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October 31, 2009 at 12:32 AM #476804October 31, 2009 at 5:41 AM #475977briansd1Guest
[quote=CA renter]
I’m focusing especially on divorced mothers, because there is a tremendous difference between divorced with kids (BIG deal), and divorced without kids. Essentially, a divorced woman will end up with much more work after divorce because she will have to work longer hours at a job and take care of the kids without any help at home — nobody to take care of the kids if they are sick and can’t go to school (and she has to go to work), nobody to pick up the kids if she needs to work late, etc…and she will have to do all of this with much less money, as the family’s assets were halved and the purchasing power of the entire family reduced due to the extra expenses of running two households.[/quote]
If that’s the case, then why do the women insist on keeping the kids?
A friend’s ex-wife kept on whining about all the work, etc. He finally told her “that’s why I pay you child support, if you don’t like it, let me have the kids and I won’t pay child support anymore.” That was the end of it.
October 31, 2009 at 5:41 AM #476152briansd1Guest[quote=CA renter]
I’m focusing especially on divorced mothers, because there is a tremendous difference between divorced with kids (BIG deal), and divorced without kids. Essentially, a divorced woman will end up with much more work after divorce because she will have to work longer hours at a job and take care of the kids without any help at home — nobody to take care of the kids if they are sick and can’t go to school (and she has to go to work), nobody to pick up the kids if she needs to work late, etc…and she will have to do all of this with much less money, as the family’s assets were halved and the purchasing power of the entire family reduced due to the extra expenses of running two households.[/quote]
If that’s the case, then why do the women insist on keeping the kids?
A friend’s ex-wife kept on whining about all the work, etc. He finally told her “that’s why I pay you child support, if you don’t like it, let me have the kids and I won’t pay child support anymore.” That was the end of it.
October 31, 2009 at 5:41 AM #476515briansd1Guest[quote=CA renter]
I’m focusing especially on divorced mothers, because there is a tremendous difference between divorced with kids (BIG deal), and divorced without kids. Essentially, a divorced woman will end up with much more work after divorce because she will have to work longer hours at a job and take care of the kids without any help at home — nobody to take care of the kids if they are sick and can’t go to school (and she has to go to work), nobody to pick up the kids if she needs to work late, etc…and she will have to do all of this with much less money, as the family’s assets were halved and the purchasing power of the entire family reduced due to the extra expenses of running two households.[/quote]
If that’s the case, then why do the women insist on keeping the kids?
A friend’s ex-wife kept on whining about all the work, etc. He finally told her “that’s why I pay you child support, if you don’t like it, let me have the kids and I won’t pay child support anymore.” That was the end of it.
October 31, 2009 at 5:41 AM #476594briansd1Guest[quote=CA renter]
I’m focusing especially on divorced mothers, because there is a tremendous difference between divorced with kids (BIG deal), and divorced without kids. Essentially, a divorced woman will end up with much more work after divorce because she will have to work longer hours at a job and take care of the kids without any help at home — nobody to take care of the kids if they are sick and can’t go to school (and she has to go to work), nobody to pick up the kids if she needs to work late, etc…and she will have to do all of this with much less money, as the family’s assets were halved and the purchasing power of the entire family reduced due to the extra expenses of running two households.[/quote]
If that’s the case, then why do the women insist on keeping the kids?
A friend’s ex-wife kept on whining about all the work, etc. He finally told her “that’s why I pay you child support, if you don’t like it, let me have the kids and I won’t pay child support anymore.” That was the end of it.
October 31, 2009 at 5:41 AM #476814briansd1Guest[quote=CA renter]
I’m focusing especially on divorced mothers, because there is a tremendous difference between divorced with kids (BIG deal), and divorced without kids. Essentially, a divorced woman will end up with much more work after divorce because she will have to work longer hours at a job and take care of the kids without any help at home — nobody to take care of the kids if they are sick and can’t go to school (and she has to go to work), nobody to pick up the kids if she needs to work late, etc…and she will have to do all of this with much less money, as the family’s assets were halved and the purchasing power of the entire family reduced due to the extra expenses of running two households.[/quote]
If that’s the case, then why do the women insist on keeping the kids?
A friend’s ex-wife kept on whining about all the work, etc. He finally told her “that’s why I pay you child support, if you don’t like it, let me have the kids and I won’t pay child support anymore.” That was the end of it.
October 31, 2009 at 6:11 AM #475987briansd1Guest[quote=davelj]
For example, I have a friend that’s married to a woman from Latvia.
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“Every year that passes, she becomes more Americanized in small ways, which is unavoidable. So, I’m still happy with my decision, but the difference between her value system and that of my friends’ (American-born) wives shrinks a little as time passes.”Here’s my point: While marrying a non-American woman for the reasons my friend did may make some men happier for a period of time, that particular aspect of “marginal contentment” will likely subside over time. There’s no free lunch.[/quote]
That’s very true. Tell your friend to take frequent trips to his wife’s home country. Maybe buy a house there and spend the summer with the kids. The kids will learn a foreign language and grow up more broad minded.
Of all the American expats that I know, most men end up marrying foreign women, unless they were married before they went abroad.
The women expats don’t marry foreigners because foreigners tend to be poorer. But that is changing as we stagnate and foreigners make more money.
Like someone said before “men marry for sex, women marry for security.”
October 31, 2009 at 6:11 AM #476162briansd1Guest[quote=davelj]
For example, I have a friend that’s married to a woman from Latvia.
