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Title: Melissa Etheridge’s Ex: I Can’t Live On $23K A Month
Post by: CactusCarlos on April 10, 2012, 03:25:55 PM
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002542522

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Snake Alchemist
 
Melissa Etheridge’s Ex: I Can’t Live On $23K A Month

Twenty grand a month or so probably sounds like a nice payout to most average divorcees out there. However, Melissa Etheridge's ex-partner, Tammy Lynn Michaels, isn't one of them. The 37-year-old former actress has filed documents claiming she cannot survive on the $23,000 Etheridge is granting her monthly in child and spousal support.

So, how much money does Michaels need, exactly? Well, according to the paperwork, she explains she became accustomed to a monthly budget of $128,000 during her nearly 9-year relationship with the iconic rocker. Etheridge and Michaels

Michaels also noted that she "has limited income and virtually no savings," while Etheridge "has extensive resources at her disposal and a tremendous earning capacity."

The couple weathered an acrimonious split in April 2010 and share custody of their 5-year-old twins--daughter Johnnie Rose and son Miller. Michaels' most recent court filing also seeks to reduce Etheridge's custodial time with the children, claiming that Etheridge is teaching them to be "distant and withdrawn" to her.

http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/stop-the-presses/melissa-etheridge-ex-t-live-23k-month-170820392.html

My mind reels at these figures.

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Snake Alchemist
4. I'm with you. I never think I could be accustomed to a lifestyle where I was spending 120K a month.

nt

Liar liar, pants on fire.
Title: Re: Melissa Etheridge’s Ex: I Can’t Live On $23K A Month
Post by: BannedFromDU on April 10, 2012, 03:28:15 PM

     If you look at all the warthog bull dyke celebrities, it's pretty clear they're after the same thing men are: hot thin blonde with big tanks.

     Sorry, Melissa, open up that leathery old...purse of yours and cough up the dough. 
Title: Re: Melissa Etheridge’s Ex: I Can’t Live On $23K A Month
Post by: Kyle Ricky on April 10, 2012, 03:35:42 PM
I can't fathom spending 120k a month. Apparently someone likes to spend money?
Title: Re: Melissa Etheridge’s Ex: I Can’t Live On $23K A Month
Post by: Chris_ on April 10, 2012, 03:37:26 PM
This must be one of those "rights" I keep hearing about.

You wanted to get married, now you get to play by the same rules as everyone else.  Pay up.
Title: Re: Melissa Etheridge’s Ex: I Can’t Live On $23K A Month
Post by: miskie on April 10, 2012, 03:39:30 PM
Aren't you happy though ?

You fought for gay marriage in California, protested against 'proposition hate' , & now you've got gay divorce. Gotta take the good with the bad, I'm afraid...
Title: Re: Melissa Etheridge’s Ex: I Can’t Live On $23K A Month
Post by: Chris_ on April 10, 2012, 03:41:06 PM
Aren't you happy though ?

You fought for gay marriage in California, protested against 'proposition hate' , & now you've got gay divorce. Gotta take the good with the bad, I'm afraid...

It's a victory!
Title: Re: Melissa Etheridge’s Ex: I Can’t Live On $23K A Month
Post by: Ballygrl on April 10, 2012, 03:41:22 PM
This must be one of those "rights" I keep hearing about.

You wanted to get married, now you get to play by the same rules as everyone else.  Pay up.

I don't think they even got married, I think they only had a commitment ceremony.
Title: Re: Melissa Etheridge’s Ex: I Can’t Live On $23K A Month
Post by: JohnnyReb on April 10, 2012, 03:42:36 PM
If you want "IT", you have to pay for "IT" and that stuff is expensive....just ask some of the fellows here....hell, ask me.


...and the wedding was so touching... :bawl:... :bawl:... :lmao: Suffer damn you.

http://storage.people.com/people/archive/jpgs/20031006/20031006-750-85.jpg
Title: Re: Melissa Etheridge’s Ex: I Can’t Live On $23K A Month
Post by: DLR Pyro on April 10, 2012, 03:43:18 PM
2 lesbians having twins?  Did they use 2 turkey basters?
Title: Re: Melissa Etheridge’s Ex: I Can’t Live On $23K A Month
Post by: Chris_ on April 10, 2012, 03:43:44 PM
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a monthly budget of $128,000 during her nearly 9-year relationship
That's more than $4,000 a DAY.

