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I'm not going to hold my breath for industry to be overhauled. There's too much money being transfered and too much control over people's lives for any of the damage to be repaired. Case in point, just wait for the so called lovers of liberty here on FR to pounce on anyone who advocates doing away with the double standards and the "pay up and shut up" treatment that a lot of fathers are treated to after the wife gets bored and isn't feeling "fulfilled." And what over-riding reason do they have to stick it out until the kids are grown?! 85% of the time she'll get custody and a large part of her former husbands takehome pay. These simpletons are too wrapped up with revenge and being emotional to realize that the same people who make all of this happen for them are setting them up for a fall, bigtime. The second the courts and lawyers get involved, dad gets screwed and they use his own children to do it to him. The mothers GIVE the court industry that power. As soon as most of the fathers have been fleeced for all they are worth, then it will get ugly for them. What makes these women think that the system won't turn on them as soon as it becomes clear that there are not enough men to keep the industry growing? Then it will no longer be convenient for them to be permitted to raise their kids and the state will take over the job completely. THEN we'll hear all about how "unfair" the system is when they end up on the receiving end of the "for the children" courts.

"85% of the time she'll get custody and a large part of her former husbands takehome pay."

My mother was awarded custody of us kids, but dad had visitation. He never bothered to take advantage of that. Mom was also awarded child support, but Dad never paid a dime. We kids didn't get gifts or cards from him either. We got a couple of letters right after the split, but that was the end of it.

There are both mothers and fathers out there who don't do right by their kids. We can blame the courts all we want, but it's up to the parents (both of them) to do the right thing.

I'm not going to hold my breath for industry to be overhauled. There's too much money being transfered and too much control over people's lives for any of the damage to be repaired. Case in point, just wait for the so called lovers of liberty here on FR to pounce on anyone who advocates doing away with the double standards and the "pay up and shut up" treatment that a lot of fathers are treated to after the wife gets bored and isn't feeling "fulfilled." And what over-riding reason do they have to stick it out until the kids are grown?! 85% of the time she'll get custody and a large part of her former husbands takehome pay. These simpletons are too wrapped up with revenge and being emotional to realize that the same people who make all of this happen for them are setting them up for a fall, bigtime. The second the courts and lawyers get involved, dad gets screwed and they use his own children to do it to him. The mothers GIVE the court industry that power. As soon as most of the fathers have been fleeced for all they are worth, then it will get ugly for them. What makes these women think that the system won't turn on them as soon as it becomes clear that there are not enough men to keep the industry growing? Then it will no longer be convenient for them to be permitted to raise their kids and the state will take over the job completely. THEN we'll hear all about how "unfair" the system is when they end up on the receiving end of the "for the children" courts.

Excellent post.

BUMP!!