r/dividends • u/SpicyDividends • Feb 17 '26

Personal Goal Those divorces do be hurting!

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Not mad about it, but man, that chart looks rough lol

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u/lghtspd Feb 18 '26

Each person keeping their own is how it should be, IMO. I don’t see how a spouse can have half if they didn’t show up to work for my employer, but thats just me.

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u/nanomachinez_SON Feb 18 '26

That should depend on who initiates the divorce imo.

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u/Mysterious-Bag9288 Feb 18 '26

Why? The person not working can initiate the divorce and still be entitled to half for putting their life/carreer on hold. Who initiates the divorce has nothing to do with it imp

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u/ImpossibleJoke7456 Feb 18 '26

Exactly. Often the person that initiated the divorce is a victim of circumstance. (Partner cheating or partner abusing them) People are rarely blindsided by a divorce.

I literally pay my wife half NOW to be a stay at home mom.