People who are healthy don't look at a person as a paycheck,
That is very true. There are two LBS women that use to post on this BB that accepted the child support but declined alimony from their H's even though they were entitled to it by law.
My mother was a stay at home W for 20 something years. Even though she was a WAS - she declined alimony from my father. She had the education but lacked experience. She started from minimum wage and worked her way up - and bought her own townhouse. My siblings and I were over 18 - so no child support. My father had saved up for our college and our first car years ago - and my mother didn't go for ha1f of that money.
My siblings and I were very lucky that both of our parents put our financial needs way ahead of their own.
