Would you burn your house down...?

Fukuyama

With all your money inside it?

Myself and a mate were talking about how we'd make sure we'd come off better in a divorce.

Scenario:

Let's say you've been married a few years. You find out your wife (or husband) has been cheating on you. Useless bitch doesn't have job and it you that has paid for everything. No kids involved.

The thought of someone getting half of everything you've worked for sickens me. So would you devalue your assets right before the divorce? Throw a match to your house and jump on a plane??

I would! (Granted this is in fantasy land!)

phasers

Dean0088 wrote: »

With all your money inside it?

Myself and a mate were talking about how we'd make sure we'd come off better in a divorce.

Scenario:

Let's say you've been married a few years. You find out your wife (or husband) has been cheating on you. Useless bitch doesn't have job and it you that has paid for everything. No kids involved.

The thought of someone getting half of everything you've worked for sickens me. So would you devalue your assets right before the divorce? Throw a match to your house and jump on a plane??

I would! (Granted this is in fantasy land!)

No, I'd get a pre-nup before I got married.

The_Minister

Am I so upset that I am willing to live in poverty from then on, for the rest of my life?

If not, then no.

The_Minister

phasers wrote: »

No, I'd get a pre-nup before I got married.

Useless in Ireland

Fukuyama

phasers wrote: »

No, I'd get a pre-nup before I got married.

Didn't think there was pre-nups in Ireland...

phasers

Who said I was in Ireland? This is fantasy land.

MagicMarker

I just wouldn't get married.

Mr. Denton

Since this person has been scrounging off you and has no job wouldn't you still have to pay them maintenance?

I agree with the pre-nup idea. Nothing turns a woman on like saying "i don't trust you, i don't want you to have my stuff, and I see this possibly ending in divorce.". They love it.

imitation

I wouldn't, why pay 100,000+ just to spite somebody. You might get some kind of weird feel good factor out of it, but in a few months on tesco value noodles in slum you might think otherwise.

CardBordWindow

You'd have to ask yourself, would I spend more time in jail for arson, or murder?

anto2

If the house was paid for it could be sold and you would get 50% .I may be wrong on that .

Burning is a very negative act with many dangers involved .

biko

The length some people will go to just to deprive someone else of something...

dr.bollocko

I could really do with a sausage sandwich right about now.

Mrmoe

Bitterness and being resentful will do yourself a lot more harm in the long run. You would be better off just moving on and counting yourself lucky that you avoid any more time with someone that doesn't love you.

Show Time

Dean0088 wrote: »

With all your money inside it?

Myself and a mate were talking about how we'd make sure we'd come off better in a divorce.

Scenario:

Let's say you've been married a few years. You find out your wife (or husband) has been cheating on you. Useless bitch doesn't have job and it you that has paid for everything. No kids involved.

The thought of someone getting half of everything you've worked for sickens me. So would you devalue your assets right before the divorce? Throw a match to your house and jump on a plane??

I would! (Granted this is in fantasy land!)

Just kill the wife.

themadchef

Dean0088 wrote: »

The thought of someone getting half of everything you've worked for sickens me.

Why?

If marriage is a partnership then you were more than happy to let her stay home and play house while you worked.

If she didint have a job when you met what were you expecting? May be she has a job and loses it, or gave it up to clean up after you

Marriages go tits up for alot of reasons. It's never a one way street, no one is ever 100% to blame (even the person having the affair for that matter, and i should know, my ex had one).

Burn your house, cut your arms, cry your hole off. It wont change the fact that she will clean your ass out when she goes.

No pre nump in Ireland by the way, so yee can knock that fantasy on the head. Just choose carefully and marry above your station dahling. That way if money is your only god, even if you get left with half it's still more than you started with

MistyCheese

Burn the house? Are you quite mad? Of course I wouldn't burn down my house, what did the house ever do to me? It's not the house that cheated on me. Leave the poor house alone. Quit ragging on the house!

That would be arson which is illegal and immoral and inocent bystanders may get hurt. The very suggestion makes so angry with rage that I am already planning my phonecall to Liveline on Monday.

