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Farmer-Rick

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17. I was always horrified by the idea
Fri May 8, 2026, 11:43 AM
May 8

That a woman could be dumped from the marriage at 50 and get nothing to live on.

Alimony is very rare now a days. And it's never permanent and can easily be modified. Most men aren't rich enough to warrant paying allimony anyway. So the trad wife loses all her financial security and must rely on the whims of some guy.

It is still used in long-term marriages where there is a massive income disparity or if one spouse is disabled or in poor health. But it's very rare and of course can be changed easily enough.

The best bet for a wife after divorce is to get a lump sum payout. But average middle class men don't have enough money to split between 2 households. And that means the trad wife is left hanging with no means of support and no career opportunities. That must be very scary. It would be for me....

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Heeeeere we go . . . . Regurgitation of The Total Woman no_hypocrisy May 8 #1
Evie claims to be 7 years old? mwmisses4289 May 8 #2
seducing them into sex slavery. Baitball Blogger May 8 #3
Cosmo is nothing to brag about, either. valleyrogue May 8 #4
And her English? HighFired49 May 8 #26
She started with a blog years ago. valleyrogue May 8 #33
Awkwardly-worded GenThePerservering May 8 #35
Adverbial compound modifiers are not hyphenated LearnedHand May 8 #41
Is this the one with the Saran Wrap? milestogo May 8 #5
That's not sexy..... SergeStorms May 8 #9
I wonder how many women ran out to buy a box of Saran Wrap blubunyip May 8 #31
Marabel Morgan, now 88 or 89, valleyrogue May 8 #34
A few years back, we had The Promise Keepers. They became very popular around here. Midnight Writer May 8 #6
You got that right!!!! It is time for men to grow up and quit wanting worship as that belongs to God not man Stargazer99 May 8 #14
Feeble god XCSki May 8 #22
Jeezus. Joinfortmill May 8 #7
"Be the Mary Magdalene to his Jesus" ChicagoTeamster May 8 #8
*snort* tanyev May 8 #24
Is this canon? mr715 May 8 #42
Back to the Stone Age, bit by bit. The Madcap May 8 #10
Hysteria Podcast dealt with this subject bluestateboomer May 8 #11
I have a niece marrying a fundie Catholic JenniferJuniper May 8 #12
I'm thinking that any man who would seek out a wife like that will soon get bored with what he has at home. Xavier Breath May 8 #15
Yeah, those brownies better be really, really good. JenniferJuniper May 8 #28
Seems like someone posted a study that mwmisses4289 May 8 #40
I think they believe that the submissiveness is what they truly want. Xavier Breath May 9 #46
I hope she chose a good man, otherwise, she is setting herself up for failure. OMGWTF May 8 #16
She'd be better off buying a lottery ticket. hunter May 8 #23
He'll get the usual mistress. nt GenThePerservering May 8 #36
these kind of gals end up in shelters Skittles May 8 #39
Gabriel HUGOBOOM??? skypilot May 8 #13
It's Dutch, I believe. nt GenThePerservering May 8 #37
I was always horrified by the idea Farmer-Rick May 8 #17
Yeah, they don't talk about that in TradVille jmbar2 May 8 #21
Excellent analysis. Martin68 May 8 #18
What To Wear To Church: The Etiquette Guide Every Girl Needs. progressoid May 8 #19
These normie gender-obsessed magazines are often honestly one of the greatest spreaders of misogyny. Oneironaut May 8 #20
I honestly think for some men, mwmisses4289 May 8 #44
Jack Jones - Wives and Lovers NBachers May 8 #25
So if I'm a man, and it's my house, then I get to make all the rules, right? Seinan Sensei May 8 #27
In the late 60s, I remember being in Math class in what was called junior high back then MIButterfly May 8 #29
"...his mother insists that her grandchildren call her Meemaw." Jedi Guy May 8 #30
That is hilarious! MIButterfly May 8 #32
These people can push this nonsense all they want GenThePerservering May 8 #38
Nothing sexier than a time before toilet paper... mr715 May 8 #43
Championship gaslighting. Iggo May 8 #45
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