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Previously on "oh dear: Ex-wives win key divorce rulings"

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  • Mailman
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    Originally posted by Spartacus
    This is painful. Just give it up Mailman.

    What's the forum coming to when you can't even get a decent riposte or insult?
    Whats royal mail got to do with this thread?

    Mailman

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  • Joe Black
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    Originally posted by DodgyAgent
    I see that whenever a thread appears on this subject it attracts a lot of vitriol. Is it anything to do with your profession? the fact that you are working away from home or spend inordinate amounts of your time either on this site or waffling on about technology?
    Think the problem per se, from my experience with a few guys where this has happened, simply comes down the injustice of the idea. That you you might be working all the hours under the sun, perhaps away from home, to provide a nice life for all involved, and then find yourself being sent down the swaney and wondering why you bothered in the first place.

    One of the things Belgium, like France, seems to have got right, is the idea that before you live with/marry someone, it's just common sense to set out a few things on paper. Hence, the free brochures in the PO encouraging people to spend a few minutes with a notaire/notaris before they move in together.

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  • AlfredJPruffock
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    Originally posted by Clog II The Avenger
    This is yet another reason to discourage marriage. And the native population shrinks as a result. Why should divorced women have the luxury and choice of not working for the rest of their lives? Marriage for women is a business investment. Keep to hookers, they are more honest and up front with the deal… and cheaper.
    How very true ; I have outsourced my sex life for some time and I have found this arrangement to be very satisfactory and cost effective.


    Somebody said the other day; in apparent shock of my sexual outsourcing that he had never paid for sex;

    My how Old Alf at 46 laughed at that one ... dating followed by marriage is the most expensive form of sex.
    Last edited by AlfredJPruffock; 24 May 2006, 16:16.

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  • Spartacus
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    Originally posted by Xenophon
    See the one-fingered salute as posted by Spartacus in the thread about immigrants and green belts for advice on how to issue a proper insult.
    Thanks Xenophon, that is high praise indeed coming from an old pro such as yourself.

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  • Xenophon
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    Originally posted by Spartacus
    This is painful. Just give it up Mailman.

    What's the forum coming to when you can't even get a decent riposte or insult?
    See the one-fingered salute as posted by Spartacus in the thread about immigrants and green belts for advice on how to issue a proper insult.

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  • Spartacus
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    Originally posted by Mailman
    Ah, the romans beating you is a sexual thing!

    Mailman
    This is painful. Just give it up Mailman.

    What's the forum coming to when you can't even get a decent riposte or insult?

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  • Mailman
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    Ah, the romans beating you is a sexual thing!

    Mailman

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  • Spartacus
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    Originally posted by Mailman
    I realise that the romans probably beat what brains you had out of you or you might have picked up on the sarcasm in the smiley!
    Piss poor. Try harder.

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  • Mailman
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    Originally posted by Spartacus
    Mailman, I know your parents haven't taken you through the birds and bees yet, but I feel obliged to point out that blowing your husband off can't result in a pregnancy.
    I realise that the romans probably beat what brains you had out of you or you might have picked up on the sarcasm in the smiley!

    Mailman

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  • DodgyAgent
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    Originally posted by lukemg
    Radio this morning indicated that in Scotland, she gets half of whatever increases occurred during the marriage regardless of what you turned up with at the start, seems fair to me.
    I see that whenever a thread appears on this subject it attracts a lot of vitriol. Is it anything to do with your profession? the fact that you are working away from home or spend inordinate amounts of your time either on this site or waffling on about technology?

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  • lukemg
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    Radio this morning indicated that in Scotland, she gets half of whatever increases occurred during the marriage regardless of what you turned up with at the start, seems fair to me.

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  • threaded
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    [QUOTE=Fleetwood]After a quick Google search, I admit you're right Threaded, but I found that Luxembourg doesn't. QUOTE]

    Well, not wanting to correct you too often, but try again.

    threaded in "that one'll be 1880" mode

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  • Fleetwood
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    After a quick Google search, I admit you're right Threaded, but I found that Luxembourg doesn't.

    Atw, How many countries are there in the world?

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  • threaded
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    Originally posted by Fleetwood
    I'm pretty sure France doesn't have one with the UK... IIRC of course
    No, a treaty came into force in 1846.

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  • AtW
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    Originally posted by Fleetwood
    You could also country-hop, and wait for a case to come to court in country A, before moving to country B. She'd give up trying eventually.
    Well, she will apply for case in local UK court, which will make decision in her favour in abcentia and then issue warrant for arrest to enforce it - this kind of court avoidance game can only work when the other side is very poor and can't afford lawyers, but given those cases of wealthy guys you can be damn sure there will be enough lawyers who would put time into it as rewards are there to be taken.

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