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Originally Posted by continuosly blue
I had a similar situation to you, but I was married for almost 40 yrs.!
I don't know what the laws are in Australia. And if there are implications with you moving to another country I was divorced in the states ( which by the way have different laws even state to state ).
Anyway I also had no children involved. I had a signed agreement that we agreed on before the final decree. It had all the conditions of the divorce in it including spousal support.
She can " ask " for more but I'm not legally bound to give her anything more outside that agreement.
Here a judge ,or jury if it goes to trial , decides how much SS to give ,if any ! There are a lot of factors involved !
In the end I also felt I was more than generous. I basically left with nothing. She got everything. I didn't care , I just wanted out. I ******* hate the way marriage is so easy to get into but so hard to get out of. At least here in the US.
It's because of the $ involved.
They want it all.
TRYING to manipulate you ? She'll try and hit on your sensitivities as hard as possible.
Show weakness and your dead.
Watch out. That's just from my experience.
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I think whomever wants out the most gets shafted. My boyfriend got completely screwed over by his exwife but he agreed to all kinds of ridiculous stuff just to get it over with. For example, he took on all the debt that she had run up on credit cards she had opened in HIS name and not even told him about! Then once he agreed to pay that debt he called and canceled the cards and she called him later that day screaming at him because she had gone to Victoria's Secret trying to max it out and stick him with the bill... She is such a sick horrible awful person!
You are lucky that you didn't have kids with her. My boyfriend's ex uses the kids to try to get more money. Even when his son came to live with us because his mom is abusive and horrible, my boyfriend still had to pay her child support for BOTH kids for 3 months until their court date came up. Then she had the nerve to try to get more $$ and I'm thinking, well you only had one child the last 3 months but got support for both while he shelled out all the money to move the kid a thousand miles, get a bigger apartment, and take him to the doctor because mom had not bothered to get him his ADHD medication for a YEAR. But told him what a big stupid loser he was for having difficulty in school. I could go on and on, I don't know if I believe in evil but this b**** sure comes close.