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		<title>By: Fingon Celebrindal</title>
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		<dc:creator>Fingon Celebrindal</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 08:32:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Anonymous is not saying all women are money grubbing you know whats. He is saying 75% of them are and he presents the statistics to backup his claim. To make it simple for you to understand, the chances of your surviving a 4 story fall are 25%. Do you really need to jump off to know if you are among the lucky ones who survive.

Women set aside career/education to have children for the man(Big Fat Lie!!!). Having a child is a blessing not a sacrifice stop trying to make it look like one. If a women does not want to have children she has the means not too(By the way what century are you living in, ever heard of the little thing called &#039;the pill&#039;).

“God, I hope this works out. I guess if it doesn’t I’ll get all of his money.”(Big fat truth!!!)
It does not matter what you were thinking hunney that&#039;s exactly what your divorce lawyer will tell you. By the way have encountered women who took less than the court was awarding them.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Anonymous is not saying all women are money grubbing you know whats. He is saying 75% of them are and he presents the statistics to backup his claim. To make it simple for you to understand, the chances of your surviving a 4 story fall are 25%. Do you really need to jump off to know if you are among the lucky ones who survive.</p>
<p>Women set aside career/education to have children for the man(Big Fat Lie!!!). Having a child is a blessing not a sacrifice stop trying to make it look like one. If a women does not want to have children she has the means not too(By the way what century are you living in, ever heard of the little thing called &#8216;the pill&#8217;).</p>
<p>“God, I hope this works out. I guess if it doesn’t I’ll get all of his money.”(Big fat truth!!!)<br />
It does not matter what you were thinking hunney that&#8217;s exactly what your divorce lawyer will tell you. By the way have encountered women who took less than the court was awarding them.</p>
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		<title>By: Patrick J</title>
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		<dc:creator>Patrick J</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:43:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Men are catching onto women, they are not getting married.

It is costly and not rewarding.

Later in life when you want to retire and move to a low cost area, the wife will not move. It is their way or the highway, so give them the highway.

I have noticed that when divorce happens the men are happy; but the women never ever stop grinding the axe.