[/quote][quote=davelj]
“Every year that passes, she becomes more Americanized in small ways, which is unavoidable. So, I’m still happy with my decision, but the difference between her value system and that of my friends’ (American-born) wives shrinks a little as time passes.”Here’s my point: While marrying a non-American woman for the reasons my friend did may make some men happier for a period of time, that particular aspect of “marginal contentment” will likely subside over time. There’s no free lunch.[/quote]
That’s very true. Tell your friend to take frequent trips to his wife’s home country. Maybe buy a house there and spend the summer with the kids. The kids will learn a foreign language and grow up more broad minded.
Of all the American expats that I know, most men end up marrying foreign women, unless they were married before they went abroad.
The women expats don’t marry foreigners because foreigners tend to be poorer. But that is changing as we stagnate and foreigners make more money.
Like someone said before “men marry for sex, women marry for security.”
October 31, 2009 at 6:11 AM #476525briansd1Guest[quote=davelj]
For example, I have a friend that’s married to a woman from Latvia.
[/quote][quote=davelj]
“Every year that passes, she becomes more Americanized in small ways, which is unavoidable. So, I’m still happy with my decision, but the difference between her value system and that of my friends’ (American-born) wives shrinks a little as time passes.”Here’s my point: While marrying a non-American woman for the reasons my friend did may make some men happier for a period of time, that particular aspect of “marginal contentment” will likely subside over time. There’s no free lunch.[/quote]
That’s very true. Tell your friend to take frequent trips to his wife’s home country. Maybe buy a house there and spend the summer with the kids. The kids will learn a foreign language and grow up more broad minded.
Of all the American expats that I know, most men end up marrying foreign women, unless they were married before they went abroad.
The women expats don’t marry foreigners because foreigners tend to be poorer. But that is changing as we stagnate and foreigners make more money.
Like someone said before “men marry for sex, women marry for security.”
October 31, 2009 at 6:11 AM #476603briansd1Guest[quote=davelj]
For example, I have a friend that’s married to a woman from Latvia.
[/quote][quote=davelj]
“Every year that passes, she becomes more Americanized in small ways, which is unavoidable. So, I’m still happy with my decision, but the difference between her value system and that of my friends’ (American-born) wives shrinks a little as time passes.”Here’s my point: While marrying a non-American woman for the reasons my friend did may make some men happier for a period of time, that particular aspect of “marginal contentment” will likely subside over time. There’s no free lunch.[/quote]
That’s very true. Tell your friend to take frequent trips to his wife’s home country. Maybe buy a house there and spend the summer with the kids. The kids will learn a foreign language and grow up more broad minded.
Of all the American expats that I know, most men end up marrying foreign women, unless they were married before they went abroad.
The women expats don’t marry foreigners because foreigners tend to be poorer. But that is changing as we stagnate and foreigners make more money.
Like someone said before “men marry for sex, women marry for security.”
October 31, 2009 at 6:11 AM #476824briansd1Guest[quote=davelj]
For example, I have a friend that’s married to a woman from Latvia.
[/quote][quote=davelj]
“Every year that passes, she becomes more Americanized in small ways, which is unavoidable. So, I’m still happy with my decision, but the difference between her value system and that of my friends’ (American-born) wives shrinks a little as time passes.”Here’s my point: While marrying a non-American woman for the reasons my friend did may make some men happier for a period of time, that particular aspect of “marginal contentment” will likely subside over time. There’s no free lunch.[/quote]
That’s very true. Tell your friend to take frequent trips to his wife’s home country. Maybe buy a house there and spend the summer with the kids. The kids will learn a foreign language and grow up more broad minded.
Of all the American expats that I know, most men end up marrying foreign women, unless they were married before they went abroad.
The women expats don’t marry foreigners because foreigners tend to be poorer. But that is changing as we stagnate and foreigners make more money.
Like someone said before “men marry for sex, women marry for security.”
October 31, 2009 at 6:12 AM #475992briansd1Guest[quote=davelj]
As I like to point out here, we humans have been “civilized” for less than 1% of our existence. Our core thinking and genetic make-up are not materially different than they were when we lived as cave dwellers in the bush. We just have highly advanced accoutrements. Evolutionary psychology explains an enormous amount of what we see around us in terms of human interaction. We’re just cave dwellers with cars.[/quote]That is very well said. I completely agree.
October 31, 2009 at 6:12 AM #476167briansd1Guest[quote=davelj]
As I like to point out here, we humans have been “civilized” for less than 1% of our existence. Our core thinking and genetic make-up are not materially different than they were when we lived as cave dwellers in the bush. We just have highly advanced accoutrements. Evolutionary psychology explains an enormous amount of what we see around us in terms of human interaction. We’re just cave dwellers with cars.[/quote]That is very well said. I completely agree.
October 31, 2009 at 6:12 AM #476530briansd1Guest[quote=davelj]
As I like to point out here, we humans have been “civilized” for less than 1% of our existence. Our core thinking and genetic make-up are not materially different than they were when we lived as cave dwellers in the bush. We just have highly advanced accoutrements. Evolutionary psychology explains an enormous amount of what we see around us in terms of human interaction. We’re just cave dwellers with cars.[/quote]That is very well said. I completely agree.
October 31, 2009 at 6:12 AM #476608briansd1Guest[quote=davelj]
As I like to point out here, we humans have been “civilized” for less than 1% of our existence. Our core thinking and genetic make-up are not materially different than they were when we lived as cave dwellers in the bush. We just have highly advanced accoutrements. Evolutionary psychology explains an enormous amount of what we see around us in terms of human interaction. We’re just cave dwellers with cars.[/quote]That is very well said. I completely agree.
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