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In reply to the discussion: Mitt Romney Allegedly LIED in Court To Screw Over Friend's Wife [View all]JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)The wife has to settle for someone with a good heart. Sometimes the wife is lucky. Sometimes she has money. But if she doesn't, she can be at a big disadvantage. She rarely can afford to hire a firm with the teams of paralegals and secretaries, etc. on her side that the husband has.
In addition, a lot of women really just want to stay married and don't really want the divorce. They don't have the clarity of thought to fight for what they will need. They fall back into unrealistic ideas about being good girls. It's a very sad social reality. Women usually get the bad end of a divorce in my opinion.
That is not always true, but often enough the wife has to hire someone who is willing to risk not getting paid much. Some women just give up. It's really sad.