So, I just happened to stumble on this page after planning on divorcing my cheating wife, and telling her.
Now, I have talked to several divorce lawyers. And here is what they have told me about my situation:
I have a prenup. It was suppose to protect me, my house, and 3 businesses I owned before I married, and any inheritance I would receive (and did) from dead parents/grand parents, and it did the same liberties for the wife, pretty much making sure neither of us got vindictive in divorce.
It also, had a clause in it, saying that if the primary money earner is to cheat, they will have to pay alimony to the other spouse. If the spouse that earned less cheated, no alimony what so ever. But it is in much fancier and legal language, And I am of course, the primary earner. And of course, the wife cheated.
So, here is what the lawyers told me:
Wife can't go after my inheritance, or my income conventionally. But the judge that decides a lot of the cases in my area has thrown out a lot of prenups.
But luckily, because of where I live, assets acquired before the marriage are returned to the original owner. So I shouldn't worry too much, right? WRONG!
The BUT comes at spousal support. Lawyers told me, I will probably be expected to pay her so she can continue to 'live the life style she grew accustomed to,' while married to me. And that could even include to the point of either letting her stay in my house, or possibly having to find her an apartment to live in, and paying her a lot of money.
So she can't go after the business. But she can go after the next best thing: the money they make. Claiming she grew accustomed to the life style that my huge income gave her.
I grew accustomed to the life style of her giving me sex 5x, and a nice cooked meal 4x a week. Do I get any conditions on that? of course not.
So, I got married and my wife cheated on me. The reward for her cheating on me, is to get to pay her potentially 10%-40% of my income, before my taxes, and maybe find a new place for her to live. At least there are no children involved here.
So, how would I describe marriage?
Take your financial security, (maybe some paper stocks, or a CD with $200,000 for your retirement, or heck, even just a key to a simple bank box) a 6-chamber revolver, and load half the chambers, give it a spin, then see if it shoots.
And girls wonder why men don't want to marry...