This is what I observe with my married friends.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Men are catching onto women, they are not getting married.</p>
<p>It is costly and not rewarding.</p>
<p>Later in life when you want to retire and move to a low cost area, the wife will not move. It is their way or the highway, so give them the highway.</p>
<p>I have noticed that when divorce happens the men are happy; but the women never ever stop grinding the axe.</p>
<p>This is what I observe with my married friends.</p>
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		<title>By: Duped</title>
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		<dc:creator>Duped</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:06:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I just went through the divorce process. I have been married only for two and a half years. My wife colluded with my litigation attorney on a settlement and duped me of my money. When we got married, this woman was all like &quot;you remind me of my father and I never want to lose you, blah, blah...&quot; and once she saw me win some court cases, she completely turned, misled my attorney about the settlement proceeds to be divided, took the money and filed for divorce. I guess in most people&#039;s cases, it takes about 10 years to build up some wealth. i was fortunate to build up a little wealth early on and voila, the woman disappears early on. If you want be with someone, do that but never sign a state document. There is absolutely NO reason to get a state license and get duped by these calculating types.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I just went through the divorce process. I have been married only for two and a half years. My wife colluded with my litigation attorney on a settlement and duped me of my money. When we got married, this woman was all like &#8220;you remind me of my father and I never want to lose you, blah, blah&#8230;&#8221; and once she saw me win some court cases, she completely turned, misled my attorney about the settlement proceeds to be divided, took the money and filed for divorce. I guess in most people&#8217;s cases, it takes about 10 years to build up some wealth. i was fortunate to build up a little wealth early on and voila, the woman disappears early on. If you want be with someone, do that but never sign a state document. There is absolutely NO reason to get a state license and get duped by these calculating types.</p>
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		<title>By: Jess</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jess</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 16:08:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Look, I&#039;ve been married and divorced.  She left/filed for &quot;soft reasons&quot; e.g., &quot;she wanted to do things her way 100% of the time.&quot;  So here I was... set for early retirement, ready to travel the world in my golden years... then she walked out, took 1/2 of pretty much everything (including some of my inheritance income) and now I&#039;m paying the greedy little goldigger alimony for years and years - she has a degree and can make good money, but instead chose to work at a job that pays her a low hourly rate that she likes because it&#039;s easy.  Prenups can be cracked/thrown out... bottom line is if you want to give a woman control over your life, finances, children, retirement, etc., marry her... marriage is a great deal for women - why do you suppose women are so much more eager to get married than men! The court system/laws are on HER side.  I&#039;m a lot smarter now... if I got married again she&#039;d have to make more money than I do... a lot more.  Aside from that, marriage ruins an otherwise great relationship... things change after you say &quot;I do.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Look, I&#8217;ve been married and divorced.  She left/filed for &#8220;soft reasons&#8221; e.g., &#8220;she wanted to do things her way 100% of the time.&#8221;  So here I was&#8230; set for early retirement, ready to travel the world in my golden years&#8230; then she walked out, took 1/2 of pretty much everything (including some of my inheritance income) and now I&#8217;m paying the greedy little goldigger alimony for years and years &#8211; she has a degree and can make good money, but instead chose to work at a job that pays her a low hourly rate that she likes because it&#8217;s easy.  Prenups can be cracked/thrown out&#8230; bottom line is if you want to give a woman control over your life, finances, children, retirement, etc., marry her&#8230; marriage is a great deal for women &#8211; why do you suppose women are so much more eager to get married than men! The court system/laws are on HER side.  I&#8217;m a lot smarter now&#8230; if I got married again she&#8217;d have to make more money than I do&#8230; a lot more.  Aside from that, marriage ruins an otherwise great relationship&#8230; things change after you say &#8220;I do.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: Jerry</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jerry</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 03:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>never marry  unless you got a prenup  but remember    its not worth it   marry a hoe and life will  turn in to hell   your only a   sex and money for women your love does cost  money and its  much more fun to live alone and screw women</description>
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		<title>By: Frustrated</title>
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		<dc:creator>Frustrated</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 19:36:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Most people think the US divorce rate is 50%.  According to a relative and PHD psychologist, the divorce rate is 67%.  With &quot;no-fault divorce&quot;, a majority of men will evenually find themselves in an apartment, townhouse or much smaller house with half their assets gone, and often paying alimony.  Those with young children wind up in a far worse financial situation paying child support for many years.  In my opinion, marriage is now a crap shoot and for most couples it becomes just that.  With a divorce rate of 67%, men can no longer think &quot;it won&#039;t happen to me&quot;. For two-thirds, it is now an eventuality.  Marriage was the bedrock of society, but with its demise society will suffer and eventually collapse from unbridled immorality.  The courts, religious institutions and society in general have all contributed to making divorce easy and acceptable.  Those who label me a pessimist will understand when they find themselves divorced.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Most people think the US divorce rate is 50%.  According to a relative and PHD psychologist, the divorce rate is 67%.  With &#8220;no-fault divorce&#8221;, a majority of men will evenually find themselves in an apartment, townhouse or much smaller house with half their assets gone, and often paying alimony.  Those with young children wind up in a far worse financial situation paying child support for many years.  In my opinion, marriage is now a crap shoot and for most couples it becomes just that.  With a divorce rate of 67%, men can no longer think &#8220;it won&#8217;t happen to me&#8221;. For two-thirds, it is now an eventuality.  Marriage was the bedrock of society, but with its demise society will suffer and eventually collapse from unbridled immorality.  The courts, religious institutions and society in general have all contributed to making divorce easy and acceptable.  Those who label me a pessimist will understand when they find themselves divorced.</p>
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		<title>By: sMARTGUY</title>
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		<dc:creator>sMARTGUY</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 03:30:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Patrick is concise and CORRECT!  If people really kept their marriage vows that&#039;d be one thing, but more than 1/2 the time they don&#039;t... times have changed.

