If, additionally, a woman has left her career to care for her family, she is at a distinct disadvantage financially... she will probably not catch up to where she would be if she had never married and had children... Alimony seeks to compensate her and more so their children for the sacrifices she made...
My neighbor that lives to the right had twins at 40. She took 10 years off and went back to work with a schedule that allowed her to be home for her kids. She is making over a 100K again. When her first M ended, she paid her H alimony.
My neighbor in front. Got pregnant in high school. Mother is a drug addict- hasn't seen her in years. Has two boys. She and her H have high school diplomas. She worked a couple of years while her MIL took care of the kids. They moved here. She took 10 years off. Her first job when she went back was as an assistant to Charlie Bell - the CEO at McDonalds that died suddenly of cancer. I am sure her income is close to 6 figures - if not over. Her H was recently laid off. She is carrying things financially - it is not cheap paying the mortgage where I live and they own a large beemer.
CEO of Pepsi Cola. Left her job as CEO to raise kids for about 10 years. She went back to work as a CEO at Pepsi Cola. Her H left her. I imagine that 50% was quite a chuck of change - and add alimony...I understand he is doing quite well. You can google this one. No idea what her income is - probably can look it up - it should be a public record.
Patent GF. Worked at a large law firm. Left to raise her kids. She works 3 days a week - mostly when the kids are asleep and early in the morning. She wants to make sure when she returns to work she can pick up where she left off.
Cardiologist's W is a partner at a large law firm in Chicago. She works from home. She has a nine year old from a first M and a baby that is a year old. She works part time and mostly late at night, early mornings - and when the baby sleeps. She is probably making close to 500k/year.
Emailing Man's W has three kids. Just had baby number 3 a year ago when she was 42. She is an employment attorney. She left the large firn environment when she had kids. She works out of her home parttime to stay in touch with the developments in her career so she can go back full time when the kids are older. She is probably pulling in 100k a year.
Not all women that take time off from their careers are finished professionally. It depends on the individual. And not every woman has the capacity to get the degrees and/or experience necessary to make it professionally. Lots of people make a lot less than 100k after working for over 20 years. If you manage your education and/or career smartly - you can have you cake and eat it too. That is what I plan on doing. The key is planning ahead.
