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Coping with Divorce or Separation

SheilaT

(23,156 posts)

8. Maybe because I grew up with very little, and

Reply to av8rdave (Original post)

Sun Jan 29, 2012, 03:42 PM

Jan 2012

maybe because I didn't get married until I was 32, and had therefore spent more than a decade on my own, I have always known that I had to have money of my own. While I did not get as much in the divorce as I would have liked or that I felt I was entitled to, there were no hidden debts or other chicanery to deal with.

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A cautionary tale [View all] av8rdave Jan 2012 OP

good advice for everyone maddezmom Jan 2012 #1

Glad you didn't experience that av8rdave Jan 2012 #2

sorry this happened to you maddezmom Jan 2012 #3

Thanks.... av8rdave Jan 2012 #4

It's not your fault. laundry_queen Jan 2012 #6

Yes, it's not difficult for a deceitful spouse to do that. laundry_queen Jan 2012 #5

Sadly, I was the one "in charge" of the family finances, av8rdave Jan 2012 #7

Maybe because I grew up with very little, and SheilaT Jan 2012 #8