Divorcing due to credit crunch?
moneyrelations :: Sep.14.2007
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My friend and I were talking about Britney Spears yesterday, when oddly enough, the subject of crazy bitches came up. Later, I spot an article written by Ben Stein regarding how the chaos in the markets is causing a ripple effect into unhappy marriages. What a coincidence as that’s my topic for today too!
My friend just happens to know a crazy bitch who is divorcing her husband of two years because of the credit crunch. This is the second marriage for both of them and the husband is a wealthy salesman of some sort while the wife is a low ranking government employee. They have a lavish lifestyle and a beautiful home, cottage, paintings, etc. Can you guess the outcome? The husband is losing his job and the wife is bailing. Hmm, gold digger, much?
And so, I come home and read Ben Stein’s article about how one woman jokes that she is leaving her husband to look for a richer one. As my story shows, these things really are happening. I sincerely hope the situation is not as cut and dry and there are extenuating circumstances involved. However, this is yet another example of how finances can strain an already fragile marriage. I know I’m keeping my financial house in order so I won’t have to deal with these issues in a marriage. And yeah, I’ll make him sign a pre-nup too 
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I’ve done a couple money sessions for groups going through a pre-marital counselling process. It was pretty amazing how many of the couples had not talked much, if at all, about how they wanted to operate their finances. A few of the couples were clearly comfortable, and had engaged in some discussion. Another had never talked about it at all, but good-naturedly jumped in and did the exercise. But a chilling number were clearly tense and uncomfortable, despite my best efforts at keeping it Lite and with no pressure. Yikes, eh?
Hey, congrats to them. At least they are talking about it in the pre-marital stage so there is some awareness. Maybe it’s the way I was brought up but my mom is a widow and she drilled it into her kids to not be in debt and don’t rely on others financially. Thank goodness I don’t have this excess baggage.