And another one bites the dust...

[Kath]

Without knowing Matt Lauers net worth or number of homes, it’s hard to say if 2 homes and $20mil is crazy.

Salary was $28 Mil/year - rumors of his net worth range from 80 mil - 200 mil... hard to know for sure, I guess.

[Speaker to Animals]

Without knowing Matt Lauers net worth or number of homes, it’s hard to say if 2 homes and $20mil is crazy.

It's a pretty good guess to assume that the wife earned literally none of that.

When women want divorces, fine, but they need to fuck right the fuck off and be responsible for themselves. Their ex-husbands don't get access to their vagina any longer and they shouldn't get access to their husbands resources either.

Is she disabled? No. Can she get a job? Yeah. Would she be in about the same condition as you are now? Probably.

So why does this bitch deserve a dime of Matt Lauer's money?

[DBTrek]

Without knowing the details of their marriage it’s hard to say. I had two friends get married, the wife accepted the role as primary child care provider (and income, she had a job too) while the husband went to college with the explicit agreement that after he graduated SHE would go to college and he’d assume more child rearing responsibilities.

Eight years later he’s making $90k a year and still promising to honor their bargain and allow her to attend college “next year”. Then they get divorced.

You think she deserves “get a job bitch” after carrying that man through his degree? I don’t.

[C-Mag]

There are no victims here, just whores feeding on whores.

[Speaker to Animals]

Without knowing the details of their marriage it’s hard to say. I had two friends get married, the wife accepted the role as primary child care provider (and income, she had a job too) while the husband went to college with the explicit agreement that after he graduated SHE would go to college and he’d assume more child rearing responsibilities.

Eight years later he’s making $90k a year and still promising to honor their bargain and allow her to attend college “next year”. Then they get divorced.

You think she deserves “get a job bitch” after carrying that man through his degree? I don’t.

(1) Was she the one who wanted the divorce? If so, then that's on her.

(2) He was the one sacrificing 40+ hours of his life, away from his children, to provide for the whole family. This narrative that women "sacrifice" by sitting at home I find repellent. It's exactly what happened to me. I was in severe pain and working long hours so this woman could have a good life. Then when SHE decided to destroy the marriage, she was in there arguing that I didn't spend enough time with my son so I shouldn't have joint physical custody. They agreed with that. But that whole time it was I who was out there enduring severe pain and working long hours so that my son could have a good life. Then even that was used against me to demand child support and even alimony. You making the larger sacrifice will literally be used against you to steal your children and enslave you. Think about that.

FUCK THEM. If women want divorces, then they can fuck right off. Get their divorces and now they are responsible for themselves. We need to stop incentivizing this behavior.

[DBTrek]

He was actually jobless most of the time, and only going to school.

But ok dude, whatever gets your self-righteous anger ignited, I guess. Though I know for a fact if I put you in the woman’s shoes and dragged you through an identical experience you’d pull the fastes 180 an opinion has ever seen.
/shrug

[Speaker to Animals]

He was actually jobless most of the time, and only going to school.

But ok dude, whatever gets your self-righteous anger ignited, I guess. Though I know for a fact if I put you in the woman’s shoes and dragged you through an identical experience you’d pull the fastes 180 an opinion has ever seen.
/shrug

Oh, okay. I got it mixed up.

Still, was the divorce her idea?

And, by the defense of Matt Lauer's wife, do you support this guy taking half her shit since he stayed home and "sacrificed" his career?

My point remains: you don't have claim to the resources your spouse earns when you want a divorce. That's just fucking sick when you step back and think about it. If you want a divorce, fine, but just go fuck off already. Your cut of the marital property should be commensurate with what you financially put into it. If your financial contribution was jackshit, then your divorce payout should also be jackshit.

[DBTrek]

Yeah, after he pulled a gun in the house and fired it into a wall she asked for a divorce.

And again, without knowing what (if any) sacrifices Matt Lauers wife made, I can’t say. If she missed making significant income in order to facilitate Matt’s career then she should be compensated. The houses are family homes, not Matt’s homes, so they both are entitled to a portion of them.

If Matt is worth $100mil, then $20mil is a pretty meager amount to seek when dissolving a partnership - but if there are only two houses, going after both is extremely greedy.

Like I said, too many unknowns for me to assume by default that she’s asking for too much. Maybe she is. Maybe she’s not.

[Speaker to Animals]

Where else in life do we think that's a good idea?

Two people enter into a contract for some business plan. One guy puts in about 80% of the capital, the other guy puts in about 20% of the capital. After a few years, they decide it's not working out and dissolve the business. The second guy demands 50% of the liquidated funds even though he only contributed 20% of the capital.

Good idea to incentivize that or no?

Let's even admit the first guy made it impossible because he pulled a gun in the business premises and shot a hole through the wall, scaring the shit out of the second guy who only contributed 20% of the capital. Does that somehow give 20% guy the right to demand 50% of the assets? And isn't it his fault for entering into a contract with somebody who would pull a gun and shoot holes in the wall? When does he take responsibility for his choices here?

[DBTrek]

What about sweat equity? If one guy brings 80% and the other 20% in startup cash, but the guy bringing the 20% also does most of the work and creates most of the sales opportunities - does that not deserve compensation?

Some metrics can’t be measured in dollars and cents. Things like lost opportunities or alternative options that were sacrificed by one member to make a “team” effort. These factors shouldn’t overwhelm the calculable fundamentals of a partnership, but they should be considered.