‘My fears are that they can take you back to court, and I don’t have the money for an attorney.’

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    So I don’t really know how to feel about this.

    Permanent alimony seems silly to me. If I’m married for 10 years and get a divorce, why should I have to pay alimony for the next 40+ years?

    I’m not opposed to alimony though. My in-laws just got divorced. They were married for like 20 years and during that time my father in law owned a business and wanted his wife to stay at home and take care of the house, kids etc. Now that they are divorced she has no career or equity and is in her 50s so starting one from nothing is a huge challenge. So there are fringe cases out there where it makes sense.

    I don’t know. I don’t like DeSantis so as a reaction I want to be like “this is a dumb thing to do” but I just don’t know.

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      Yeah I don’t know how I’d feel about this one personally. But I don’t really have much experience with this one personally - I guess I’d have to get to know some people who have alimonies to get a better understanding from both sides before I could form a solid opinion.

      But it’s healthy to consider the policy and not simply the politician endorsing the bill. I hate how our society has devolved into “team blue” vs “team red” mentality. I hate both extremes equally and prefer to vote based on policy.

      One policy I have is that I personally will never vote for a politician twice, unless I believe they have proven to me over the past few years they care about me and my needs as an average citizen. So far I never had the opportunity to vote for a politician twice - they always let me down lol.

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        I hate how our society has devolved into “team blue” vs “team red” mentality. I hate both extremes equally and prefer to vote based on policy.

        A broken clock being right twice a day still means you shouldn’t be using the clock to tell time lol.

        Even when it does happen to be right… You should be taking it with a huuuuuuge… Huuuuuuuuuuge grain of salt and probably look for another clock lol.

        It wasn’t right through logic. It was right because of luck and entropy lol.