elaine567 Posted June 2, 2016 Posted June 2, 2016 My ex was once called to a funeral parlour where 3 sisters were fighting. By the time he got there they had ripped the rings off of their mothers corpse (damaging the corpse in the process) and were tearing at each other in the car park. A ring worth in excess of £40,000 ended up going down the drain... The only person that ended up gaining anything was my ex in legal fees... the fight went on for years and they ended up with around 20% of the estate shared between them after legal fees etc... A lot of money to waste. Respectable women... all drove high end cars, lived in large houses and were in their late 50's early 60's... the sort of women who run the local WI... It's not uncommon, I know of a similar family. Four sisters too. They didn't quite go as far as ripping the ring off the corpse but had the mother been wearing a ring like that...
Toodaloo Posted June 2, 2016 Posted June 2, 2016 It's not uncommon, I know of a similar family. Four sisters too. They didn't quite go as far as ripping the ring off the corpse but had the mother been wearing a ring like that... This is one of many. My ex would come home every single day with new ones that he was shocked and horrified by. This one just came to mind as it was sisters... There are people who have taken keys to cars and driven them off cliffs to prevent other family members getting them. People who have broken into houses and stolen cash and goods in the night. People who have tried to force elderly and infirm relatives to change their wills... You name it he heard it and had to deal with it. People treat their elderly in a terrible way these days. Its all about the money. Funnily enough if the elderly relative can't take it with them I doubt the people inheriting will be able to either... But ho hum... 1
NTV Posted June 2, 2016 Posted June 2, 2016 I'm interested to hear what men think about women who stay married because of money even though they're not happy. My sister says that when her husband touches her it makes her skin crawl, and that he 'turns her stomach', yet she stays married to him because of their son, (their son is now over 19 years old). All of our family know that the real reason she stays married to him is because she knows he would wipe the floor with her if they divorced and she would then have to stand on her own feet. So, she is just there for the money. For the record he's a nice guy, (let's face it, if he wasn't nice he wouldn't put up with her selfishness or the condescending way she treats him). If you were her husband would you prefer to know the truth or would you prefer to stay ignorant? I have no intention of interfering, I just wonder how men feel about this sort of woman because I observe this quite a lot and men rarely seem to know what's actually going on. My partner says he would take her on a deep sea fishing trip......... As a dude, I can't speak for all dudes, but I can tell you what I think, because I'm kinda conflicted about it. I think that feelings change over time. In marriage there are periods where the other person just annoys the piss outta you and vice versa. Heck, it can be like that for just normal roommates. You asked if would want to know if my wife felt like my touching her made her skin crawl? heck yeah I would. As far as her behavior? It could be she's a recovering BW, and is being cold and cynical to keep from falling apart. I don't know. You don't paint a very good picture of your sister at all. And for some that's true and for others it's a biased opinion. I would probably feel differently about the whole situation if it was a friend posting about changes in her friend instead of a sibling. It's very rare I think for someone to be totally objective in their observations about their siblings--I know I can't. I either lean one way or the other. All in all, it's not like being greedy is a social epidemic that we can just create a cure for. Greed has existed for a long long time and doesn't seem to be going anywhere. Would I want to be married to a greedy woman? No. But neither can I fault someone who chooses to. I do know when I found out my wife was cheating, there were several months of denial because... well that wasn't the person I thought I married. The dissonance between who I thought she was and who she was at that time was so great that I really think subconsciously I was closing my eyes and wishing I was home. I just never expected her to change in such a bad way so quickly and me be blind to it happening. It's entirely possible that this guy looks at her and still sees the woman he married when they were in their 20s. Doesn't sound like a fun family reunion to me, so good luck!
Cablebandit Posted June 2, 2016 Posted June 2, 2016 I'm interested to hear what men think about women who stay married because of money even though they're not happy. My sister says that when her husband touches her it makes her skin crawl, and that he 'turns her stomach', yet she stays married to him because of their son, (their son is now over 19 years old). All of our family know that the real reason she stays married to him is because she knows he would wipe the floor with her if they divorced and she would then have to stand on her own feet. So, she is just there for the money. For the record he's a nice guy, (let's face it, if he wasn't nice he wouldn't put up with her selfishness or the condescending way she treats him). If you were her husband would you prefer to know the truth or would you prefer to stay ignorant? I have no intention of interfering, I just wonder how men feel about this sort of woman because I observe this quite a lot and men rarely seem to know what's actually going on. My partner says he would take her on a deep sea fishing trip......... I would want to know the truth. Some people value their time on this planet more than others.
alphamale Posted June 2, 2016 Posted June 2, 2016 I have no intention of interfering, I just wonder how men feel about this sort of woman because I observe this quite a lot and men rarely seem to know what's actually going on. trust me, he knows what's going on 1
Got it Posted June 4, 2016 Posted June 4, 2016 My father openly only dates "arm candy", gold diggers. He has joined websites geared towards sugar daddies and is comfortable with the fact that they are dating him for his money. Now, granted, he is also doing this because doesn't feel like he is attractive so the money has to overcompensate for it so reflective of a low self esteem and a man with serious mommy issues due to being completely ignored by his mother his whole life. So your BIL could be dealing with dysfunctional issues like low self esteem, worthlessness, that keeps him tied to his wife and in a toxic marriage.
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