I'm waiting for the DUmmies to tell us how bad rich people are.  Go ahead, you guys.  I'll wait.
Title: Re: Melissa Etheridge’s Ex: I Can’t Live On $23K A Month
Post by: Zeus on April 10, 2012, 03:46:25 PM
Hell Givens got more than that after being married to Mike Tyson for less than a yr. I think she got 8 million or there abouts
Title: Re: Melissa Etheridge’s Ex: I Can’t Live On $23K A Month
Post by: tanstaafl on April 10, 2012, 03:48:43 PM
If you want "IT", you have to pay for "IT" and that stuff is expensive....just ask some of the fellows here....hell, ask me.


...and the wedding was so touching... :bawl:... :bawl:... :lmao: Suffer damn you.

http://storage.people.com/people/archive/jpgs/20031006/20031006-750-85.jpg

Some of the poor guys I get to work with, married 2 or 3 times, would be better off just meeting some gal, buying them a house, give them half their savings and save on the lawyer bills.
Title: Re: Melissa Etheridge’s Ex: I Can’t Live On $23K A Month
Post by: miskie on April 10, 2012, 03:59:35 PM
I don't think they even got married, I think they only had a commitment ceremony.

You're right - It seems they had the commitment ceremony, they fought against Proposition 8, and the relationship fell apart before it could be overturned & they could 'fully' marry.

Hopefully they learned something from this - Behaving like a primitive ruins relationships. - But judging from the bitching over a 'mere' 23K a month, it seems that at least half of the former couple is still a primitive at heart.

Hopefully Melissa smartened up.

Title: Re: Melissa Etheridge’s Ex: I Can’t Live On $23K A Month
Post by: Airwolf on April 10, 2012, 04:12:14 PM
Is this the same woman that was married to Loud Diamond Phillips? If so what happened to her money from that divorce? 
Title: Re: Melissa Etheridge’s Ex: I Can’t Live On $23K A Month
Post by: Rebel on April 10, 2012, 04:16:14 PM
Man, I could have blown the doors off Masters week with that kind of jack.
Title: Re: Melissa Etheridge’s Ex: I Can’t Live On $23K A Month
Post by: delilahmused on April 10, 2012, 04:16:50 PM
With her former, former ex they used David Crosby as the sperm donor. This time they chose an anonymous donor from a sperm bank.

Cindie
Title: Re: Melissa Etheridge’s Ex: I Can’t Live On $23K A Month
Post by: Ballygrl on April 10, 2012, 04:20:37 PM
Is this the same woman that was married to Loud Diamond Phillips? If so what happened to her money from that divorce?

No, Julie Cypher was the 1 that left Lou Diamond Phillips for Melissa, but Julie and Melissa broke up when Julie started questioning her being a lesbian, and Julie is now married to a man.
Title: Re: Melissa Etheridge’s Ex: I Can’t Live On $23K A Month
Post by: Ogre on April 10, 2012, 04:34:17 PM
Man, I could have blown the doors off Masters week with that kind of jack.

Amen to that, not to mention having a little left over too travel to the British Open.

I think I could live quite nicely on 23K a month as well.
Title: Re: Melissa Etheridge’s Ex: I Can’t Live On $23K A Month
Post by: BannedFromDU on April 10, 2012, 04:56:16 PM
Julie and Melissa broke up when Julie started questioning her being a lesbian


     Melissa probably makes a lot of lesbians question being a lesbian.
Title: Re: Melissa Etheridge’s Ex: I Can’t Live On $23K A Month
Post by: JohnnyReb on April 10, 2012, 05:03:44 PM

     Melissa probably makes a lot of lesbians question being a lesbian.