Things have changed with the feminization movement… the price society and women will pay? More men talking and less and less men entering into marriage which will statistically end in divorce. It might be best to change traditional vows “I, (Sarah/James), take you (Sarah/James), to be my (wife/husband), to have and behold from this day on, for better or for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish; until death do us part.” TO “I, (Sarah/James), take you (Sarah/James), to be my (wife/husband), to have and behold until I feel neglected, for better only and never for worse, for richer, not poorer, never in sickness and only in health, to love and to cherish; until I decide to divorce you in a no-fault state.” Times have changed along with divorce rates… isn’t it time for our wedding vows to reflect some of those changes?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Patrick is concise and CORRECT!  If people really kept their marriage vows that&#8217;d be one thing, but more than 1/2 the time they don&#8217;t&#8230; times have changed.</p>
<p>Things have changed with the feminization movement… the price society and women will pay? More men talking and less and less men entering into marriage which will statistically end in divorce. It might be best to change traditional vows “I, (Sarah/James), take you (Sarah/James), to be my (wife/husband), to have and behold from this day on, for better or for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish; until death do us part.” TO “I, (Sarah/James), take you (Sarah/James), to be my (wife/husband), to have and behold until I feel neglected, for better only and never for worse, for richer, not poorer, never in sickness and only in health, to love and to cherish; until I decide to divorce you in a no-fault state.” Times have changed along with divorce rates… isn’t it time for our wedding vows to reflect some of those changes?</p>
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		<title>By: sMARTGUY</title>
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		<dc:creator>sMARTGUY</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 03:24:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Look, marriage is about love, divorce is about money.  2/3 of all divorces are filed by women, not men.  In court, women play the victim, get at least 1/2 of the assets, usually win custody of the children, get a piece of your pension... and the list goes on. My wife walked without warning because her daddy and mommy convinced her to - no infidelity, no abuse, I was a good provider, etc. - I guess she left to find herself.  Don&#039;t get me wrong, I&#039;m glad I have kids... but like the gentleman above (whom I agree with) if you choose to get married and your male, she will change over time and you may learn one day divorce isn&#039;t something that happens to other people, but you.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Look, marriage is about love, divorce is about money.  2/3 of all divorces are filed by women, not men.  In court, women play the victim, get at least 1/2 of the assets, usually win custody of the children, get a piece of your pension&#8230; and the list goes on. My wife walked without warning because her daddy and mommy convinced her to &#8211; no infidelity, no abuse, I was a good provider, etc. &#8211; I guess she left to find herself.  Don&#8217;t get me wrong, I&#8217;m glad I have kids&#8230; but like the gentleman above (whom I agree with) if you choose to get married and your male, she will change over time and you may learn one day divorce isn&#8217;t something that happens to other people, but you.</p>
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		<title>By: Patrick</title>
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		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:26:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Anonymous:  the purpose of getting married is to satisfy everyone but you:  the government, the clergy, the diamond industry, the wedding industry (i.e. caterers, food &amp; beverage, etc.), and the wife-to-be (who will take 1/2 of your money and assets once she divorces you).</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Anonymous:  the purpose of getting married is to satisfy everyone but you:  the government, the clergy, the diamond industry, the wedding industry (i.e. caterers, food &amp; beverage, etc.), and the wife-to-be (who will take 1/2 of your money and assets once she divorces you).</p>
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		<title>By: jim</title>
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		<dc:creator>jim</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 12:58:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Anonymous: Tax breaks. :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Anonymous: Tax breaks. <img src='http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Anonymous</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 12:37:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>i don&#039;t get it, whats the purpose of marraige?</description>
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		<title>By: Dudesky</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dudesky</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 17:34:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Girl Next door:  How do explain women who marry poor musicians (like I plan to)?

Sometimes, I wish I was a poor musician, trucker, or moneyless redneck. If I was, I would love to get married.  But, since I am actually stable and have money, I can&#039;t, out of fear that emotional or financial infidenlity by my spouse would cause me to become moneyless (and have to work hard to continue to be moneyless).

The more money (or assets) you have, the more someone wants to take.  Being wealthy, or even financially stable sometimes plain sucks.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Girl Next door:  How do explain women who marry poor musicians (like I plan to)?</p>
<p>Sometimes, I wish I was a poor musician, trucker, or moneyless redneck. If I was, I would love to get married.  But, since I am actually stable and have money, I can&#8217;t, out of fear that emotional or financial infidenlity by my spouse would cause me to become moneyless (and have to work hard to continue to be moneyless).</p>
<p>The more money (or assets) you have, the more someone wants to take.  Being wealthy, or even financially stable sometimes plain sucks.</p>
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		<title>By: Mark</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:32:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;ve been married nearly 10 years; my wedding cost $25, which was the price my state charged for the license.  The minister, my dad, charged no fee.  The venue, my mom&#039;s living room, was free.

Incidentally, within a couple of years we got the Bush federal tax cut, and my state nearly quadrupled the marriage license fee up to $89 as just one of many ways to offset the decline in federal funding.  Which made me start realizing there&#039;s no such thing as a tax cut:  you just pay a different Tax Man.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve been married nearly 10 years; my wedding cost $25, which was the price my state charged for the license.  The minister, my dad, charged no fee.  The venue, my mom&#8217;s living room, was free.</p>
<p>Incidentally, within a couple of years we got the Bush federal tax cut, and my state nearly quadrupled the marriage license fee up to $89 as just one of many ways to offset the decline in federal funding.  Which made me start realizing there&#8217;s no such thing as a tax cut:  you just pay a different Tax Man.</p>
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		<title>By: Rodney</title>
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		<dc:creator>Rodney</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 02:32:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I will never get married again because women are the down fall of all man.</description>
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		<title>By: Girl Next Door</title>
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		<dc:creator>Girl Next Door</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:08:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ha ha, &quot;word at a women&quot;

*Women= whim</description>
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<p>*Women= whim</p>
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