Save time, money and headaches

[muck_a_luck]

Don't cheat on your spouse.

Don't go on e-bay and buy things for your paramour.

Don't sleep around and don't keep gifts from your paramour, even correspondence, where your spouse might find it.

You'll save yourself a lot of time, money, and trouble. Believe me. If you really must sleep with someone else, or if you feel it's time for a new romance, do yourself a favor and get divorced first.

Trust me on this.

And if you are too stupid to take that advice, then you should consider it your own damned fault if you end up paying through the nose. Your lawyer will do what he or she can, but you may end up s*** creek with a very tiny flyswatter for a paddle.

Um. Just sayin'.

Comments

[green-grrl.livejournal.com]

Bleh. Cheaters are just gross. And stupid.

[muck-a-luck.livejournal.com]

Yup.

[alpha-strike.livejournal.com]

Not that I would. Cheating on your spouse (or steady date without fair warning, for that matter) is, well, Wrong. I know that may sound strange coming someone who thinks of whole sections of the U.S.C. to be "friendly suggestions"¹, but if you're going to be utter sleaze, what difference does it make when you do it? In any divorce assets and debts are carved up on the basis of who has got the better lawyer, and on the whim of the court with a smattering of who is taking the kids thrown into the mix. Or so it seems to me². "Worse? How could it get any worse?"³

¹ While I regard federal law to be guidelines, I would never violate any of them. That would be wrong.

² Based on my observations of the nasty proxy war fought by my parents with my siblings and I as the actual combatants.

³ Monty Python; The Life of Brian

[alpha-strike.livejournal.com]

Damn, I need to be clear. There is a huge difference between Wrong and wrong. One requires probable cause, due process, substantial evidence, and the agreement of twelve people. I leave it as an exercise for the student to determine which is which.

[muck-a-luck.livejournal.com]

And "stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid!" as you said earlier, was more my point. Less the wrong v. wrong.

But as some days I repeat to myself like a mantra, smart people don't have nearly as much need for lawyers...