As divorce leaves more and more women unable to afford a home of their own...The lovelorn mid-lifers forced to live with strangers- try living in the back of your minivan!

unexpecteditem · 2014-02-17T18:48:38+00:00

It's shocking when a woman had to face life on the same terms as a man.

2014-02-17T23:01:53+00:00

Funny. For years men who got divorced and dumped out of their families have been living in bedsits and nobody gave a shit. "What? You're broke and you're living in a house full of meth addicts? Serves you right for not being the husband she wanted you to be."

All of a sudden women start getting hurt by divorce and it becomes a crisis. "I left my husband because he wasn't making me haaaapppyyy and now I don't have his wages coming in to help fund my life. Somebody do something!"

Watch me now as I utterly fail to give a shit.

ruskyandrei · 2014-02-17T19:16:24+00:00

God, I despise woe-is-me articles. Sorry if you actually have a house and a bed to sleep in, and money with which you can still afford food with. Let me just pause your little sob-story for a moment and ask the homeless how they're holding up.

Blue_Shoes_2 · 2014-02-18T01:28:55+00:00

Just a few points I'd like to highlight from the article:

"When she separated recently from her sales manager husband of 22 years" and "When she split up with her partner" - She decided to leave him. The consequences of leaving him and living this way are a result of her own actions.

"With their children grown up, he pays her no maintenance" - Does anybody else get a feeling of entitlement coming from this? It feels to me from the phrasing like she 'deserves' maintenance.

"leaving Lizette with only her own income to survive on" - Like every man that was unceremoniously dumped from his own house, paid for by his hard earned money. Only catch is, the man has to pay alimony or divide half his assets or pay child support, or any combination or all. She has it fairly easy. Also as a side note "leaving Lizette"?! She left him? why is it written like he's the culprit?

"But because Lizette left her husband and has yet to begin divorce proceedings, he is under no obligation to move out of the marital home." - I still feel like this was written assuming that she is entitled to the house. The "obligation to move out"? When it probably comes to him losing everything and being told to leave his home, will an article be written about him describing the trials and tribulations he faces?

"For other women, remaining unmarried has made home ownership an impossible dream" - But these are strong, independent women in a world where men are redundant and useless? How could this be? I smell male patriarchal oppression...

s0nicfreak · 2014-02-18T02:58:12+00:00

Guess Jane couldn't buy an age-appropriate dress either

TheRabid · 2014-02-18T01:29:57+00:00

I'm not sure why this is about MRA unless it's to gloat.

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