As always, I turn to Chris Rock [paraphrasing because my feeble mind can't recall exact quotes]:

"If you give up half of 30 million.....you're gonna be all right.

If you give up half of 30 THOUSAND.....you might just have to kill somebody!!!

I ain't movin' back in with my Momma cuz YOU AIN'T IN LOVE!!!!"

 

Exaggerated for the sake of laughs, of course, but my point is, it's probably easier to absorb a divorce when you have money to spare.

However, I'm not going to assume he told this girl he was leaving his wife. It could have been something she dreamed up in her obviously unstable mind.

Exactly. Plus if you have $15 mil in the bank, you will be back "in love" tonight. If you have an extra $20 bucks to blow this week on a date, well, the $20 is all that will get blown.

Tex.

 

Settlement A. I get to keep the house in New York, you get Miami. I'll keep my Escalade and Porche, you keep your jewelery.

Settlement B. We sell the house and move into apartments, you take the Chevy and the payments, I'll take the 10 year old paid off Ford.

 

Your opinion is someone in situation A would stay, but B would leave?

 

The problem is that there are different perspectives.

 

In situation A, if the husbad earned 0% of the money, he of course doesnt care about leaving, there is no decision to be made. On the other hand in situation A, if the husband made 100% of the money and is now going to have to give up 50% of everything hes earned, he may just stay married, have her live in Miami and him live in NY. He gives her money etc, but he gets to keep the bulk of his estate.

 

In situation B, I personally could walk away easier.

 

 

The Chris Rock point to be made was if the WIFE is leaving the husband. Not if the husband who made all the money decides to leave the wife.

 

Thats just my experience with divorce cases, that generally if person A is the one who made the disproportionate amount of the money (especially a large amount), they are more hesitant to get a divorce until they are 100% absolutely sure.