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My soon to be x thought he

Guest — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:26:18 -0400

My soon to be x thought he should get alimony too. Amazing after we requested a vocational evaluation to show that his potential is more ,however, he chooses to stay home in the summer (as he is a teacher), the request was dropped. Too bad he still doesn't want to work in the summer and wants me to pay him more child support. Too bad I didn't realize how lazy he was during our marriage.

My ex initially asked for money

KarenC — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:28:20 -0400

In online surveys I am eithe at the high end of the lowest paid group or the low end of the next group. He has the college degree, but still refuses to consider anything not in his field and has been a free-lance business writer for the last 5 years making about a third of what I do. When I said something to him about the money, he said it was his lawyer's idea. I overheard our lawyers prior to a court appearance when they went into an open meeting room near where I was sitting in the hall and left the door open. His lawyer must have brought up the money because I overheard mine loudly say, "He needs to get a job!" and his lamely reply, "Well, yeah." They dropped the request.

Show Him the Money

Faith Eggers — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 20:28:52 -0400

Men receiving alimony want a little respect, says the title of an article in today's Wall Street Journal. Its been nearly 30 years since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against gender discrimination with regard to alimony, and divorce experts say that fewer and fewer men are outright rejecting any talk of seeking alimony.

In fact, the percentage of alimony recipients who are male rose from 3.6% during the five years ending in 2006, up from 2.4%, in the previous five year period, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

They say that percentage is likely to rise as more and more marriages feature a primary earner who is female. In 2005, which is the last year for which data is available, wives out earned their husbands in 33% of all families, up an incredible 28.2% a decade earlier.

Today's men are receiving alimony for the classic reasons that women traditionally do and did. The most common argument: They sacrificed their careers for the sake of their wives'.

Some feminists say that this shows progress of some sort. "We can't assert rights for women and say that men aren't entitled to the same rights," says famous feminist lawyer Gloria Allred.

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