Still on bench and might have to sleep on it as well

[DimPrawn]

Don't get married. Ever.

Simples!

[AtW]

Don't get married. Ever.

Simples!

Or marry a very rich and very beautiful woman, preferably the only heir to the throne...

[DimPrawn]

Or marry a very rich and very beautiful woman, preferably the only heir to the throne...

Or

Invest £660 instead of that £25K wedding she wants you to pay for

Cohabitation Agreements | The Co-operative Legal Services

[SueEllen]

Or

Invest £660 instead of that £25K wedding she wants you to pay for

Cohabitation Agreements | The Co-operative Legal Services

Doesn't work if you have kids who are dependents.

[MPwannadecentincome]

Or

Invest £660 instead of that £25K wedding she wants you to pay for

Cohabitation Agreements | The Co-operative Legal Services

Co-habitation? too late for that!

[MaryPoppins]

There are some good women and hardworking women around but they are very few.

Christ alive. Some of you lot are bitter buggers

[nomadd]

Christ alive. Some of you lot are experienced realists.

FTFY.

[bobspud]

Christ alive. Some of you lot are bitter buggers

I know you had your own problems, but the fact of the matter is that for most men with a decent job: The only game you can play once your wife turns to a solicitor is burned crops and decimated land. One of the dads from my school spent 12 hours in police custody last week because his wife decided to make accusations about him beating his kids. This is a teenager old who can't wait to move in with him, and wont even talk to his mother because of her behaviour since the breakup, but now there are child services involved and a whole raft of tulip and my mate is on the DNA register and has a criminal entry for the rest of his life...

There is no room for honourable settlements because the solicitor will just take your inch and then demand even more. Spending half an hour on mumsnet will show you that the solicitors have a tried and tested method of screwing fathers.

[Scrag Meister]

Been there, it can only get better in the long run

Ditto

[sbakoola]

sounds like hell on Earth.