[garandgal]

One problem: In a modern divorce, the man doesn’t get half the woman’s stuff. The woman gets to keep all her stuff and get half or more of the man’s stuff.

Oh B.S. I do appraisals for divorces; that's total crap. The real issue is that men spend the collective family money on expensive things that maintain value (no problem with that...it assets)...and then lay claim to those items.

You just wanted to keep all the cars, guns, tools, boats, etc. I'm sure if you had fought for the $50 sofa, $500 worth of used clothes or the $5 Tupperware, you could have had half.

[papertyger]

$50 sofa

credibility

[Spktyr]

Please note that I said later that I was not referring to things bought during the relationship. I am very much aware of both genders’ stupid purchasing tendencies - such as women spending family money on shoes, purses, designer crap - so it’s not just one side that’s responsible for that.

No, it’s very common for family courts to award half of the man’s pre-marriage assets to the woman. I can’t be more specific than that due to who I work for, but I’ve seen more than enough cases where the man didn’t blow family money on toys and his pre-marriage stuff was ordered sold or given to the woman.