Divorce attorneys heading into busy times

SignonSanDiego ^ | 01/08/2006 | Jenifer Goodwin

[Panerai]

Resolutions for 2006: Lose weight. Make appointment with cosmetic surgeon. File for divorce.

Retailers may have December, accountants have March, but divorce attorneys say January and February are among their most bountiful months.

"A good gauge on how the divorce business is doing is how busy my members are," said Fadi Baradihi, president of the Institute for Divorce Financial Analysts in Southfield, Mich. "And my members say it's a busy time for them."

During fiscal 2004-5 in San Diego Superior Court, November and December had the fewest divorce filings, with 962 couples throwing in the towel during the Christmas month. Filings were up 10 percent in January, and February's rate was nearly 17 percent higher than December, with 1,123 people giving their beloved the heave-ho.

Still, the high point – or the low-point, depending on your perspective – was June, when 1,258 people filed.

Divorce experts say the number of new filings doesn't tell the whole story. This month and next, they're certain they'll see a surge in clients walking through the door. Some will want to file paperwork immediately. Other clients scope out an attorney, seek legal advice and then wait weeks or months to file with the courts.

[jerry639]

Texican,
I really don't know how to reply to your message but feel that I must.
May God continue to bless you and your wife with good health and good fortune.
Few couples know the joy of a relationship, such as yours, that has lasted so many years.
Thank you from my heart for your service to your country.
Any children, grandchildren, greats? I would really like to know.
I'm amazed by the fact you still work 40 hrs a week.
God willing, the wife and I will be together for many more years too. As I always tell everyone, my wife isn't my better half, she my better 3/4. Great lady and the only woman with enough patience to put up with me for all these years.

[.30Carbine]

Divorce is easy. It requires no commitment.

I would phrase that slightly differently:

The lack of commitment in marriage results in divorce.

My Christian counselor with great wisdom and much experience let me in on Truth no one had ever told me, that in order for a marriage to work four commitments are required of two parties. These are:

Truth
Faithfulness
Kindness
Work

Those are not "utopian ideals of marriage," they are the basics.

Sadly, my husband was not willing to commit to these things.

[DainBramage]

My new Guatemalan wife is gorgeous and loves me for my soul.
--She's using you.
--She is not, all foreign women are beautiful, cultured, sexually insatiable, and sweet.

Once I got over them just loving me for my body it all seemed so natural .

[goldstategop]

Its all about the "me" thing. I want my personal growth, self-fulfillment, independence or whatever. You wonder why people get married in the first place if they end up hating being a couple.

(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")

[killjoy]

She is not, all foreign women are beautiful, cultured, sexually insatiable, and sweet.

Well, my Thai GF is all of those... but my Taiwanese ex-wife was a major bitc..

[Capriole]

I haven't met too many men who objected to being used sexually by a beautiful woman.

[Mr. Jeeves]

LOL! Nice summary! ;)

[DainBramage]

Yeah an ugly woman always took a little concentration.

[Texican]

Jerry:
My friend, I have three wonderful children, and none have ever been arrested for anything. I have six wonderful grand children (the youngest is 29 and she is in the Air Force in England right now) and two great-grandchildren. The eldest is going on five now. My work now days is mostly mental, that is, I am a project manager-estimator for an electrical contractor. I do some physical work but not much any more. I am the first in the office and the last to leave. I love to work, people that do not like to go to work have ulcers, and I just keep going along. My wife and I both have all of our teeth also. Ha Ha Ha. As to the service I did for our country, I did no more nor no less than these wonderful people are doing for us all right now. Can you imagine having a leg tore off and then going back in the service, and then on to Iraq?? It is just beyond my comprehension.

Good evening and the very best to you and yours.

Semper Fi
Tommie

[.30Carbine]

Your post is an example of Slander vs. Rebuke, the theme of a wonderful devotion that The Mayor posted on the Finest Thread yesterday.

God have mercy.

[.30Carbine]

I would also suggest that if what you said were true (or even if you believe it to be true) you should be very content to be rid of her, and move on.

[.30Carbine]

I would also like to suggest this resource to you and any lurkers who might benefit from it.

God in Heaven, raise up Your Men!

[martin_fierro]

guffaw!

[gogeo]

Wow...Cliff Notes!

[durasell]

Pure genius!

[martin_fierro]

I haven't met too many men who objected to being used sexually by a beautiful woman.

(raising hand)

It's a long story.

[Capriole]

Just look at it this way: someday it will be a great story to tell while you're rocking with the other elderly gentlemen on the porch of the nursing home.

[martin_fierro]

someday it will be a great story to tell while you're rocking with the other elderly gentlemen on the porch of the nursing home.

1. I'm there NOW
2. They're already tired of hearing the story.
3. Or I'm having a Senior Moment and imagining the whole thing.