[not2worry]

LOL.....that struck a cord with me! Anytime I feel my hubby's in a grouchy mood I tell him if he wants to argue call the X.

He's been divorced for 25 years, she gets alimony and social security from his account.

I never realized that if you are married to someone for 10 years you get to collect social security even if you never worked a day in your life. I didn't know this fact about Social Security. When I called Social Security they told me not to worry, I wasn't paying for it! Stuck on Stupid. Guess if you get married 4 times in your life for 10 years and all spouses survive Social Security really takes a hit.

[sandbar]

Actually, you can't draw but on one account, you can't add up all your spouses. You would draw on the one that paid the most.

And I think that this idea is ABSOLUTELY JUSTIFIED. Even if you do have issues with your husband's ex. Most people on FR are all about the mom staying home with the kids, but yet they are all over Ex's who get some of the poor widdle divorced man's Social Security. If I spent 20 to 25 years at home raising kids, with no taxable income and my husband decides to take off with the town floozy, I should have no retirement??? I think NOT. I should be entitled to half his SS because I supported HIM and HIS children throughout our marriage. Why does system not work for you?

Now that being said, if the wife has worked in her life, and her Social Security is greater than the half she would get from HIS, she would draw on her own.

[GreenOgre]

Thank God my ex was too stupid to move in with her boyfriend when we were married only nine years. Divorce was final 8 days before (what would of been) our tenth anniversary.

[Dianna]

I never realized that if you are married to someone for 10 years you get to collect social security even if you never worked a day in your life.

Yeah, I guess those stay at home moms just ought to die or something instead of getting old.