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07-16-2019, 09:37 AM #4226Registered User
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Not sure how the changes in tax code have impacted things, but under the old tax code, couples with similar incomes got a marriage penalty. Before getting married, I took the homeowner's deduction and my wife took the "don't itemize" standard deduction. After we started filing jointly, the tax bill went up because we shared the homeowner's deduction.
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07-16-2019, 09:38 AM #4227Registered User
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07-16-2019, 12:37 PM #4228Banned
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Seems like the best thing to do is leave everything to your kids... but then you never know how things could play out... kids very well off. Partner takes some financial hits.
Maybe partner cares for you rather than you having to go in a nursing home?
Or maybe you are caring for partner and then you die unexpectantly.
Just seems like there is a lot to think about and lots of variables to make blanket statements...
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07-16-2019, 04:15 PM #4229
sigh.
I forgive you your naivete and believe your intentions are genuine. However, if you've not been through what many of us in this thread have your context and perspective is limited. Not an insult, just a fact.
If -and that's a big if - I choose to commit to a partner again, said partner will be self sufficient and have their own lives and financial affairs sorted to take care fo their families, and they can make what ever choices they like about what to do with theirs. At this age, if I chose to partner again, all of those possibilities will have been out on the table for due conversation and agreement. Who will take care of whom if care taking is required will be well established and likely in writing if it is a dedicated life-partnership.
Believe it or not, us TGR geezers actually do think beyond the next cocktail and what our futures might look like. I can make those statements because they are what I choose to do after considering the possibilities, but they are far from 'blanket'.
And you still can do all of those things, if you are intentional and communicative, without a judge's signature and a piece of jewelry.
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07-16-2019, 05:41 PM #4230watch out for snakes
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07-16-2019, 05:57 PM #4231
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07-16-2019, 06:45 PM #4233
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07-17-2019, 12:12 AM #4235Banned
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07-17-2019, 05:07 AM #4236
the old mans going thru the end of the 3rd marriage definitely the nastiest of the 3 and taking a toll on him financially and emotionally
bitch was bad ju ju from the git go surprised it lasted +20
he does have a new fishin girlfriend and shes nice
2 decades and 2 years into my 1st im stoked this one still floats me boats
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07-17-2019, 06:00 AM #4237
Nice!
watch out for snakes
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07-17-2019, 09:37 AM #4238
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07-17-2019, 08:16 PM #4239
She’s a polished turd
I didn't believe in reincarnation when I was your age either.
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07-17-2019, 11:22 PM #4240Banned
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Are you drinking again, Mikey?
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07-18-2019, 12:59 AM #4241
From the chalice of love
I didn't believe in reincarnation when I was your age either.
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07-18-2019, 01:01 AM #4242
Tammy Wynette cannot be reached for help-Divorce advice
Good to know you’re still a polished turd.
I edited out the part where I called you a POS. Over the line. No need for that.
I’m drinking from the chalice of love.
It’s quite entertaining to watch you make an ass of yourself. Again and again.
Carry onLast edited by ~mikey b; 07-18-2019 at 06:35 AM.
I didn't believe in reincarnation when I was your age either.
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07-21-2019, 09:50 AM #4243
Single moms are rough customers.
One minute she says she’s focusing on her kids. Next she’s texting me ❤️ about work I did for her. Then she’s asking me to join her and her family (grandma and the kids) for a moonlight paddle.I didn't believe in reincarnation when I was your age either.
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07-21-2019, 09:55 AM #4244
Single parents.... it’s not single moms
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07-21-2019, 10:28 AM #4245
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07-21-2019, 12:54 PM #4246
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07-21-2019, 01:11 PM #4247
$$$ isn't everything.
Splitting up after age 50 — often called “gray divorce” — may be particularly hazardous to your emotional and financial health, far worse than doing so at younger ages. A wave of new research is quantifying the damage.
“It’s a grim picture,” said Susan Brown, a Bowling Green State University sociology professor and co-director of the National Center for Family & Marriage Research, which has generated many of the new findings. According to one study, people who’ve gone through a gray divorce report higher levels of depression than those whose spouses died.
The economic effects are even more stark. As more and more baby boomers end marriages, sometimes for the second or third time, they’re wrecking their finances on an unprecedented scale.
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07-21-2019, 01:28 PM #4248Registered User
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because survival of the species is one of the tenets of being human, the reality is attractive women will have probably procreated, I've been thru 3 sets of step (ish) kids and I would say I got better at it but you might as well be realistic and resign yourself to 2nd class status
the woman I dated with no kids had a Siberian husky and I probably did the best with the dog
I often silently thank my ex-wife for kicking me out when i was still young enough to financialy recover
$$$$ isn't everything but it sure beats the alternativeLee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
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07-21-2019, 04:30 PM #4249I drink it up
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That was a big part of my calculus. I’d just reached break even point financially; little later than I should have. Partially because I got a late start on a career and partially because she would not get a goddamned job. If I can maintain break even for the next few years while supporting her through her series of entry level jobs I should be able to recover in my 40’s. Wait until late 40’s after I’ve started to acquire some wealth? Seems like a no win.
focus.
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07-21-2019, 08:45 PM #4250
The best divorce is one that never happens.
Just got the loan for the 4R paid off the other day.watch out for snakes
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