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Jim of Cincinatti

I recently met a gentleman from Cincinatti by the name of Jim. If you've read my divorce reform editorials, then you know what happened to me. I want to briefly relate his story so that you know that my screw job was not that isolated of an incident, and doesn't only occur in Southern courts where divorce court judges believe men should support their ex-wives forever.

Jim and his ex divorced after 13 years. Unlike my ex, his wife worked. Jim did not have to pay alimony. There were minor children involved, and Jim was ordered to pay child support, which he has done. So far, not so bad, right?

Well, here's the part neither of us get. Like me, he got NONE of the equity in their house. Also like me, he got stuck with all the marital debts.

Any of you gentlemen out there that are thinking of matrimony, I strongly suggest you reconsider. I recently read a quote of Peter O'Toole, the great British actor for those of you too young to remember, that I'll pass along. When asked what he thought of marriage, he gave a response something like this: "Go out and find a woman that you hate, and give her the deed to your house. Then go on with your life having skipped all the intervening steps."

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Last updated February 23, 2000.

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