'm sure I'm looking through rose-colored glasses considering my parents and my in-laws aren't divorced (and my in-laws probably should have), but looking at the issues other people have in their relationships - they just don't exist in ours. I like to think it's due to our honesty and openness and making sure we're joint on big decisions and finances.