Charles Kuralt

do you remember charles kuralt? he was the overweight, homey, and friendly host of CBS Sunday Morning and would also do other 'ordinary people' vignettes on other CBS news programs. he died several years ago and when it came time to start looking at his will and dividing up his assets his wife and children found out he had another family out west. he hadn't married this 'other woman' but he had a long-term relationship and was helping out with the raising of her children (who were young adults by the time of his death).

why do i bring this up? i guess i am criticizing my own assertions in my last post about pre and post nups. kudos to kuralt for leaving his other family money and not leaving them high and dry but on the other hand if you cannot trust charles kuralt who can you trust?

it seems like it is always men who are pushing pre and post nups. what about women who know if they are going to have kids and stay-at-home to raise them. even women who work for the most part make less than men. so even women who work and have kids need one. talk about someone who should demand one of this things. whose standard of living goes down without fail after the divorce? women. how many men get remarried and have a second family and decide they can't afford to 'help out with the kids'. hey, they already give them what the friend of the court said was reasonable support!

and what about this father custody movement i just read something about? i totally agree that the child needs to have a relationship with both the mother and father and shared custody is the best for everyone. is it the case that all this evil, bitchy women are keeping their children from their fathers? there are of course evil, nasty women who want to torture their ex-husbands but come one......some women do get vindictive when the man hasn't been giving any child support. how often do you hear single mothers say--he just wants to pick them up all the time and take them to their dentist and doctor appointments and i told him i would like to do it just once!