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Started by: Linda Abbamonte
After 25 years of marriage, and when our moms were planning an anniversary party for us, I found out he was cheating on me for probably two years and since it was someone from work I had to divorce him. Somehow, I have made it this far but with refinancing and charging things to survive. I've been a stay-at-home mom and do daycare to help but I am now 65 and wondering how much longer I can do this. I think I could make it if my mortgage was paid off and that is the money I am looking for. My ex died and I was suppose to get his life insurance. Our divorce papers stated I was to be a irrevocable beneficiary. I never made sure, nor did my lawyer, that that was done. I kept him on my policies only to find out I was taken off of all but one policy for $10,000 which he kept at his mom's house probably knowing I would need it for a lawyer to fight his new wife of 8 years for the money. I could not take time off of work to go through the legal process and the lawyer said he would take 30% and I could lose since I was only to get that money for the next 3 months. I've had to make a lot of bad financial decisions just to make it until my 3 boys could be off on their own. They all live in big cities, where their jobs have brought them, and I wish I could visit them but if I don't work, I don't get paid. I also only got half of his pension when I was told I would get all of it, his new wife got the rest because of rules at the place he worked at which is where I did work before I had kids. My own pension is only $27. a month - I thought it would be more after 11 years of service. Don't quit ladies until you find out what it will be and if you stay at home, get your own pension equal to your husband's so you know that you really will get it. I had to take it as a lump sum to use to pay the taxes on the house and my medical insurance. When you are divorced, you are forced into making bad decisions to get by and then find out how much they hurt you when you hit your senior years and won't be able to work. I still have credit card debt but I think I could manage that and make it if I just didn't have the house payment. I need the house so I can work and I want a place for my kids to stay when they come here. My car is from 1997 with 70,000 original miles on it and in good shape so far. I am grateful to have it as I have two divorced friends who don't even have a car. I use to be that person who helped other people in need and hate that I cannot be there financially for them but I can still drive them to the store or be a person that will listen when they need to talk. I know there are people worse off than me but I still do worry what will happen when I cannot work. I hope, if nothing else, that women will learn from my mistakes about not depending on your lawyer to follow through with important things like will you really get all of the pension and did he really make you irrevocable beneficiary. Thanks for reading this and I'll be praying for all the divorced women out there.
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