So true unless one marries a politician or a well know movie actor, [ or any one of the Kennedy Clan ]
This is the leveling ground for woman, rich or poor. The high society female with boodles of money and the woman that cleans restrooms can have the same problems.
There is just something about being a woman scorned, publically humiliated and have their lives turned upside down while the husband goes on with his life as if he never knew her.
Unfortunately Battle, in today's age marriage is considered a commitment for the woman. How many woman just up and leave a husband just for the hell of it. Some do and leave their kids behind for some unnatural illusion. Woman are expected to stick it out through thick and thin and when a man runs to the hills, I am sure we all know some man that has abandoned his family for -----his needs.
When a man does this, some idiot will write a LOVE story about him and his finally finding his sole mate/ be it male or female.
In the last 20 years how many men have we seen on TV with forgiving wife in hand have to apologise to his family and complete strangers for their actions ??-------I have sinned against my family and church and/or the country, I ask forgiveness as we are mortal and all sin.
How many men do we see supporting a wife for indiscretions on her part???? Few will find fault with a man that casts family to the wind, be they rich man poor man beggar man thief. Where is their commitment to family start and end, only when they the men wish it to.
This is the reason why we celebrate the people that have been married 50+ years. Amazing that a union can stand the test of time, the ups and downs in to days world. Of both partners who held the family together all these years, most likely the wife.
This doesn't seem to work so well for people like Newt Gingrich, does it?
How many women will leave their husbands? Seriously, I believe most divorces are the woman leaving. From personal experience, I know of one man who left his wife, every other divorce I can think of was the other way around. There is good reason for this, with courts now thinking that men come out of divorce with no bills while women and children end up in poverty, courts will do all they can to turn this around...and successfully.
Statistics show that 2/3 of divorces are filed by the wife Every married man I know is scared to death of his wife leaving because she'll end up with the house, the better car, the kids, child support and sometimes alimony...and he will end up with the majority of their debt and paying up to 60% of his gross salary to his former wife. When I met Mr Smith, before we married, he had $350 a month left out of his paycheck every month after paying alimony and child support. From that $350, he still needed to pay half the kids' medical and dental bills, all travel expenses to see them, and little things like his rent, car payment, student loan and food.
Even with a second job, he wasn't getting by...and lived in fear that his ex would take him to court for a portion of the second income. (As she could have, she could have re-sued for more every 2 years.)
My brother had custody of 2 of his 5 kids, and was still sued several times for higher child support for his oldest 3. In each case, the court told him that the needs of the kids he had at home were not considered with the same weight as the kids with his ex's...for many years, his 2 youngest only ate because my parents helped him out. In fact, he managed to get custody of two of the older kids for a couple years while his second ex-wife was having major problems. During those 2 years, she was ordered to pay very minimal support, about 1/4 of the amount he had to pay her. She never paid one cent, and nothing was done by the court to collect. Eventually, she got her life back together, and those kids decided they wanted to go back to their mother, so my brother allowed them to go. A year later, she sued for more child support, and was awarded not only a higher amount
but also support for the 2 years those girls lived with their father!! Actually, the way child support rules are written, men risk at least 18 years of support every time they have unprotected sex. The woman has total control over the decision to carry or abort. In some states, like Missouri, child support goes until 21, and the father can even be forced to pay most of the kid's college expenses
in addition to support.
So while we may see some incidents as you mentioned, most of the time, it seems to be the reverse. Women have many reasons to be happier after divorce than men.
