So sad...
"It is really very sad," Ayesha Vardag, dubbed Britain's top divorce lawyer by the Law Society, told The Telegraph.
Yes, I bet he cried all the way to the bank.
A top divorce lawyer has warned that adulterous couples are increasingly getting caught out over text messages and other electronic communication sent during the Christmas period. "It is really very sad," Ayesha Vardag, dubbed Britain's top divorce lawyer by the Law Society, told The Telegraph. "We find a lot is that there …
Make it so much easier....
As one friend of mine experienced, waiting at a tube station an arranged internet date that did not arrive, she waited for the next one, still did not arrive. Finally she tried to phone, no answer but then a text arrived...
'Saw you waiting, didn't like the look of you so have gone to meet someone else'
Ouch!
'Saw you waiting, didn't like the look of you so have gone to meet someone else'
There's only one way to view this - she dodged a bullet. I mean, what an arsehole!
My wife and I have decided to have a Christmas divorce (as of Christmas Eve). We seem to be getting on really well today :D
Merry Crimbo one and all.
"There's only one way to view this"
Good to know you're not a black and white sort of person. More of a monochrome type, though.
"- she dodged a bullet. I mean, what an arsehole!"
What's wrong with a bit of sincerity? That's also one of those things that are probably best said in writing than face-to-face.
If you are having a divorce yourself, you might not be exactly the best qualified to judge, mind.
"If you are having a divorce yourself"
My wife and I have been splitting up since we got married 10 years ago (been together 17 of the bloody things).
It's nice to dream.
Honesty and sincerity are all very well, but it can be cruel in certain circumstances and I believe we have a little lee-way in such cases - they are called 'white lies'.
Monochrome is good, there's plenty of shades to go around.
"It is really very sad," Ayesha Vardag, dubbed Britain's top divorce lawyer by the Law Society, told The Telegraph.
Yes, I bet he cried all the way to the bank.
I'm sure the guy made some serious cash handling divorces, but, still, in order to earn the cash he had to watch a bunch of formerly loving relationships crash and burn. If he didn't find that at least a little bit sad in spite of the money it made him, he'd be pretty much soulless (cue obligatory soulless lawyer jokes here).
Gerald Weinberg (The Psychology of Computer Programming, etc., etc.) wrote that his sister decided to get out of divorce work when scanning a list of property that went right down to a half-used bottle of detergent under the kitchen sink. And I did hear of a divorce lawyer in the US west who found the work so stressful that he went back to defending homicide cases.
My late mother worked as a legal secretary for about 40 years and she said some of the divorce cases she worked with the solicitors on, were hilarious. Everything has to come out and some of the tales about bizarre sexual practices that partners partake in were plain weird. She said one case consisted of the wife having to put up with her husband putting on studded leather underwear under his suit, studs on the inside mark you, then going down to the park to play with himself in front of the ducks! They had to leaver said underwear in the solicitors office for presentation at the hearing! LOL!
...just answered that one by commenting here on Christmas Day? ;-)
In other news, doctors working for Hellman's claim that liberal application of mayonnaise to both handset and text-addict can cure a differnet kind of cold turkey.
In a further comment, scientists from the Ann Summers laboratories claim that liberal application of any form of condiment or dairy product may just make the situation worse...
Happy Christmas folks!
It's sad for the person who 'finds out' about their partner betraying them, at Christmas, probably with family all around.
I'd like to raise a glass to everyone who gets shafted this Christmas - not everyone's a bastard - just most :)
PS I'm sparing a few thoughts for the poor sods who are flooded out.
People ask why there are so many multi-SIM handsets/cells in China, especially when compared to other countries.
The reason is obvious, now, to Foreigners, for each SIM represents a given Celco and keeping "spare Tires (girlfriends)" on different networks makes eminent sense. Different Spare Tire, different Network - what's more, ach Network can be ignored (turned on and off) by signing in.
Another reason is that when a Spare Tiree goes flat, for you, simply change the SIM and get a new number - yet the main contact numbers for business or family remain unchanged.
A friend (female) sent me this link a while back:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2217512/The-cheats-app-How-adulterers-make-lovers-texts-calls-disappear-shake-phone.html
So now there's really no excuse to get caught in flagrante delicto digitally.
A few observations. According to the above article, women (or at least those that identify themselves as such at the purchase) make up 70% of the market for this product. Possible conclusions: Women cheat more, or are better at the logistics of it than men. My anecdotal experience indicates that this might be true. Alternately, leaving the phone lying about with lovers messages in public view is a marriage exit strategy. That's sort of a wimp's way out, and expensive too, if your jurisdiction allows for the aggrieved party to collect damages. Since the tradition is that the man has the property and income, giving the outgoing wife just cause isn't a smart move.
£3 is cheap insurance.
Life is hard enough as it is, people bunking off here and there to go bunking up. So glad I'm an ugly, hairy IT geek and only one woman has messed up her life by wanting to spend it with me!
Trying to have your cake and eat it? Sod that! I have two women in my life, my wife and my pre-teen daughter, I have enough bloody grief already and it's about to get worse when my daughter's hormones reach critical mass in a couple years time!
Volunteering to work Xmas supporting the DBs for the 10% who had to come in after they ran out of holiday entitlement, doing sweet FA or bugger-all ( I haven't decided which yet! ) all day and then off down the pub for a liquid lunch, that's how to get through Xmas!
Ayesha Vardag, dubbed Britain's top divorce lawyer by the Law Society
IANAL, but I'm surprised to learn that the Law Society has a competition for "Britain's top divorce lawyer". and that the winner is dubbed. It raises all sorts of questions.
Who dubs the winner and where? It must be a glittering occasion, the winner weeping in sash and crown, with the runners-up offering insincere congratulations.
Are the contestants scored by size of fee or number of successful cases? I expect they score more for contested divorces.
Is the competition specific to divorce lawyers, or are there lots of other classes - Britain's Top Conveyancer, Britain's Top Personal Injury Claim Lawyer, Britain's Top Commissioner for Oaths?
Is there a swimsuit round?