"I Feel Financially Raped"
This quote, coming from the linked-to article in The Wall Street Journal, comes from a woman. And what ungodly indignity did she suffer that drove her to make that quote?
She (sob, grab Kleenex) has to pay alimony!
She is Rhonda Friedman, ex-wife of actor John Castellanos. Castellanos is best known for playing John Silva on The Young and The Restless for a number of years, but his character has been off the show for a while. Quotes the article "Soap star Mr. Castellanos bluntly says he deserves alimony for the same reason that his former wife, Ms. Friedman, says he doesn't: He earned more than she did during six of the nine years they were married. Only after losing his regular role on "The Young and the Restless," and only after his wife received several promotions, did she start earning more than he. For years, his big paychecks financed their lavish lifestyle, and now he is due some payback, he says." You go, guy!
Well, well, well, now that equality has reared its head, some of those who fought for it now suddenly don't like it. Boo Hoo. All of a sudden, equality isn't fair.
I was raised in the era of equality, and I believe in it completely. But certain people in this world think that equality is a one-way street, and that gains that they achieved shouldn't be shared by all members of society. They always want the biggest piece of cake, the best seats in the house, and to retain the iron grip on their victim status, even when time has moved on.
This article also contains Joan Lunden's infamous quote after she was ordered to pay her ex-husband alimony. "Why the courts don't tell a husband, who has been living off his wife, to go out and get a job is beyond my comprehension"she said in 1992. (In fairness, a lot of things were beyond Joan's comprehension. She's not the sharpest knife in the drawer.) Switch the words "husband" and "wife" in that quote, and you have a definition of chauvinism. But no one ever held Joan accountable for her words, although, thankfully, that untalented hack shuffled off into the sunset years ago. Lunden now says she regrets the quote, but in the article she never apologizes for it or takes it back. So I guess she still feels that way.
Alimony guys, did you ever know that you're my heeeeeroes. You are the wind beneath my wings. Collect on, brothers! And buy the next round!
She (sob, grab Kleenex) has to pay alimony!
She is Rhonda Friedman, ex-wife of actor John Castellanos. Castellanos is best known for playing John Silva on The Young and The Restless for a number of years, but his character has been off the show for a while. Quotes the article "Soap star Mr. Castellanos bluntly says he deserves alimony for the same reason that his former wife, Ms. Friedman, says he doesn't: He earned more than she did during six of the nine years they were married. Only after losing his regular role on "The Young and the Restless," and only after his wife received several promotions, did she start earning more than he. For years, his big paychecks financed their lavish lifestyle, and now he is due some payback, he says." You go, guy!
Well, well, well, now that equality has reared its head, some of those who fought for it now suddenly don't like it. Boo Hoo. All of a sudden, equality isn't fair.
I was raised in the era of equality, and I believe in it completely. But certain people in this world think that equality is a one-way street, and that gains that they achieved shouldn't be shared by all members of society. They always want the biggest piece of cake, the best seats in the house, and to retain the iron grip on their victim status, even when time has moved on.
This article also contains Joan Lunden's infamous quote after she was ordered to pay her ex-husband alimony. "Why the courts don't tell a husband, who has been living off his wife, to go out and get a job is beyond my comprehension"she said in 1992. (In fairness, a lot of things were beyond Joan's comprehension. She's not the sharpest knife in the drawer.) Switch the words "husband" and "wife" in that quote, and you have a definition of chauvinism. But no one ever held Joan accountable for her words, although, thankfully, that untalented hack shuffled off into the sunset years ago. Lunden now says she regrets the quote, but in the article she never apologizes for it or takes it back. So I guess she still feels that way.
Alimony guys, did you ever know that you're my heeeeeroes. You are the wind beneath my wings. Collect on, brothers! And buy the next round!
posted by Beukey @ 5:19 PM
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