Well, he gets a 3% raise yearly I believe. A financial advisor gave me an example in which I would get 12.5% of his total retirement payout ($x/year for the rest of his life after he retires). That must have been for 10 years of service credit during the marriage x 20 years of total service credit at the time of retirement. No house, no other assets. So that’s what I’m thinking too—maybe he thinks this means I would get half of his pension for the rest of my life, and that’s way more than I would actually be getting. He doesn’t research or pay attention to these things. I was hoping once he sees actual numbers he’d realize it’s not as bad as he thinks. Or maybe it just comes down to the principle for him, who knows.
