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... I said, and I quote, ‘because the government is going to take it.’ Odd thing, my ex-wife did the exact same thing....

She took your IRA?................

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You made me laugh. Thank you. I always have my eye out for the grammar cops, but they always pull me over anyway. I am what would be called, a repeat offender. Every time I think I'm out, ‘they pull back in’.

But to the more grim fact. Yes, she did. I had an unprecedented divorce decree.

Essentially, what the court decreed was, "You will all your assets and all your wages to this woman for the next 15 years."

It was revenge divorce. Her parents had money and hired the best lawyer in the state. I guess he was a friend of the judge. You don't get to be 'the best lawyer in the state' by playing fair.

I was condemned by the state to poverty for the rest of my life. All because I met this girl, married her(mistake!), and then I pissed off her loony parents. They were not even after money. Their goal, which was successful, was to crush me to my knees. American justice.

Oh well. You win some and you lose some.

The best part of the movie, 'Oh Brother where art thou', was when the Satan character scoffs and says, 'The Law? The Law?

The Law is a human institution.' And it most certainly is. Anyway, thank you for the chuckle.