Listen, I know this lady seems too stupid to be...

Author: Greg “Sad Dog” Saddux

Length: • 2 mins

Annotated by Eleanor Konik

Listen, I know this lady seems too stupid to be real but as a divorce attorney lemme just tell you, three vast majority of the people in this country are absolutely terrible with money. I cannot tell you the number of times I have had to advise a client that

neither they nor their spouse can possibly afford to get divorced. The number of times I have called opposing counsel for the first time and asked if their client is open to filing for bankruptcy. And these aren't poor people! They're just poor managers.

"what do you mean I can't afford to get divorced?? We both make six figures!"

Well let's break this down. Neither of you can afford the home on your own. Normally I'd say sell it and downsize but y'all have it mortgaged to the hilt and have mostly only paid on interest.

Ya got two $90k cars, a motorcycle, a side-by-side, a four-wheeler, a country club membership, and a timeshare, all of which you've paid for on credit. Oh and somehow you've also managed to wrack up $35k in credit card bills, mostly on expensive vacations.

Oh and both of your kids go to private school and are involved in every extracurricular known to mankind. You have nothing in savings, nothing in retirement, no meaningful investments or valuable property of any kind. You had to borrow the money to pay my retainer and you're in

here talking about how you wanna "fight" for your kids. The legal bills alone would entirely wipe out any equity you have in anything. Are you sure you guys have done everything possible to work it out?

Made more than one client cry over the years with this little speech. But that's why you always have a box of good Kleenex in the conference room.

News flash: math is still math. A "six figure" income is not a license to buy anything and everything you ever want at any given moment. And when you mismanage an income that ought to be enough for anyone to live well, it's damn sure not the PRESIDENT'S fault.

Addendum: y'all would be SHOCKED at the number of people who own $650k homes and can't afford to furnish them.

Okay this doing numbers. I don't have anything to plug. Just follow me for more riviting takes I guess. Oh and donate $1 to your local legal aid and stop supporting politicians who want to defund it (republicans). Muting now because I can't live this way.

PS instead of buying a $90k monster truck, these folks could have bought a 1980 LUV truck like I did. It has a six foot bed that never has to be made and all my neighbors are jealous of it.

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