I don't understand why anyone would get married. You forfeit half of your stuff just for a lousy tax benefit

Russell Brand is like a badboy for housewives. I do not like his brand, but then I'm not in the target demo.

I don't know how I'm going to live through the senseless tragedy of Katy Perry and Russell Brand's divorce

So he'll score a 30 million dollar payday of which 8 million is from his earnings? And she'll score a 30 million dollar payday of which 22 million is from her earnings.

This does not strike me as a tragedy.

next!

Tat'dGreaser: SoCalSurfer: I don't understand why anyone would get married. You forfeit half of your stuff just for a lousy tax benefit

Yes every single marriage ends in divorce

Every marriage ends in death or divorce.

SoCalSurfer: I don't understand why anyone would get married. You forfeit half of your stuff just for a lousy tax benefit

1. Marry someone who makes a comparable salary (btw, the last time I checked, in Texas the standard in divorce for division of property is "fair and equitable", not 50/50)

2. Get a prenup. Seriously. If it's that big of an issue, if you're marrying someone who intends to live off your income and will not be contributing in any way, monetarily or otherwise, then get a prenup.

Plus an improved motorboating skill.

I assume, b/c I know my skills would improve.

coco ebert: SnakeMan: coco ebert: So, in California you automatically gets access to half of your spouse's fortune no matter how long you're married? That don't make no sense.

Actually, that's the law in every state (new window).

/No escape. Nooooo escaaaaape

Wait, what does no-fault divorce have to do with how assets are divided up?

Nothing. And actually, California is in the minority as a community property state.

Why he's biatching about no-fault divorce, I have no idea... Probably, he realizes that only through government enforcement will he ever manage to have a woman to stay with him.

The divorce laws in most no-fault states (Alaska being one) are: You get half of what you earned DURING the marriage.

For me, this meant that I kept all the retirement money I earned prior to my 1st marriage. I lost half the equity I had in my first house though (co-mingling of assets). What this effetively meant for me is that I gave up about 60k in equity on a house, but kept 100k in retirement during my divorce. This occured RIGHT during the 2008 crash though, so my 100k in retirement is now worth around 200k. So although I'm renting at the moment, I ended up with a little more than 3 times what my ex-wife did from the divorce. Primarily because she stubbornly wanted to stay in a house she could no longer afford the mortgage on, and because she had no understanding of what the retirement assets had actually been worth at the time.

Arthur is starting to look more and more like this guy's autobiography.

So how much money is that per time she cuckolded his cartoon ass?

Wow. Hell, I'd have paid $30m just for the opportunity to date Katy Perry. Granted, I don't have $30m, but if I did... WTF is wrong with you Russell? Stop being a little crybaby and go fix that shibby.

She needs a boob job.

He was very mean to Andrew Sachs.

I know a lot of guys that would do a whole lot more to her / for her, for a lot less money than that.

Nipples.

My degree from Hollywood Upstairs Internet Law School qualifies me to tell you all that they probably didn't have a prenup because Brand is British. The UK doesn't recognize prenups. That's why John Cleese is always broke. Even if he had signed one, he could file the divorce papers in the UK and the prenup would be ignored by the courts. I think.

30 Mil and a motorboat that he'll never forget. That's worth a 14 month investment in my book.

I would be willing to put up with a lot of shiat to motorboat those on a daily basis.

Tat'dGreaser: SoCalSurfer: I don't understand why anyone would get married. You forfeit half of your stuff just for a lousy tax benefit

Yes every single marriage ends in divorce

No, just half of them. Not a lot of payoff for the risk. From a financial standpoint, you are better of with subprime mortgages.

I'd hang in there for 30 months for free.

LoneWolf343: Tat'dGreaser: SoCalSurfer: I don't understand why anyone would get married. You forfeit half of your stuff just for a lousy tax benefit

Yes every single marriage ends in divorce

No, just half of them. Not a lot of payoff for the risk. From a financial standpoint, you are better of with subprime mortgages.

Naive statistic, though. It's like calculating life expectancy including stillborns and miscarriages, and then saying your average life span will be in your 50s. Cull those who don't make it past a year, and life expectancy shoots way up.
Similarly, look at marriages with brides over the age of 25, and the stats get much better. Idiots who marry at 18 divorce, which pushes the average way up.

Basically, making an argument based on the premise that half of marriages end in divorce only exposes your ignorance.

So he gets paid and can go back to huffing the occasional dick.

/good for him

I blame his or her or somebody's else very religious parents

Theaetetus: LoneWolf343: Tat'dGreaser: SoCalSurfer: I don't understand why anyone would get married. You forfeit half of your stuff just for a lousy tax benefit

Yes every single marriage ends in divorce

No, just half of them. Not a lot of payoff for the risk. From a financial standpoint, you are better of with subprime mortgages.

Naive statistic, though. It's like calculating life expectancy including stillborns and miscarriages, and then saying your average life span will be in your 50s. Cull those who don't make it past a year, and life expectancy shoots way up.
Similarly, look at marriages with brides over the age of 25, and the stats get much better. Idiots who marry at 18 divorce, which pushes the average way up.

Basically, making an argument based on the premise that half of marriages end in divorce only exposes your ignorance.

Hmm...

From Wikipeida's Life Expectancy article (new window), "Humans live on average 31.88 years in Swaziland and 82.6 years in Japan, although Japan's recorded life expectancy may have been very slightly increased by counting many infant deaths as stillborn."

That would be a lot of stillborn to drop life expectancy to 50.

SoCalSurfer: I don't understand why anyone would get married. You forfeit half of your stuff just for a lousy tax benefit

You only forfeit half your stuff in retarded liberal states like California. The answer is to get married in any state that doesn't have "community property" (that's the liberal term for 'stuff I didn't work for or earn').

Real states understand hard work and don't pay off charlatans for sex.