It might be time to review some of Sun Tzu's "Art of War" - you are trying to win a war without having to fight a battle. There are psychological means that you can utilize to get a new age spiritual whacko to sign a truce (ie divorce papers).
Got it on my desk. She was amicable to the $500 but wanted me to also pay her part of the health insurance ($104/month)
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You are both getting caught up in things that really are not relevant to the question... her on the "big house", and you on the expenses. It's turning it into an emotional argument rather than an intellectual one.
If you do the math, in a community property state she should be paying 1/2 of our back taxes with me. She isn't. She isn't paying her quarterly taxes right now either.
Her gross take home is $2k/month.
Fine. Could be much worse and she's desperate right now. Hopefully she will accept the compromise and we can move on.
Funny how when we were living in the 'nice house' I bought for her and the kids she didn't worry about things because she knew I would always find a way to make it work.
