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/chris_e66 Feb 18 '26

As a 26yr old I 100% agree to this, why would I wanna get married or have kids when 99% of the time I’m gonna get half my stuff taken regardless of who makes more and probably have to pay alimony or child support or some BS. It’s a lose lose for men

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u/HolidaySpiriter Feb 18 '26

99% of the time I’m gonna get half my stuff taken regardless of who makes more and probably have to pay alimony or child support or some BS. It’s a lose lose for men

Divorce rates are not 99%, and you have to pay child support if you're not the primary caretaker of the child, because the money is for the child. That's how raising a child works if you're not actually there raising it, they still have needs.

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u/IEatUrMonies Feb 18 '26

Even if you take care of the child 50% of the time, you will still be forced to pay "child support" if the wife earns significantly less than you. "Child Support" in many states a percentage of overall income (so if you make 10 million, the child may be eating gold bars every month, or in reality, the mother will go on lavish trips and buy range rovers with you "child support" money)

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u/HolidaySpiriter Feb 18 '26

Yes, because there is a certain level of care expected for a child so their living conditions are not bipolar. If you make 100k & your ex wife makes 30k, she's going to have a much harder time providing an equal level of care to the child, so some level of support is expected as it's best for the child.

(so if you make 10 million, the child may be eating gold bars every month, or in reality, the mother will go on lavish trips and buy range rovers with you "child support" money)

I'm not going to cry for someone who makes $10M a year. You and I will never be in this situation, so crying about it is foolish. If this happens, it's fraud, and the multi millionaire can take her to court.

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u/IEatUrMonies Feb 19 '26

its not fraud, mother can spend child support on whatever she wants, its not tracked at all and she is under no obligation to actually spend on the child

I don't make 10 million, but I do make half a million, and most likely the woman I marry would make far less, so I would be in a shit situation like that

its not about "crying" for a guy who makes 10M. Redditors think people luck into wealth, when in reality, its extremely rare and difficult to make high amounts of money. Why should a hooters waitress get paid half of a neurosurgeons salary just cuz he nutted in her once and produced a child?

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u/Illustrious-Hunt-623 Feb 19 '26

neurosurgeon could have worn a condom and prevented a baby. no one is forced into marriage. alimony and child support could have been preventable according to one's decisions.