Comments on: The Cost of Revenge is Staggering: A Tale of Divorce and Financial Ruin

By: Avoid Financial Revenge in a Divorce | Smack The Money Maker

Avoid Financial Revenge in a Divorce | Smack The Money Maker — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:14:02 +0000

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By: Ducass

Ducass — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 20:17:15 +0000

My exwife sent inflammatory letters and emails to my employer (Top 4 consulting company) alledging that I wasn’t paying child support etc (when I actually was as proved in court which cost my daughters education fund to sort out (I could have been jailed!). She also conspired with some shareholders in the company I owned and was CEO of (before the consulting job) to get them to fire me too.

So I emigrated to the USA!

If being arrested falsely, having my career destroyed and being financially ruined aren’t enough…she wanted a divorce from me becuase “I am an #$%^hole who works too much and she and the kids never see me.”

So from being a top earner (with top MBA etc), I now sell cars for a living (ouch!) in a foreign country where she can’t get me and smile every day.

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By: Make Cash Now

Make Cash Now — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 06:25:22 +0000

That is a terrible story, but that is what you get with revenge, right? Love is just like the stock market, you have to take you emotions out of it in order to stay focused on the all mighty dollar.

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By: Hope to Prosper

Hope to Prosper — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 18:34:13 +0000

I’ve seen a couple of divorces turn really ugly lately. I think the spouses get so emotional about the break up they start to do irrational things. This seems to be even worse if cheating is involved. The worst part are the horrible things witnessed by the kids.

I saw a statistic that said 77% of wealth is lost in a divorce, which is much higher than the 50% it should be. I don’t know how this is calculated, but it makes a lot of sense. Between the lawyers, foreclosures , bankruptcy or fire-sale that often accompanies a divorce, it is devastating financially.

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Fri, 04 Jun 2010 12:02:17 +0000

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By: Len Penzo

Len Penzo — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 04:40:11 +0000

Oh my gosh! That is absolutely terrible. As you pointed out, it is really the kids who got screwed here.

One would think that the company might have better considered the circumstances and reprimand the couple with perhaps a week suspension and/or a transfer (if possible) for one parent.

My $0.02

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By: Budgeting in the Fun Stuff

Budgeting in the Fun Stuff — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 20:57:43 +0000

Idiots. Poor kids.

I am way too attached to financial security to do this even if my beloved broke my heart. I might end up in jail due to the murder, but our finances would be immaculate.

By: Kate

Kate — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 20:05:54 +0000

What a horrible story. This is War of the Roses brought to life. I can only hope they will be able to find jobs – just imagine if this is what they would do at work, what horrible things the kids have been exposed to on the homefront.

By: Crystal

Crystal — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 19:59:15 +0000

@Aury (Thunderdrake), You just have to be careful about whom you choose to marry. My husband and I have been together 12 years total-10 married and 2 engaged but our oldest child is only 5. I wanted to make sure we were on teh same page before bringing kids into it