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October 28, 2009 at 11:08 PM #475956October 28, 2009 at 11:10 PM #475121RicechexParticipant
[quote=scaredycat]perhaps if there weren’t a marriage tax penalty, but instead a marriage incentive, maybe a marriage tax credit, people could at least say, well, honey, we do get a deduction for this even when things are bleak. I suggest $8,000 the first year, with $500 extra credit per year of marriage. Suspend the homebuyer tax credit.[/quote]
They already do this in the Navy. It is called BAH.
October 28, 2009 at 11:10 PM #475298RicechexParticipant[quote=scaredycat]perhaps if there weren’t a marriage tax penalty, but instead a marriage incentive, maybe a marriage tax credit, people could at least say, well, honey, we do get a deduction for this even when things are bleak. I suggest $8,000 the first year, with $500 extra credit per year of marriage. Suspend the homebuyer tax credit.[/quote]
They already do this in the Navy. It is called BAH.
October 28, 2009 at 11:10 PM #475661RicechexParticipant[quote=scaredycat]perhaps if there weren’t a marriage tax penalty, but instead a marriage incentive, maybe a marriage tax credit, people could at least say, well, honey, we do get a deduction for this even when things are bleak. I suggest $8,000 the first year, with $500 extra credit per year of marriage. Suspend the homebuyer tax credit.[/quote]
They already do this in the Navy. It is called BAH.
October 28, 2009 at 11:10 PM #475738RicechexParticipant[quote=scaredycat]perhaps if there weren’t a marriage tax penalty, but instead a marriage incentive, maybe a marriage tax credit, people could at least say, well, honey, we do get a deduction for this even when things are bleak. I suggest $8,000 the first year, with $500 extra credit per year of marriage. Suspend the homebuyer tax credit.[/quote]
They already do this in the Navy. It is called BAH.
October 28, 2009 at 11:10 PM #475961RicechexParticipant[quote=scaredycat]perhaps if there weren’t a marriage tax penalty, but instead a marriage incentive, maybe a marriage tax credit, people could at least say, well, honey, we do get a deduction for this even when things are bleak. I suggest $8,000 the first year, with $500 extra credit per year of marriage. Suspend the homebuyer tax credit.[/quote]
They already do this in the Navy. It is called BAH.
October 28, 2009 at 11:18 PM #475126scaredyclassicParticipantit is true that guys seem to land back in the same sort of crap they try to escape. that’s why I believe it is better to stay and work with what you have. i don’t think it’s a binary thing, unhappy relationship out, happy relationship in”. i think it’s all going to be some shifting balance of the two, misery and happiness combined. we were born to suffer and die, so resistance is futile. you’re already where you were meant to be. barring enlightenment, things aren’t really going to be materially better, so just deal and try to improve.
October 28, 2009 at 11:18 PM #475303scaredyclassicParticipantit is true that guys seem to land back in the same sort of crap they try to escape. that’s why I believe it is better to stay and work with what you have. i don’t think it’s a binary thing, unhappy relationship out, happy relationship in”. i think it’s all going to be some shifting balance of the two, misery and happiness combined. we were born to suffer and die, so resistance is futile. you’re already where you were meant to be. barring enlightenment, things aren’t really going to be materially better, so just deal and try to improve.
October 28, 2009 at 11:18 PM #475666scaredyclassicParticipantit is true that guys seem to land back in the same sort of crap they try to escape. that’s why I believe it is better to stay and work with what you have. i don’t think it’s a binary thing, unhappy relationship out, happy relationship in”. i think it’s all going to be some shifting balance of the two, misery and happiness combined. we were born to suffer and die, so resistance is futile. you’re already where you were meant to be. barring enlightenment, things aren’t really going to be materially better, so just deal and try to improve.
October 28, 2009 at 11:18 PM #475743scaredyclassicParticipantit is true that guys seem to land back in the same sort of crap they try to escape. that’s why I believe it is better to stay and work with what you have. i don’t think it’s a binary thing, unhappy relationship out, happy relationship in”. i think it’s all going to be some shifting balance of the two, misery and happiness combined. we were born to suffer and die, so resistance is futile. you’re already where you were meant to be. barring enlightenment, things aren’t really going to be materially better, so just deal and try to improve.
