I knew about the alimony tax issue but didn't realize it would take effect so quickly!
Will it apply retroactively? My ex would be pi$$ed if he had to pay taxes on my last year of alimony (2018) and I didn't!
It's a rotten move because it shifts the tax burden to the higher tax bracket at exactly the time when both parties are facing higher expenses of two houses instead of one. And the payoff is quite small relative to the huge tax breaks for the ultra rich.
I can't imagine this part would pass, it would be WILDLY unpopular.
Also apparently in this bill is the elimination of a tax break for graduate students who get tuition reduction for working in the lab and the like. As if graduate school wasn't already expensive enough, and as if we weren't in need of all those STEM graduates (which are 61% of the beneficiaries of this tax break).
doodler - feel free to drop by my thread on MLC with the jokes. It's a sad and boring place right now where all I have to write about these days is the 23 year old with large breasts (yes it was a woman) who was at my house last night complaining about her boyfriend. I gave her candy.
I tried to tell a joke over on Huddy's thread but I think I scared him off.
jokes work at comedy clubs, or to find the silver lining or when the person NEEDS a laugh.
But there are times when the pain is so real, recent r raw that the "joker" may be trying to detach from their own discomfort and so, makes a joke that just does not help. It detracts.
That was my point (time & place, etc).
I'm be doing some comedy work on stage again and a small part will be dedicated to h, but he's not going to be the center of my world much longer. I want him to be in the position of irrelevance he so richly deserves
ANYHOW, if you are really seriously in doing comedy for real, (Jewishness not needed) then I recommend you get Judy Carter's book on Stand Up Comedy Bible, or the Comedy Work book, b/c she's got the vehicles for you to structure your own material into a format that works. She shows you how to find/create your authentic comedy into the usual set up punch line format.
And it'll all be your own material, so good luck with that.
M: 57 H: 60 M: 35 yrs S30,D28,D19 H off to Alaska 2006 Recon 7/07- 8/08 *2016* X = "ALASKA 2.0" GROUND HOG DAY I File D 10/16 OW DIV 2/26/2018 X marries OW 5/2016
Sit quietly, the answers will reveal themselves when you least expect them to. The past is gone, the present is a gift and you need to focus on today, allow the future to reveal itself when it is ready.
Sit quietly, the answers will reveal themselves when you least expect them to. The past is gone, the present is a gift and you need to focus on today, allow the future to reveal itself when it is ready.
ANYHOW, if you are really seriously in doing comedy for real, (Jewishness not needed) then I recommend you get Judy Carter's book on Stand Up Comedy Bible, or the Comedy Work book, b/c she's got the vehicles for you to structure your own material into a format that works. She shows you how to find/create your authentic comedy into the usual set up punch line format.
25,
I'm actually not interested in being a comic, but thank you for your recommendation. You are clearly a woman of substance, beauty and grace.
I'm new and haven't been around to follow your journey but just in reading in your latest update I want to say I'm so sorry for the news about your ex-husband and brother. It sounds like your brother will need your support and his recovery will be your priority in the near future. It sounds like he has a positive attitude and is holding it together but life really isn't fair. I look forward to reading more of your journey and to learning from your experience since it sounds like you're ahead of many of us.
the hearing to settle or go forward to trial is Monday the 13th.
True, I've had 3 hearings to settle, that always get delayed. I read h's pleadings last night.
I could not finish them. Literally. At one point his lawyer (h, I guess) said I should claim disability and if so, let society bear the burden of ME, not him.
let that ^^ sink in.
Wow...I was so wrong about him.
M: 57 H: 60 M: 35 yrs S30,D28,D19 H off to Alaska 2006 Recon 7/07- 8/08 *2016* X = "ALASKA 2.0" GROUND HOG DAY I File D 10/16 OW DIV 2/26/2018 X marries OW 5/2016
I am NOT disabled. I had a health setback and now I'm moving forward and recovering.
And that's all I can say at the moment I guess.
I appreciate prayers however - I really do
M: 57 H: 60 M: 35 yrs S30,D28,D19 H off to Alaska 2006 Recon 7/07- 8/08 *2016* X = "ALASKA 2.0" GROUND HOG DAY I File D 10/16 OW DIV 2/26/2018 X marries OW 5/2016
