(November 9, 2013 at 9:05 pm)Zazzy Wrote: If I The thing the courts are taking into account here is the child's well-being. What will solve this is for men to get seriously pro-active about something like vasalgel, since the real problem here is that men don't have the same birth control options that women do (and this is largely because this was seen as a women's issue until recently). They could, though, and since this issue is close to my heart, and I think forced parenthood is often tragic for all involved, this is something I'd be willing to work very hard for. I want men to have choice, too.
I will readily admit to having succumbed to the bullshit idea that contraception is the women's responsibility - in the past anyway. But there's no way I'm letting a needle go there. I've had too many bad experiences with incompetent nurses to consider it (my bcg scar looks like a small calibre gunshot wound). I also have the memory of a retarded goldfish, so a male version of the pill is out. Give me a regular shot in the arm or an sub-dermal implant or something and I'm with you all the way. Until that becomes an option, I'll have to spend a fortune on condoms.
Quote:Why is it bad for her to be entitled to half your money? My mother took half my father's earnings after she gave up working to raise us (until he left her for a woman a few years older than me). She made it possible for him to have children and a nice home and work hard enough to earn all that money. It was also hard for her to back into the workforce after being absent for so many years. Half that money WAS hers.
I agree for the most part. I think that any savings/assets acquired before a couple got together should be exempt from divorce settlements.
