I've asked this before but it bears repeating - is there a club somewhere for cheating spouses? You pay a membership fee and get the Cheater's handbook, complete with cheatsheet of lines for the unsuspecting spouse?

"I'll take care of you" is on that cheat sheet for sure.

Probably underwritten by ads from sleazeball lawyers ...

Yes, I got that line, along with "There's noone else" and "we can mediate and come to a fair agreement without being raped by unscrupulous lawyers" ... then after I went to a lawyer to find out my rights and retained one for $3500 ... he went and found the most b@llbusting attorney who charged a $15k retainer for an uncontested, mediated divorce. He p!$$ed through half that money in 7 months, before he realized she was creating conflict where there had never been before and he fired her.

Here's the advice I paid $350 an hour for from a mediator who also did marriage mediation, didn't believe in divorce and tried to help couples save their families:

1. Know what you want. Take all the time you need to know what YOU want, separate from your spouse.

2. A divorce settlement is a BUSINESS AGREEMENT between two parties, much like the dissolution of a corporation. NO ROOM FOR EMOTION. Treat the business piece as a business and emote elsewhere. This place is great for venting.

M 20+ T25+
S ~15.5 (BD)
BD 4/6/15
D 12/23/16

"Someone I loved once gave me
A box full of darkness.
It took me years to understand,
That this too, was a gift."
~ Mary Oliver