Berlusconi gets divorced to the tune of EUR 3,000,000 per MONTH

[Scipio]

Doesn't he earn close to billion a year?  Shit.  He's not even paying OJ money.

[merithyn]

Did you defer in favour of an even larger property settlement? 

Nope. That would actually make sense.

It was an honor thing. I thought, rather stupidly, that that was taking advantage of the whole "divorce helps women" thing. And since I was a fully capable person, I wasn't going to take his money. So, this fully capable person ended up taking a shit job as a waitress instead of taking that money and going back to school.

[MadImmortalMan]

I really should have taken alimony in my divorce.

Bask in the knowledge that you did the right thing. Alimony is evil.   

[CountDeMoney]

I deferred.

I'd make a comment here about why women are their own worst enemies when it comes to stuff like that, but that would be impolite.

[CountDeMoney]

Did you defer in favour of an even larger property settlement? 

Nope. That would actually make sense.

It was an honor thing. I thought, rather stupidly, that that was taking advantage of the whole "divorce helps women" thing. And since I was a fully capable person, I wasn't going to take his money. So, this fully capable person ended up taking a shit job as a waitress instead of taking that money and going back to school.

See above.

[merithyn]

I'd make a comment here about why women are their own worst enemies when it comes to stuff like that, but that would be impolite.

Bask in the knowledge that you did the right thing. Alimony is evil.   

It seems I'm damned if I do, and damned if I don't.

[HVC]

You're a credit to your sex


Lawyer must have hated you though.

[CountDeMoney]

Yeah.

[stjaba]

You're a credit to your sex


Lawyer must have hated you though.

It is unethical for lawyers to take contingency fees in divorce cases, so it shouldn't have mattered.

[The Brain]

You're a credit to your sex


Lawyer must have hated you though.

It is unethical for lawyers to take contingency fees in divorce cases, so it shouldn't have mattered.

So they always take contingency fees in divorce cases?

[merithyn]

It is unethical for lawyers to take contingency fees in divorce cases, so it shouldn't have mattered.

It didn't except that I was slightly disabled at the time, and he thought that it was rather silly of me to give up the cash. He argued it pretty forcefully.

The truth is that while the money would have been nice, it was nowhere near the three million Euros we're talking about in this thread. I'd have probably not been as "honorable" had it been so.