Happy Valentine’s Day everyone!

The girls get a treat

Our eventually-ex sister in law Jennie took Maya and Lucy to the Lollipop Symphony at Abravanel Hall in Salt Lake City as a treat for them and a treat for us because we got to do something without the girls.

We took Eli and went out for lunch and then wandered around Sears at Jordan Landing. Not the most romantic or fun thing we could have done, but it was relaxing. Christine and I enjoyed our semi-alone time together.

Speaking of Jennie

We haven’t heard much from Jennie regarding the situation with her and Jay. I know they’ve exchanged some proposals on how to handle the separation of things. Jennie proposed that he go ahead and keep the house, but she would need enough alimony to afford an apartment. Jay rejected that proposal. Jay proposed that she go off her lupron hormone treatment because he read somewhere on the Internet that one possible side effect of lupron is depression and he feels that could explain all their problems. I don’t think Jennie took that very seriously.

So, they’re pretty much destined for court to settle the divorce. Meanwhile, Jay has given Jennie no money in several weeks. In addition to her full time job at the hospital, she’s doing some part time work taking care of a friend’s mother who just had surgery.

I’m going to interject a little opinion here.

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I think a lot of men dealing with divorce forget their obligations to their wives while they’re still married. Jay certainly appears to me to fit into this classification. He has repeatedly told Jennie that since he has been the primary source of income in their marriage, that he should have precedence on how things are distributed in the divorce or who should have money while they are separated.

When two people are married, their marriage forms a corporation of sorts. Any money that comes into the marriage belongs to this corporation and does not belong to the partners of the corporation. The disgruntled husband may not like this, but it means the wife is entitled to half of everything the corporation owns if the corporation is dismantled.

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Jennie’s holding up, but I’ve never seen her so worn out. I don’t know how she’s going to be able to afford this undoubtably-lengthy divorce without help from her parents and what-not. This is when things are going to be ugly.