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Pinball and Divorce

By alienpoker

3 years ago


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  • Latest reply 3 years ago by LTG
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    “Would you keep all your games during a divorce?”

    • Yeah. No question. They’re mine. 138 votes
      79%
    • Nah. I’d sell (or give her) half of the games. 23 votes
      13%
    • Some other answer (justify your answer in the comments) 14 votes
      8%

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    #6 3 years ago

    Wow! Alienpoker that’s a crazy story. Your ex was horrible. I never would’ve tolerated that bullshit she put you through. It reminds me of something that happened to me with my first wife. I have a beautiful taxidermy Tiger (full mount) that I acquired before I met her. Well...we were out to dinner with some friends and she was ragging on me over the Tiger. I finally had enough, turned to her and said, “listen. You’ll be gone before that Tiger is.” Needless to say the rest of the dinner was pretty awkward. But my statement was accurate. She is gone and I still have Tiger!!! And my new wife has no problem with it. It holds a special spot in the game room beside my TOTAN game. Alls well that ends well.

    #8 3 years ago

    Yeah, but I don’t have a mullet and I’m not gay.

    #22 3 years ago
    Quoted from Gunnut40:

    Lamo! A tiger like that would be awesome down in my basement. You sir are the man!

    Thanks. Yeah, it looks awesome beside TOTAN. If I had the room I’d get a Big Game to go with it.

    #92 3 years ago
    Quoted from herbertbsharp:

    Damn straight I'm keepin' my machines! Got the house too. And one better, I then knocked half the 2nd floor out of the family room and turned the whole thing into an arcade with a loft. Game over, Herb Sharp wins.
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    That's awesome! Yup, you won. I love it!!!

    #100 3 years ago
    Quoted from SeaLawyer:

    My first wife wouldn't allow me to buy the one pin I wanted -- TAF. This was back in 2003 when they were going for $1500... When I divorced her in 2013, I bought a TAF for myself as a divorce present. I paid a little more than $1500... My 2nd wife pretended to like pinball until after we were married, and then wouldn't stop bitching about it (TAF is the only one I owned at the time). She also pretended to like my children until after we married, and then didn't want them around at all. Needless to say, I divorced her ass pretty quickly. The day we separated, she had a "change of heart" and all of a sudden LOVED pinball and thought my kids were really amazing (which they are). I didn't fall for it. Within a year of separation, I went from one pin to 13... IF I ever get remarried (and that's a GARGANTUAN "IF"!!), it'll be to someone who TRULY loves pinball AND I'll have a rock-solid pre-nup. I'm a trial lawyer, and I knew I should have gotten one for the last wife, but I had certain leverage that I could have used had it gotten ugly. As it was, neither divorce cost me a dime. Both wives had seen me in court many times and knew it wasn't in their best interests to face me in that arena.

    Awesome story! The lesson is don't try to come between a man and his pins (or his kids). Congratulations on a job well done.

    #104 3 years ago
    Quoted from paul_8788:

    My wife is one of the most amazing people I know. I am 100% sure if divorce ever did happen she wouldn't be all over me about the pins, either physically or cash value, just not who she is. I am pretty sure I would be focused on other things as well.

    I believe that about my wife too. Unfortunately, I already went through two divorces. They didn't hurt me bad because I am a scrappy fighter when I have to be, and with the first divorce I had a good and scrappy lawyer. So I guess my point is never say never. Divorce brings out the worst in people and those you thought would never stoop to a certain level end up surprising you by stooping even lower.

    #106 3 years ago
    Quoted from SeaLawyer:

    Truer words were never written. I represented my brother in his first divorce--my one and only family law case. I DESTROYED her in court and got a VERY good result for my brother, but not before she tried to ruin his career by falsely accusing him of downloading child pornography, stealing people's identities, and physically abusing her. She was eventually charged with filing a false police report, but the state dropped it since it was her first offense.

    That's just plain evil. I'm so glad you prevailed, but I don't think the state should've dropped the case against her. Accusations like that can ruin a person's life.

    #109 3 years ago
    Quoted from SeaLawyer:

    Agreed! He was (and still is) active duty Navy, which means Family Advocacy gets involved. If FAP substantiates, your career is over, and the only way to clear your name is to be acquitted at court-martial or convince FAP they're wrong (which almost never happens). His command fully supported him, so he was never going to court-martial. As a former active duty JAG, I dealt with FAP from both sides (command and service member). They're mostly zealots who ALWAYS believe the woman, no matter what. My brother got lucky to be investigated by the one reasonable FAP counselor in the Navy who quickly determined that he was telling the truth, and his wife was insane.

    Wow! Your bro was lucky to dodge that crazy bullet.

    #116 3 years ago
    Quoted from SeaLawyer:

    she was a TOTAL SMOKESHOW... But no matter how amazing the sex was (top 1%)

    Ha! As Rodney Dangerfield said, "Marry a good cook. The sex will wear off, but you'll always be hungry."

    #151 3 years ago
    Quoted from Frippertron:

    My wife counts my beers all the time. I usually only drink on my weekends. As soon as she knows I’ve had more than two, she eyes me like a hawk. She yells at me, calls me an alcoholic and her famous line, “Do you know You’re not a social drinker, you have a problem.” I had 12 problems yesterday, if anyone else wants to count.

    No problem a cold one can't fix! I think there's a country song in there someplace. Maybe, "you were a lot more fun when I was drinking."

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