Melody
2007-12-19 15:48:00
I think that one should get back what they invested into a marriage. In the case of a woman who worked full time to put her husband through college and grad school, then spent twenty or thirty years raising his children and scrimping to stretch the budget during the “career building” years I assert that she deserves somewhat more than to reach middle age and be rewarded with a two year stipend while she receives “job training” for an entry level position and a one room apartment while he and his six figure salary support a younger woman who invested NOTHING into the career.
If gender roles were reversed, the same should apply. Certainly, a reasonable alimony should at least be of the duration that the marriage was.
