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I thought traditional heterosexual marriage itself does a good job at eroding family - what I thought we were discussing here infact :confused:. Kathryn, are you insinuating defactos and gays contribute or are responsible for divorces and bad behaviour in married men and women?

I find amusing the men who think they should have full or 50/50 custody AND think parenting is easy, hence 'not contributing'. It's obvious the types that have never lifted a finger to care for their kids, or those that think men who do contribute to childcare pussy whipped, couldn't look...

We are heavily involved in a sporting club -husband heads one- and he often hears both sides, as do I sometimes from getting to know the couples over the years who are divorced - there is no bias here as these aren't good friends. Time and time again the first to get into your ear is the...

My husband and I chose to both work fulltime but put in as close to 50/50 as we could. We both stuck to our end of the bargain and consequently he changed as many nappies as me (stated once he knew no man that has changed as many nappies as him) :). willair, I reckon the chances are the...

A few are doing this, and hopefully we see more of it in the future - I know one that was home for 15+ years doing a fantastic job, while wife worked as a partner in a law firm.

Agree the system favours the women to an extent (more obvious when the scenario is wealthy man marries woman with nothing -no inheritances- and little ability to contribute) BUT it's also statistically the women who are assigned the role of MAIN child care giver to begin with, which like it or...

That doesn't appear to be the case at all though. I see very few full custody cases now where the husband sees little of the children (friends husband got half custody no probs, another got full custody but they're at his mothers house 80% of the time :o), as well as seeing many cases of...

TMNT, it strikes me as rather strange that you say you were with you wife long enough to have 2 children but state she took 75% of your pre marriage assets which was 50K. Taking into account some CG in the time you were together, it doesn't sound like you had much to begin with. A gold...

There are all sorts of scenarios too. Another friend of mine was with a guy for about 3 - 4 years and planned to marry. She has a paid off unit and a nice house with a small mortgage in nice middle class suburbs, while he has a nice villa, also in a nice suburb. He always went on about...

A friend of mine went out with a guy for a while there who was very concerned about her getting close to him and his wealth (because he talked about it she figured his net worth including super would have been less than 1M) and would sometimes comment how 'people' would marry for money. Many...

Almost all the 30 something single women I know (mostly ones I've worked with) have at least one house and a good income. Some keep their assets a secret because they think the men are interested in their money. True! I think you're moving in the wrong circles.

At your age most women would have assets - more assets than most men infact, because of the large divorce payouts they recieved ;). So why would you anticipate a relationship with someone that has nothing and possibly cares little about working towards having more? Unless it's due to...