The cheater though will burn with the fire of a thousand kilns.

themadchef

dr.bollocko wrote: »

I could really do with a sausage sandwich right about now.

Ohhhh Matron!

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Eric Cartman

Dean0088 wrote: »

With all your money inside it?

Myself and a mate were talking about how we'd make sure we'd come off better in a divorce.

Scenario:

Let's say you've been married a few years. You find out your wife (or husband) has been cheating on you. Useless bitch doesn't have job and it you that has paid for everything. No kids involved.

The thought of someone getting half of everything you've worked for sickens me. So would you devalue your assets right before the divorce? Throw a match to your house and jump on a plane??

I would! (Granted this is in fantasy land!)

she wouldnt live long enough to even call a solicitor

EverEvolving

Be very stupid to have all your money in the house, why not stash it somewhere secure first, then pretend it went down in flames. Also, won't you have house and contents insurance so when that comes through she will get half anyway?

You could sell the house, take half and then jump on a plane with all your money intact.

Note to self - never get married to Dean0088.

orourkeda

dont get married

Michael 09

I could be wrong but if she is caught cheating then isn't she at fault for the marriage ending in divorce and thus may not be entitled to anything due to her infidelity?

Therefore you would end up just burning down your own house, which would suck.

Mike 1972

MistyCheese wrote: »

That would be arson which is illegal and immoral and inocent bystanders may get hurt.

Is it actually illegal to burn down ones house (assuming no risk to neighbours/bystanders and theres no insurance or mortgage on it) ?

Suppose at a stretch it could be considered demolition without planning permission but I thought the term arson only applied when it was someone elses property or there was an attempt at an insurance claim ?

Saila

themadchef wrote: »

Why?

If marriage is a partnership then you were more than happy to let her stay home and play house while you worked.

Last time I looked since 2000+ you needed 2 incomes to be able to get a mortgage If she stays home and raises your kids, then fair game
otherwise beat it bitch!

themadchef

Saila wrote: »

Last time I looked since 2000+ you needed 2 incomes to be able to get a mortgage If she stays home and raises your kids, then fair game
otherwise beat it bitch!

Oh i love it, what if you lose your job, she's now the bread winner. Will you beat it?

Alot of growing up can be done through a hell of a lot of tears.

If you are prepared, as a couple, to let her stay filing her nails all day so she can look purddy for her man, then she fecking deserves half for the sheer hell that must be living with someone so easily pleased

Kojak

phasers wrote: »

Who said I was in Ireland? This is fantasy land.

While we are in fantasy land, can I have a jar of marmalade?

Kojak

orourkeda wrote: »

dont get married

Damn right, its just a money making racket! If you own more assets or have more cash that your other half, then by no means should you get married. You are bound to loose more than the other side while, conversely, they will gain more than they had before the marriage was entered into.

mawk

themadchef wrote: »

If you are prepared, as a couple, to let her stay filing her nails all day so she can look purddy for her man, then she fecking deserves half for the sheer hell that must be living with someone so easily pleased

Whats hard about living with someone who is easily pleased. Surely it would be worse to constantly break your balls and be told its not good enough?

Also pre nups do exist in irish law but its at the discression of the judge to enforce them or ignore them

gonedrinking

Kojak wrote: »

Damn right, its just a money making racket! If you own more assets or have more cash that your other half, then by no means should you get married. You are bound to loose more than the other side while, conversely, they will gain more than they had before the marriage was entered into.

Even if you are not married, if you have been with your partner for a significant amount of time then they are entitled to half your assets should you split up. I had this chat with a mate of mine who is a lawyer, and he confirmed pre-nups are useless. I think the only way to protect yourself is to withdraw a certain amount of cash every month and hid it somewhere or give it to a family member to hold onto etc. That way you can claim in court that the amount withdrawn each month was for living expenses and wasn't used to buy any assets.

Although in saying this, I think cash will be a thing of the past in about 20 years, all transactions will be electronic which will make it impossible to protect yourself.