For 128 thou a month....I could be a lesbian for awhile.
Title: Re: Melissa Etheridge’s Ex: I Can’t Live On $23K A Month
Post by: Rebel on April 10, 2012, 05:06:24 PM
but Julie and Melissa broke up when Julie started questioning her being a lesbian,

She didn't know this beforehand?
Title: Re: Melissa Etheridge’s Ex: I Can’t Live On $23K A Month
Post by: Chris_ on April 10, 2012, 05:08:45 PM
For 128 thou a month....I could be a lesbian for awhile.
Your choices are Rosie O'Donnell or Chaz Bozo.
Title: Re: Melissa Etheridge’s Ex: I Can’t Live On $23K A Month
Post by: Freeper on April 10, 2012, 06:03:58 PM
Damn 1 percenters.  :-)
Title: Re: Melissa Etheridge’s Ex: I Can’t Live On $23K A Month
Post by: Ballygrl on April 10, 2012, 06:10:10 PM
She didn't know this beforehand?

Maybe she was just curious, but after a few years maybe she saw a guy and thought :naughty:. I have no idea how that works, I don't look at other women that way LOL.
Title: Re: Melissa Etheridge’s Ex: I Can’t Live On $23K A Month
Post by: JohnnyReb on April 10, 2012, 06:28:57 PM
Your choices are Rosie O'Donnell or Chaz Bozo.

In those cases I would be strictly straight....and running like hell.
Title: Re: Melissa Etheridge’s Ex: I Can’t Live On $23K A Month
Post by: Doubleplusungood on April 10, 2012, 09:29:02 PM
2 lesbians having twins?  Did they use 2 turkey basters?

Reminds me of part of the reason Norm McDonald got fired from SNL (he wasn't a liberal hack):

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And in entertainment news, Ellen DeGeneres and lover Anne Heche have announced that they want to have a baby. However, their plan has hit a snag. They are both women! ... [applause] It's - It is not possible to - have a child.

http://snltranscripts.jt.org/97/97bupdate.phtml
Title: Re: Melissa Etheridge’s Ex: I Can’t Live On $23K A Month
Post by: BannedFromDU on April 10, 2012, 09:34:33 PM
For 128 thou a month....I could be a lesbian for awhile.

I do stuff lesbians do - could that count?
Title: Re: Melissa Etheridge’s Ex: I Can’t Live On $23K A Month
Post by: Elspeth on April 10, 2012, 09:40:11 PM
I do stuff lesbians do - could that count?

You mean you listen to the Indigo Girls and spend a lot of time at Home Depot? :)
Title: Re: Melissa Etheridge’s Ex: I Can’t Live On $23K A Month
Post by: Chris_ on April 10, 2012, 09:43:45 PM
You mean you listen to the Indigo Girls and spend a lot of time at Home Depot? :)
Drives a Subaru and wears lots of earth tones.
Title: Re: Melissa Etheridge’s Ex: I Can’t Live On $23K A Month
Post by: Doubleplusungood on April 10, 2012, 09:50:35 PM
Drives a Subaru and wears lots of earth tones.

Watches Oprah.
Title: Re: Melissa Etheridge’s Ex: I Can’t Live On $23K A Month
Post by: Elspeth on April 10, 2012, 09:52:09 PM
Watches Oprah.

I think that's more gay than lesbian, but what the hell do I know.
Title: Re: Melissa Etheridge’s Ex: I Can’t Live On $23K A Month
Post by: DefiantSix on April 10, 2012, 09:57:49 PM
Watches Oprah.

Buys the premium channel package, so that Oxygen(TM) can be Tivo'ed.
Title: Re: Melissa Etheridge’s Ex: I Can’t Live On $23K A Month
Post by: Chris_ on April 10, 2012, 10:12:01 PM
Buys the premium channel package, so that Oxygen(TM) can be Tivo'ed.
Watches Current.  :-)
Title: Re: Melissa Etheridge’s Ex: I Can’t Live On $23K A Month
Post by: Elspeth on April 10, 2012, 10:19:48 PM
Watches Current.  :-)

Oh, come on.  Nobody watches Current.  :whatever:
Title: Re: Melissa Etheridge’s Ex: I Can’t Live On $23K A Month
Post by: DefiantSix on April 10, 2012, 10:23:02 PM
Oh, come on.  Nobody watches Current.  :whatever:

