Its like the movie When Harry Met Sally. Harry, watching his friends talk about moving in with each other, says "Helen (his exW) and I started like this. But then 10 years later you find yourselves fighting over this dish. This $5 dish will cost you $1000 talking to the law firm of That's Mine, This Is Hers!"
LOL! So true! Also reminds me of that photo of the two people on the floor of a divorce court splitting up their beanie baby collection one by one. All that focus on objects that a year or two later were completely worthless. I mean I fully support people trying to come to an equitable solution, it should not be skewed to one party at the expense of the other. But I read a quote somewhere years ago- "no party is made whole in divorce", and that is where people get tripped up. Some people think they should be "made whole" and restored to 100% income and ownership of belongings at the expense of their spouse. It just doesn't work that way, you've got to be willing to compromise and negotiate. Sometimes you are and your spouse isn't, and that's when mediation should be looked into.
