I make considerably less money than I did before my divorce. I call shenannigans.

Actually, it's true. Unless you're dumb enough to remarry. Fifteen years single, I do okay.

The financial injection from divorce that the males get is good enough to raise them from poverty to relative prosperity while on the other side divorce could be as financially devastating as to push estranged wives into downright destitution regardless of the alimony.

I don't know how things work overseas, but it's been 6 years since Dad's divorce - he lost his house, both cars, his business, and then his job. He's had to sell off most of his possessions, move in with me and has been scavenging for work ever since.

Divorce has not improved his financial situation one bit. And as a consequence I've had an unexpected roomie for the past 2 years. Why in the hell did I ever move out and buy my own house when almost as soon as I did it, I get a parent as a room mate!?

Stay married, it's cheaper and the wimmens are the same.
/always the same

Maybe because a divorced man can keep everything for himself, after alimony, and thus makes a better effort?

Why is divorce so expensive?

Because it's worth it.

IAmRight: Why is divorce so expensive?

Because it's worth it.

Came here to post this, ya beat me too it.

good show.

I'd say it makes sense. if you are single it serves as a motivator to get ahead, as it makes landing broads easier.

My ex was poorer after our divorce because suddenly he had to pay his own DUI fines. But then he was richer because his dad died and he got his inheritance. But then he was poorer because he bought a Corvette and got involved in a real estate scam.

I'm doing better because I got a raise and my 2nd husband can keep a job.

I heard the worst commercial on the radio a couple of days ago. It basically said "The economy is in the shiatter, you might as well get divorced while you're broke, so you don't have to give her as much money."

Somebody deserves a cockpunch for putting that out when lots of marriages are probably being stressed right now over finances.

GaryPDX: Actually, it's true. Unless you're dumb enough to remarry. Fifteen years single, I do okay.

Didn't get the memo dammit.

If you're dirt poor, maybe it's true. If you made something of yourself, it's a load of crap.

Wentzbag: I heard the worst commercial on the radio a couple of days ago. It basically said "The economy is in the shiatter, you might as well get divorced while you're broke, so you don't have to give her as much money."

Somebody deserves a cockpunch for putting that out when lots of marriages are probably being stressed right now over finances.

I disagree, that's actually pretty good advice!

My ex is poorer. We started out equal, but he changed careers in Oct 2007 to real estate. He's over $7K in arrears in child support, and I'm paying for his utilities. His parents are paying his mortgage.

Yes, divorce is expensive, but worth it.

I'm divorced and I'm a bah-zillionaire.

/half true

Why bother divorcing, it's not like you'll find someone better. Just masturbate.

Yep.

My divorce cost me about $50k, which hurt like hell, but within a year I noticed my bank account just kept getting bigger and bigger. WAY more money was going in than going out.

I could eat out for half or less of what I used to pay, and wherever I wanted.
I could vacation for half the cost.
I could do everything for half the cost.

And because I was a non-overweight, non-repulsive, middle-aged man with a good job, the tail pretty much threw itself at me. Women would invite me over to cook me dinner and blow me. I always had dates and I only had to take them out when I insisted.


/then I got married again
//remember young whippersnappers: Good job + over 30 = more tail than you can handle

Now, this is going to leave women a lot less happy. Divorce does no good to anyone, but it does the worst to women, and though the man involved may undergo a lot of suffering in terms of emotional setback, his bank account gets a fillip. That's what a recent study in Britain has revealed.

I've rarely known women to be happy about anything anyway, married women are even worse. Data can be interpreted any way anyone wants to, I think that the article is pure crap and once again casts the men in the role evil and women even further into the victim role, as usual.

Great news. Good thing all I am is a dirty gold-digging materialistic biatch! Hooray!

Anyone want to get married? I need a new car.

This is a study in Europe. Perhaps in Europe this is true, but I don't think it is applicable to the USA. Nonetheless, the bottom line is that women are expensive. Period.

From TFA:
Maintenance paid by former partners also has little impact as just 31 per cent of separated mothers receive payment from the father of their children.

They included all the deadbeat dads, which is apparently 69% of divorced fathers. So of course they're "richer" since they're not living up to their financial obligations. This is a much higher percentage than I'd have ever guessed and very sad for their kids.

/Fortunately my dad is one of those who paid the support as he was supposed to.
//those of you paying your support now, thank you!

Guys who stay single in the first place are even richer.

Total BS. After 50% of your income is confiscated for child support, most men find themselves living in a small apartment while the ex gets the house.

Yeah. Imagine that, when a woman stops spending a man's money, he gets to.

Study finds divorce makes men richer and more likely to get sex, according to the National Institute of Counterintuitive Logic T-Shirt (27) (+27)


FTFY

Yay, misogyny thread! biatches be spending my money and stuff...

/never married
//dating is expensive, too

Apparently the argument is based on the statistics that define poverty, which judges based on income and number of people involved. In a household where only one of the two parties works, they make x dollars, which leaves them below the poverty line. When they split up, that same ammount of income qualifies the man as being above the poverty line. Yay for him, and for spinning statistics! The woman? Spun off into utter poverty. Way to go.

In short there argument is "Look over here at the silver lining! Isn't that some great silver lining?"

In related news:

The sky is plaid, Russia is a tropical paradise, Duke doesn't suck, Sarah Palin has received a personalized invitation to Mensa, Evangelion was mediocre at best, evolution is just a theory, Bridget is a girl, the Mets' bullpen is great in the clutch and GM makes the most reliable cars in the world.

