What Was The True and Total Cost of Your Marriage?

[Anonymous 6]

I have a couple of questions for you divorced men on here. What was the total financial cost of your marriage? As in how did the wedding cost, divorce court, assets that you lost, etc. etc. Another question is what was the emotional toll for you? How long did it take for you to work through the psychological damage done by your ex-wife? Are you still paying?

Lurkers and newbies please read this thread carefully. This information is as much for you as it is for anyone else. Let the thing stated in this thread be a warning to you and for you. MGTOW is serious business, and the men here are trying to help and to save others from utter destruction. They have helped me significantly and will help you to if you just listen to them.

[TwistParticipant]

I’ll get back to you right after I go and puke.

[foolsgoldParticipant 5664]

The total cost will be at least $500,000. That’s after extortion(child support) runs out in 54 months. Emotionally I didn’t give a f~~~ by the time it was final. She will most likely lose the house when extortion runs out. I will get the kids(who will then be adults) as a result. No sympathy to her. The best revenge is living and looking as well as I do.
Cheers

[RemovedParticipant 4676]

I am not sure how much money I lost. What I do know is she ruined my credit, stole about 15k in forged checks cashed into her personal account, and I was always in debt as an engineer for a well known name.

The cost of that was nothing compared to how it ended. Just before the divorce was finalized, my daughter died while under her care. I will not go into details, but she would be alive if not for the actions of my ex-wife.

If you think it couldn’t happen to you, think again. If it did happen to you, you are not alone. Women are heartless and will stop at nothing to get what they want, no matter who has to pay for it.

[RealityBitesParticipant 2198]

It was enough to make me never want to marry again. A painful lesson, but I have seen the folly of my past ways, and I am determined to never put myself into that position again.

[TwistParticipant]

Removed wrote:

Women are heartless and will stop at nothing to get what they want, no matter who has to pay for it.

The children are just collateral damage to them.

I didn’t know your story, Brother. I’m so sorry. Hope you have found a way to have some Peace.

[WA4SWJParticipant 366]

I have no idea of the full monetary cost, but my guess is at least $500K. Plus the loss of three unborn children she aborted that I had no say in. I would say that the total cost is beyond priceless because of that. Who knows what those children would have accomplished. Sad beyond measure. As one of the guys here says, “Do not impregnate, do not cohabitate and above all, do not marry.” (Hope I got it right.)

Ed

[foghornleghornParticipant 3449]

$0 because I never got married. Was lucky enough to have ring side seats to my brother’s life getting f~~~ed to shreds because of his marriage.

[wyrParticipant 591]

From what I remember.

Common law marriage (filing fees) ~ $50

Divorce (legal zoom + filing fees) ~ $600

I don’t pay her anything and we rarely communicate anymore. I’m focused on moving on and building a better life for myself.

Almost a year has passed since my divorce. Accepting the reality that it wasn’t for forever, that it was just my turn, has helped. I think about it less and less.

The worry that she’ll damage my credit persists, but I’ve accepted that it was my mistake for cosigning for her car. I take responsibility for that and will accept the consequences, if I must.

Total financial cost was minor, but I spent more than a decade living a lie (deluded) instead of building a life for myself.

Self-improvement is my religion. Sovereignty is my god.

[RemovedParticipant 4676]

Twist wrote:

Uly wrote:

Women are heartless and will stop at nothing to get what they want, no matter who has to pay for it.

The children are just collateral damage to them.

I didn’t know your story, Brother. I’m so sorry. Hope you have found a way to have some Peace.

I struggle daily with it, but I refuse to let her death be in vain. I do what I can to help others and even change laws, based on my experience and the suffering of the babies and children. The voices that cannot speak up lose far more than I could have. I don’t like talking about it, and rather drown it in a bottle, but I will instead spread the truth of women and their monstrous ways.

[wyrParticipant 591]

Removed wrote:

The cost of that was nothing compared to how it ended. Just before the divorce was finalized, my daughter died while under her care. I will not go into details, but she would be alive if not for the actions of my ex-wife.

Sorry for your loss.

Self-improvement is my religion. Sovereignty is my god.

[Jack HarperParticipant 2863]

Engagement Ring: $8k
Wedding: $20k of which my ex and I paid half and her father paid half.
Divorce attorneys: $25k
Divorce misc expenses (moving, new furniture): $5k
Child support etc for two kids aged 3 and 6 at time of divorce will be approximately $300k by the end.
I estimate you could probably tack on another $50-100k for bulls~~~ she wanted that I gave into because I wanted to make her “happy”.

[Anonymous 42]

I got divorced before I got married! Final cost: $0.00

I bet Twist has to puke again!

[Anonymous 43]

hey Twist, push over, I gotta hurl too

it isn’t the money so much as the personal intense aggravation that may never goes away. So much time and pain, and just dead loss. I paid for one lawyer’s wife’s masters degree, and at least 2 new Mercedes S500 automobiles. First lawyer bought a boat and named after me and the c~~~. Her lawyer’s ass got bigger and bigger, and she bought a couple new cars too. Another of her lawyers bought a new motorcycle.

We each spent $300K. For nothing. I gave up house cars, furniture all the useless s~~~ in the house. but fought for my kids right to have me in their lives, and ultimately lost out to her lies and bulls~~~.

[Anonymous 8]

I don’t play that s~~~.

My best friend though, well not no more, his marriage cost me a ~20 year friendship, all because I wouldn’t pay for a ticket to Cuba. Mind you I’d have declined to attend if he got married in the church down the street.

I wouldn’t have attended slave auctions when they were a legal institution neither.

Removed wrote:

my daughter died while under her care. I will not go into details, but she would be alive if not for the actions of my ex-wife.

Sorry for your loss brother.

[CarnageParticipant 22113]

My dignity.

And like 40000€.

To those following me, be careful, I just farted. Men those beans are killers.

[Puffin StuffParticipant 24979]

It would have cost me nearly 500K if I didn’t get 50/50 shared custody, against my ex-wife’s wishes. Wasn’t that special.

Because I had so much custody it only cost me 300K for the divorce and 9 year custody fight.

I lost a lot more than that in emotional pain.

#icethemout; Remember Thomas Ball. He died for your children.

[TecumsehParticipant 98]

I had a net worth of about $80K before I got married (most in home equity). I was married for a year, then paid alimony for a year. After that my net worth was about
-$10K. So I guess my one year marriage cost $90K. Some might say it ain’t much…but it’s a lot when it’s all you’ve got!

I had stepkids and they cost a little more than I expected (great kids though – that was the hardest part of the divorce) and my ex-wife was never able to bring in any income. So probably about 2/3rds of the loss was related to the marriage itself, the rest was alimony and legal fees.

[TecumsehParticipant 98]

Removed wrote:

The cost of that was nothing compared to how it ended. Just before the divorce was finalized, my daughter died while under her care. I will not go into details, but she would be alive if not for the actions of my ex-wife.

Damn Uly, I’m really sorry man.

[StargazerParticipant 12505]

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