<p>He should fire her.(last paragraphs)</p>
<p>[Fired</a> Wall Streeters, Take Heart: At Least You’re Not Married To This Woman](<a href=“http://clusterstock.alleyinsider.com/2009/1/fired-wall-streeters-take-heart-at-least-youre-not-married-to-this-woman]Fired”>http://clusterstock.alleyinsider.com/2009/1/fired-wall-streeters-take-heart-at-least-youre-not-married-to-this-woman)</p>
<p>Ouch.</p>
<p>The original NYT article is far more heartening, about another Wall Streeter out of work whose marriage is in far, far better shape.</p>
<p>H invited a couple of buddies for lunch, and only the husband showed up. He aplogized that his wife, a divorce attorney, had too much work to even take a lunch break on a Saturday. He predicts she will be even busier this year.</p>
<p>BB, that’s strange. I heard that in this economy couples cannot afford their divorce so they are staying together.</p>
<p>Those with property which cannot be sold and/or divided are staying together…some rough dynamics in many breaking families.</p>
<p>Some of the comments in response to the article are quite funny.</p>
<p>Susan Faludi’s book Stiffed has an entire chapter on the phenomenon of unemployed men being divorced by their income-seeking wives.</p>
<p>Oh Barrons, always there to regale us with the woes of the banker crowd you so love. Like any other crowd, shallow materialists are present and I’ll have to admit, seeing them implode is not all bad. But there are those enjoying having time with family and for things like CC!</p>
<p>P.S. If you’re in Lynchburg, don’t eat the peanut butter!</p>
<p>I only eat Skippy.
Blame the NYT. They know shallow NYC.
And I got that from the blue blood side of NY and banking. He seems to be enjoying the mess too. Unfortunately the rest of America cannot go to NYC and randomly shoot bankers just because. We have to use the means at hand to extract our punishment.</p>
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<p>Surely demonstrates the downside of treating marriage as a business transaction… for both partners. No doubt he knew what he was trading for at the time.</p>
<p>He was probably putting in all those hours at the office just to avoid her…Wow. Geek_mom – I agree. It’s probably not the first time he has seen her wearing these zebra stripes.</p>
<p>What they don’t mention is she was probably the third wife who wants to get out with whatever she can now because she was counting on a big settlement, like the first two got, when he met wife four. Now there will probably be no wife four because he no longer has enough cash and given that her only gifts are fleeting, she needs a fast exit strategy. Only problem is where do the gold diggers head? Word is these gals are headed for Hollywood where men are still making money.</p>
<p>When did “Gold Digger” become a reputable occupation? Oh wait! I forgot where I am. Yes. Being that he is a male, he probably deserves it.</p>
<p>Hey, there are male gold diggers to, this is an equal opportunity profession, just ask any successful single professional woman:)</p>
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<p>I thought the peanut butter was ok, only avoid products that contain pb.</p>
<p>Back to OP, reminds me of that old internet joke:</p>
<p>Man talking to his wife of 25 years:</p>
<pre><code>“Honey, 25 years ago we had a cheap apartment, a cheap car, slept on a sofa bed, and watched a 10 inch black & white TV; but I got to sleep every night with a hot 25 year old blonde.
Now we have a $500,000 home, a $45,000 car, a nice big bed, and a plasma TV; but I’m sleeping with a 50 year old woman.
It seems to me that you are not holding up your side of things.”
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<p>And her response:</p>
<p>She told me to go out and find a hot 25 year old blonde; and she would make sure that I would once again be living in a cheap apartment, driving a cheap car, sleeping on a sofa bed, and watching a 10 inch black & white TV.</p>
<p>Good one! LOL!!!</p>