Sorry U.S. Farkers, but the same holds true here as well. Generally, the quality of life for divorced women declines after divorce, while the reverse is true for males.

Doesn't take a PhD to figure this one out...more married women forgo jobs to raise children, than do married men. And don't cry about the "alimony" they may/may not receive. I wouldn't want to find out, but I bet that trying to live on the average alimony check is about as successful as trying to live on the average welfare check.

/divorced
//ex-wife is in law, so I gots me raped reaaaaal good
///it was worth it

B-b-but she god the goldmine and I got the shaft.

In my experience, it's true. It went from her spending everything she could get her hands on, to being limited to her money and a fixed amount of mine.

The economy collapse last year put more hurt on me than the divorce did, but if there had been no divorce, I wouldn't have even noticed the collapse, because we'd be broke.

kibblesnbits: They included all the deadbeat dads, which is apparently 69% of divorced fathers. So of course they're "richer" since they're not living up to their financial obligations. This is a much higher percentage than I'd have ever guessed and very sad for their kids.

to be fair, doesn't it depend on what is used to define a deadbeat dad? I mean, does the dad have to know he has a kid? Are you a deadbeat if you're like a month late on your money?

Divorce makes men richer because, no matter how much the alimony is, it sure as hell is less then her dressmaker bill is now.

It's not the divorce that kills men financially, its the child support. And the next time somebody mentions deadbeat bad, slap yourself repeatedly. Please. It almost boils down to this: live under a bridge and pay support to a greedy ex or find a live in girlfriend to support you. Well, that, or there's always Canada. Try being single and paying support. Its nearly impossible unless you work 2 jobs. Yes, I'm bitter.

/bitter
//very bitter
///has his kids 3 days a week. Love them

IamRight
I'd say a month is deadbeat. It means you didn't send money to feed you own child for a month.

jmmsmile: I'd say a month is deadbeat. It means you didn't send money to feed you own child for a month.

If your kid goes hungry for a month, then you've farked up.

If the mother is simply having to cut back on nail appointments to afford the food for the kid, you're just negotiating.

The article is wrong. Family law is so flawed in the US, even male attorneys that go through a divorce are destroyed. The only solution is not to marry.

What's the point? Nothing but destruction. If you and your wife have kids the wife can desert at any time, leaving all care and expenses to the husband and she still gets spousal support, and half of everything you ever owned. Even prior to marriage.

Study finds divorce makes men

No shiat Sherlock! That's because divorce men don't spends hundreds of dollars a month on new clothes, shoes and purses!

SchlingFocker
Hmmm. You got a point there. Perhaps if the dad didn't buy the SUV, custom motorcycle, and two Rotties, maybe some child support would be coming the child's way.

/hasn't had a nail appt. in 10 years

It would be nice if men actually had rights and things like prenups, alimony payments, child support, etc. didn't have to play a factor in divorce proceedings.

And I admit it isn't just a one way street(Kevin Federline for example), but the majority of the time men are SoL when it comes to Family Law issues.

OMG, I keep hearing Tammy Wynette singing d iyuh v o r-uh c eeyee in my head. Please, make it STOP!!

I am an outlier therefore the study's conclusion must be wrong.

It's true i felt free and richer after my divorce. I didn't have to pay her a dime either.


Word of advice to men going through a divorce treat her like you did when you first hooked up and be as nice as possible. Ask to work things out and cry a lot. Make it seem like she will be better off than you. That will make her feel guilty even if you were a dick the whole marriage.

Saves you money when its finally finalized. I remember mine like it was yesterday I jumped for joy when we left court the look it was priceless.

Delay: The article is wrong. Family law is so flawed in the US, even male attorneys that go through a divorce are destroyed. The only solution is not to marry.

I donno about that, yesterday's article about that multi-millionaire who was sued for child support PLUS a random chunk of his fortune by a woman he had kids with makes even that solution uncertain.

MemeSlave: Why bother divorcing, it's not like you'll find someone better. Just masturbate.

Ding ding ding! We have a winner!

/Have NEVER heard of a married couple that is still "in love" with each other
//EVAR

We did our own paperwork but I made her pay for the forms and all court fees. Split up the debt and I kept my premarital assets. She's also paying for a large portion of my student loans that I incurred while we were married, as well as child support (I have full custody).

/I'm better off post-divorce than pre-divorce
//Seriously
///You morans are doing it wrong

Before anyone says shiat about deadbeat dads, look up stats on how many non-custodial moms actually pay support. Yeah, speaking from experience.

/divorced male
//with custody
///my misogyny is well earned

IamSoSmart_S_M_R_T: We did our own paperwork but I made her pay for the forms and all court fees. Split up the debt and I kept my premarital assets. She's also paying for a large portion of my student loans that I incurred while we were married, as well as child support (I have full custody).

/I'm better off post-divorce than pre-divorce
//Seriously
///You morans are doing it wrong
I assume you were not married ten years. If you were she can come back in a heartbeat, at any time and collect all the spousal support she has missed out on.

When I got divorced, I was scared because my rent in my new apartment was well over half of the mortgage we were paying together. I figured I'd have to budget pretty tightly and abandon a lot of the "toys" and "fun" that I was used to.

3 months later, I had paid off my credit cards and was planning a vacation with all the spare money. I'm actually shocked at how little of my money I spent when I was married.

Delay:
I assume you were not married ten years. If you were she can come back in a heartbeat, at any time and collect all the spousal support she has missed out on.

7 Years, and she made more than I did during most of the marriage. ;) Our agreement specifically excluded any alimony.