Then how come Current's ratings dropped after they hired Keef Überdouche? :fuelfire:
Title: Re: Melissa Etheridge’s Ex: I Can’t Live On $23K A Month
Post by: Elspeth on April 10, 2012, 10:25:55 PM
Then how come Current's ratings dropped after they hired Keef Überdouche? :fuelfire:

Because the other viewer didn't pay the cable bill.  :-)
Title: Re: Melissa Etheridge’s Ex: I Can’t Live On $23K A Month
Post by: NHSparky on April 11, 2012, 08:23:27 AM
For 128 thou a month....I could be a lesbian for awhile.

So could I.  Oh wait--I already am.
Title: Re: Melissa Etheridge’s Ex: I Can’t Live On $23K A Month
Post by: DumbAss Tanker on April 11, 2012, 09:12:37 AM
Hopefully Melissa smartened up.

A dyed-in-the-wool moonbat like her, seriously?  She'll probably be smart enough to pre-nup the next live-in carpet cleaner, though.
Title: Re: Melissa Etheridge’s Ex: I Can’t Live On $23K A Month
Post by: Toastedturningtidelegs on April 11, 2012, 09:30:43 AM
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Rambis (6,820 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

3. Never understood

 I am used to a certain lifestyle therefore I am entitled to it even when circumstances change
The irony of an OWS supporting dummie saying this..... :thatsright: ::)
Title: Re: Melissa Etheridge’s Ex: I Can’t Live On $23K A Month
Post by: Chris_ on April 11, 2012, 09:31:51 AM
The irony of an OWS supporting dummie saying this..... :thatsright: ::)
It's different when it comes from the government.   :whatever:
Title: Re: Melissa Etheridge’s Ex: I Can’t Live On $23K A Month
Post by: JohnnyReb on April 11, 2012, 10:09:33 AM
I guess one of them got tired of eating fish everyday and wanted a hot dog.
Title: Re: Melissa Etheridge’s Ex: I Can’t Live On $23K A Month
Post by: Gina on April 11, 2012, 10:17:05 AM
Some of the poor guys I get to work with, married 2 or 3 times, would be better off just meeting some gal, buying them a house, give them half their savings and save on the lawyer bills.

My uncle who has been married 7 times does this...meets a woman in a bar and marries her, builds a nice house and within a year they are divorced and he gives her the house.....IDIOT!   :lmao:  He hasn't learned that he should just not build a damn house and he won't get divorced.
Title: Re: Melissa Etheridge’s Ex: I Can’t Live On $23K A Month
Post by: Tucker on April 11, 2012, 01:03:04 PM
I don't think they even got married, I think they only had a commitment ceremony.

They couldn't get married even if some moonbat state allowed it. The feds say no. They can't claim married filling (whatever) on fed tax returns.
Title: Re: Melissa Etheridge’s Ex: I Can’t Live On $23K A Month
Post by: Gina on April 11, 2012, 01:27:33 PM
They couldn't get married even if some moonbat state allowed it. The feds say no. They can't claim married filling (whatever) on fed tax returns.

I THOUGHT Obama was going to take care of that?  Oh yeh, he ****ed them over on that also.  ::)
Title: Re: Melissa Etheridge’s Ex: I Can’t Live On $23K A Month
Post by: Elspeth on April 11, 2012, 04:06:21 PM
I THOUGHT Obama was going to take care of that?  Oh yeh, he ****ed them over on that also.  ::)

And even Don't Ask Don't Tell was not an Obama victory.  The case had been winding its way through the courts before Obama signed the repeal in December 2010.  And while he signed it, he delayed implementation of the decision citing military readiness concerns.  In July 2011 famous 9th Circuit Court of Appeals (http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2011/jul/06/federal-court-decision-ends-dont-ask-dont-tell-now/) ordered an end to DADT, but had to suspend its ruling to give Obama time to have his televised hearings (with John McCain as a foil).  In the end, Obama got the credit, but the courts lit a fire under his ass.  The gay activists know this and they were not thrilled with the credit he took.