October 28, 2009 at 11:18 PM #475966scaredyclassicParticipantit is true that guys seem to land back in the same sort of crap they try to escape. that’s why I believe it is better to stay and work with what you have. i don’t think it’s a binary thing, unhappy relationship out, happy relationship in”. i think it’s all going to be some shifting balance of the two, misery and happiness combined. we were born to suffer and die, so resistance is futile. you’re already where you were meant to be. barring enlightenment, things aren’t really going to be materially better, so just deal and try to improve.
October 28, 2009 at 11:33 PM #475131CA renterParticipant[quote=sdrealtor]CAR
The problem with your argument is that the vast majority of divorces involve the wife bailing not vice versa.[/quote]‘Tis true. However, most women bail because of one of the “three As” (adultery, abuse, addictions). In the vast majority of cases I know where the woman bailed, they left only after spending many, many hard years trying to deal with these problems and attempting to turn the marriage around.
BTW, let me also say that while I’m adamantly opposed to divorce, I definitely acknowledge that there are circumstances in many marriages that make it absolutely unbearable, and sometimes the only solution is divorce.
Still, like Richchex, SDR, and scaredycat note; oftentimes, things do NOT improve after divorce because the people seeking the divorce refuse to acknowledge their part in what made the marriage fail, and they jump from the frying pan into the fire over and over and over, again. Case in point: my FIL who just went through his fifth or sixth divorce. No doubt he’ll be following up with “the one” in a few months — you know, his **real** soulmate…this time, it’s different! π Some people will never get it.
October 28, 2009 at 11:33 PM #475307CA renterParticipant[quote=sdrealtor]CAR
The problem with your argument is that the vast majority of divorces involve the wife bailing not vice versa.[/quote]‘Tis true. However, most women bail because of one of the “three As” (adultery, abuse, addictions). In the vast majority of cases I know where the woman bailed, they left only after spending many, many hard years trying to deal with these problems and attempting to turn the marriage around.
BTW, let me also say that while I’m adamantly opposed to divorce, I definitely acknowledge that there are circumstances in many marriages that make it absolutely unbearable, and sometimes the only solution is divorce.
Still, like Richchex, SDR, and scaredycat note; oftentimes, things do NOT improve after divorce because the people seeking the divorce refuse to acknowledge their part in what made the marriage fail, and they jump from the frying pan into the fire over and over and over, again. Case in point: my FIL who just went through his fifth or sixth divorce. No doubt he’ll be following up with “the one” in a few months — you know, his **real** soulmate…this time, it’s different! π Some people will never get it.
October 28, 2009 at 11:33 PM #475671CA renterParticipant[quote=sdrealtor]CAR
The problem with your argument is that the vast majority of divorces involve the wife bailing not vice versa.[/quote]‘Tis true. However, most women bail because of one of the “three As” (adultery, abuse, addictions). In the vast majority of cases I know where the woman bailed, they left only after spending many, many hard years trying to deal with these problems and attempting to turn the marriage around.
BTW, let me also say that while I’m adamantly opposed to divorce, I definitely acknowledge that there are circumstances in many marriages that make it absolutely unbearable, and sometimes the only solution is divorce.
Still, like Richchex, SDR, and scaredycat note; oftentimes, things do NOT improve after divorce because the people seeking the divorce refuse to acknowledge their part in what made the marriage fail, and they jump from the frying pan into the fire over and over and over, again. Case in point: my FIL who just went through his fifth or sixth divorce. No doubt he’ll be following up with “the one” in a few months — you know, his **real** soulmate…this time, it’s different! π Some people will never get it.
October 28, 2009 at 11:33 PM #475748CA renterParticipant[quote=sdrealtor]CAR
The problem with your argument is that the vast majority of divorces involve the wife bailing not vice versa.[/quote]‘Tis true. However, most women bail because of one of the “three As” (adultery, abuse, addictions). In the vast majority of cases I know where the woman bailed, they left only after spending many, many hard years trying to deal with these problems and attempting to turn the marriage around.
BTW, let me also say that while I’m adamantly opposed to divorce, I definitely acknowledge that there are circumstances in many marriages that make it absolutely unbearable, and sometimes the only solution is divorce.
Still, like Richchex, SDR, and scaredycat note; oftentimes, things do NOT improve after divorce because the people seeking the divorce refuse to acknowledge their part in what made the marriage fail, and they jump from the frying pan into the fire over and over and over, again. Case in point: my FIL who just went through his fifth or sixth divorce. No doubt he’ll be following up with “the one” in a few months — you know, his **real** soulmate…this time, it’s different! π Some people will never get it.
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