[KC Dan]

I cannot attest to having gone thru this after 35 yrs of marriage and at 58 yrs old but I did go thru it after 10 yrs marriage. My advice is quite simple:

1) Get a tough as nails female lawyer to reduce the 50% if possible.
2) Keep it amiable (as much as possible) and be above the fray
3) Remember that the best can be ahead of you. Always!!!
4) Let your future actions piss her off beyond all compare. Be successful, grow as a man, travel, do things that you always wanted to do, give your offspring all of the attention that you can give.
5) And, never - ever, talk bad about the Bitch to your children. They will make up their own minds about what has transpired.

I did this and recently ran into my ex 17 years following our split, she kept apologizing about what she caused and was extremely jealous of how my life and how my relationship with our children has prospered. The meeting verified that I had done the right thing and that she screwed up her life. I am now living the dream and hope that I can squeeze another 20-30 years of existance out of this planet.