Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/05/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Gee, wish I had done what they are doing. Would have been cheaper. Bill Pearce -----Original Message----- From: Tina Manley Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2012 6:03 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] marriage That's what my son is telling me. He has been living with his girlfriend for 7 years and they have just bought a house together! When I ask about marriage, they both say that every friend they have who has gotten married has ended up divorced within a year or two. They are actually afraid of marriage. What has happened? Why is marriage a threat instead of a promise? Maybe we should move this to the Forum. Tina On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 6:55 PM, Chris Crawford < chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> wrote: > The fact that you're a goodhearted woman who would never do that to your > husband doesn't change the fact that you still have a license to steal if > you wanted to. That wasn't such a concern for your generation, Tina. When > you got married, people respected their marriage vows, and each other. > > The women of my generation simply do not have that belief. They get bored, > they go screw someone else. Then they divorce the man and take most of > what he has. More than half of marriages in my age group fail within 5 > years, and 85% of divorces are filed by the women, not the men. When a > female attorney tells me that men are idiots for marrying today, I see no > reason why she would lie. > > Even my mother has told me that! She works with a lot of women who are my > age and younger, and she has told me that she is absolutely mortified by > their behaviour. She asked me recently why she keeps seeing young women > ditching good men for worthless scum. She finally understood why so many > decent men refuse to marry these days. Women can do what they want, its a > free country, and I would certainly not want the government telling people > who want to divorce that they cannot. At the same time, the laws are very > unjust, and men have the freedom to refuse to participate. I have met some > women who are good women, but they're all my mother's age. > > -- > Chris Crawford > Fine Art Photography > Fort Wayne, Indiana > 260-437-8990 > > http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio > > http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! > > http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 > Become a fan on Facebook > > > > > On 5/30/12 5:59 PM, "Tina Manley" <images at comporium.net> wrote: > > >Whoa! Sorry you guys have had a bad experience with marriage but maybe > >you > >just picked the wrong women! I don't think my husband would say that > >marriage is a license for women to steal. We share everything. Marriage > >is wonderful when you choose the right partner. We couldn't imagine life > >without each other. He is my other half and my best friend. > > > >Tina > > > >On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 5:41 PM, Chris Crawford < > >chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> wrote: > > > >> You've learned an expensive lesson: Marriage is simply a license for > >>women > >> to steal. I've never, thank God, been married, but I've dealt with the > >> family-law system a lot over the years because I have a 15 year old > >> son. > >> My attorney, who is a young woman, told me that any man who marries in > >>the > >> United States is as stupid as a chicken who would support Colonel > >>Sanders. > >> I've seen several friends with wives who cheated on them constantly, > >>then > >> left for another man, and the courts punished the husband for his > >> wife's > >> whoring by letting the ex-wife steal everything he owned. My attorney > >>told > >> me that men get zero benefit from marriage. > >> > >> I got custody of my son 4 yrs ago. His mother has never and will never > >>pay > >> a dime of child support. The state couldn't care less. I don't care, I > >> don't need her money and am honestly happy that she leaves us alone > >> (she > >> rarely sees our son, she lost interest in him after having a new baby). > >>My > >> ex got NOTHNG I owned when she decided to leave for some loser > >> 'badboy', > >> because we were not married. All she got was child support during the > >> years she had custody of him. > >> > >> -- > >> Chris Crawford > >> Fine Art Photography > >> Fort Wayne, Indiana > >> 260-437-8990 > >> > >> http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio > >> > >> http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! > >> > >> http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 > >> Become a fan on Facebook > >> > >> > >> > >> On 5/30/12 3:07 PM, "Ken Iisaka" <ken at iisaka.com> wrote: > >> > >> >Going through a very acrimonious divorce process, I just received a > >>demand > >> >letter from my ex demanding all of my photographic equipment acquired > >> >before the separation date. That includes numerous M bodies including > >>an > >> >M8, and a bunch of lenses including some spectacular lenses like > >>Noctilux > >> >and APO Summicron 90mm. > >> > > >> >Considering that she has previously claimed highly inflated values for > >>my > >> >equipment, I'm hoping that I would be able to get 50% of the value > >>towards > >> >a new set of equipment based on her valuation. > >> > > >> >Looking at what I use the most, I think I'd be very happy with a MM, > >> >APO-Summicron 50mm for most of my work, and Olympus OM-D E-M5 with a > >>few > >> >lenses for color work. In the film days, I used Leica exclusively for > >>BW, > >> >and a Nikon for color. I look forward to these simpler days. > >> > > >> >-- > >> >Ken Iisaka > >> >first name at last name dot org or com > >> > > >> >_______________________________________________ > >> >Leica Users Group. > >> >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > >> > > > > > >-- > >Tina Manley, ASMP > >www.tinamanley.com > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Leica Users Group. > >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information