I'm pretty sure I'm in the power seat when it comes to spousal support.
I also want to add that she plays the emotional blackmail when it comes to spousal support - "How could I ever be with a man who wants to only support his W who stayed home for their entire marriage for only 2.5 years? That's not the person I want to be with, you don't value or respect me."
In your mind it is emotional blackmail in her's it may just be MORE OF THE SAME BEHAVIOR.
From your first thread:
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Maybe I wasn't clear enough. I was absent. I wasn't a good father (not because she told me, because I know it). I wasn't supportive enough for my family and picked myself over them many times, both monetarily and attention wise. I think that changes the situation on why she would seek outside "approval"
Now you are father of the year? Deserve 50/50 custody? Lower child support payments? Putting your career on hold to raise children while your husband advances in his and golf 3 times a week doesn't add up to a hill of beans in your eyes? Hmmm......
Divorce threats as a Last Resort Technique then verbal pokes and punches when it doesnt go your way. Who is emotionally blackmailing who?