She made the decision to be a stay at home mom and toss $50k of income/year away, putting the responsibility to work harder and support the family firmly on me, without consulting me before making the decision.
Then, I get blamed for the decision she made when she "threw her career away" to stay home with the kids.
You ladies cannot have it both ways and always blame us men.
And the first sign of unhappiness they run to the lawyers..most women today are not worth it
Over 25 years I handled about 15 +- agreed divorces a year, where both parties sign a settlement agreement at the get-go.
I followed up with quite a few of the guys, and they were, for the most part, much happier. Life’s too short to be miserable.
On this subject, I know Stephen King can be an incredibly annoying PITA, but you might check out his short story, ‘Lunch At The Gotham Cafe’ from his collection of short stories ‘Everything’s Eventual’.
Why are divorces so expensive? (Mine weren’t.)
Because they’re worth it. Good luck.
Last words for young bucks with assets: premarital agreement. And a post-marital agreement is better than nothing.
So, your wife needed your permission to take her God-given role in marriage, as wife. mother, and homemaker, instead of a career woman who must hand over her moral right and duty to mother her children to a babysitter — if you decide she must? Why should she have to ask you for the “privilege” of taking her women’s role in your marriage. A man promises his wife when he marries “all my worldly goods I thee endow” — he supports his wife, it isn’t the other way around. Maybe you aren’t as blameless as you think.