Alimony is the continuous payments based on “style of living” nonsense. Though that’s mostly BS in my opinion, since if all people are equal, then everyone should be able equally support themselves based on their abilities.

Your opinion conveniently assumes that doing all the work of raising the children and running the household doesn’t in any way impact your CV, or payscale, when you return to work years later.
‘Based on their abilities’ only works if both partners got equal chance to develop their career abilities during the marriage – difficult to pull off once children are involved.

Divorce among adults alone is one thing; when you have children with someone, you are making a long-term financial and moral commitment. Which should not go away just because the parent’s relationship breaks up.

One thing i like is their version of Spanish. it’s ……………….. poetic. And in regard to the the miners who have an esposa, an amante, and maybe another mujer or two: poetic and funny. A Chilean “modisimo” for women sometimes, and a very sweet part of the Chilenita’s anatomy is the same word as for a mine: “mina”.

“Honey, I never said i had a second job. I said i was in the other mina for the night.” Having known Chilean women, i think those guys just better stay down there.

-den

At the drive thru at my bank. The tube came back with my cash and a Chilean miner!

As for me- if I was in the same situation as those miners I’m not sure if I’d want to come out right about now, because my wife and mistresses would probably be fighting over who would get to keep my severed testicles as a trophy.

Bullshit and presumptuous, Red-Cross-lady-quoted-in-the-article, implying the “fighters” are less noble, while never putting any blame on the men. Some of these mistresses evidently had no idea their man was married, and I’m absolutely fine with the lying bastards coming up to find all hell breaking loose. And who’s to say if the one’s “slipping away” are doing so out of love, guilt, or cold blooded pragmatism.

The question is if the wife separates immediately because of a revealed mistress is she entitled to 50% since she never had the opportunity to become accustomed the the new post payout lifestyle. You could say that the stress and worry should be compensated but the offender is the mining company not the husband miner.

I have never cheated or been cheated on so this is just game theory and legalistic theorizing to me.

It was in the comment by EeyoreX linked to at the bottom of the post.

That’s pretty much the position of my ex-brother-in-law, a philandering surgeon who took solo vacations while my sister raised their children. He won’t be paying alimony because their is none in their state.

My sister did get a settlement, but she had to fight for it- and it hasn’t exactly put her on easy street. She’s working full time while raising the children that he can’t be bothered with.