chic2pimp:

Awon Oloshi Meji .

Gbam!

chic2pimp:

Emi oga Oloshi Meji .

dayokanu:


HURRRAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYy

Sagamite:

^^^ Paul McCartney did not sign any pre-nup at all, I don't know where you got your info from.

He was an Old Mugu!

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Cleese Fuming After 'Unfair' £12.5m Divorce
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John Cleese is to lose £12.5m after reaching a divorce settlement with his third wife, to whom he was married for 16 years.

In the agreement psychotherapist Alyce Faye Eichelberger will get £8m in cash and assets, which includes an apartment in New York and £2m mews house in Holland Park, west London.

She will also receive £600,000 a year for seven years.

Cleese, 69, has revealed his anger at the size of the divorce settlement.

"What I find so unfair is that if we both died today, her children would get much more than mine," he said.

When they met in 1990 Eichelberger was living in a third floor council flat in London with her two sons from a previous marriage.

It will leave Cleese with an estimated £10m fortune which on paper appears as though his ex-wife will be better off.

The settlement though "does not take into account the earnings he himself will have over the next seven years", explained Julian Lipson, head of family law at Withers LLP.

He told Sky News Online that getting a pre-nuptial agreement is a "no-brainer", as they are "respected" in the US, particularly in California.[/b]

"If you are a rich person marrying someone who has less than you, as John Cleese was, having a pre-nup is a no-brainer because it will certainly make sure you pay considerably less than he is having to pay this ex-wife," he added.

Mr Lipson believes Ms Eichelberger "wouldn't have been awarded quite as high maintenance" if the finances of the divorce had been settled in the UK.

The Fawlty Towers actor is currently writing a one-man show about his ex entitled My Alyce Faye Divorce Tour.

His former wife was represented by Fiona Shackleton who acted for the Prince of Wales and Sir Paul McCartney in their divorces.

Cleese, who is also working on a film script, said: "I got off lightly. Think what I'd have had to pay if she'd contributed."

The papers to finalise the settlement were lodged in the courts in California last week.

Cleese's close friend director, Michael Winner, was astonished by the settlement.

"John has worked all his life," he said, "and will now have to continue working because he has seen a huge chunk of what he has worked for going to his former wife who he rescued from a council flat."

John Cleese has been working in the entertainment business for over 40 years.

As well as his work as one of the Pythons, Cleese wrote and starred in Fawlty Towers and has written and appeared in feature films such as a Fish Called Wanda.

Cleese's first two wives were Fawlty Towers co-star Connie Booth and actress Barbara Trentham.

He said his previous divorces were "very peaceful affairs".

There is, however, some good news for Cleese.

It has been announced that he and his fellow Pythons will receive a special award from BAFTA to honour their "outstanding contribution to film and televsion."

They will receive the award at the official 40th Anniversary Monty Python Reunion Event in New York on October 15.

dayokanu:

Lekan,

How do we escape the clutches of these gold digging women whose aim is to leech on their husband when they divorce.

Are they not capable of making their own money?

viewlekan:

Dayo, the only advice I can offer anyone is to meticulously and carefully choose a partner .It is highly important to know your wife/husband to be!

viewlekan:

My brother,

It is a very complex world we live in at the moment.

Gone are those days where our mums stood by her dads irrespective of the situation. The world has changed in terms of marraige, feminism has altered the dynamic! while I appreciate the fact that they had to stand up and confront domestic violence and some apparent injustices that women were subjected to, but like all social empowerment causes e.g. Gay rights, Black movements etc, it has created a dangerous politically correct syndrome that is gradually eroding the core of societal values.

Dayo, the only advice I can offer anyone is to meticulously and carefully choose a partner .It is highly important to know your wife/husband to be!

Do they think/act independently or do they rely on family to make decisions?
The truth is if I am rich or if I had visible/ identifiable prospects to be very wealthy in this day and age I will not get married until I am satisfied that there is a genuine commitment from both parties .

Sagamite:

^^^Good points.

But on average, how long do people date before getting married? 2 years? (Even shorter in my view nowadays)

How can you really get to know someone that well in 2 years. More so when the first few months will be used trying to impress each other until you get comfortable with each other.

I don't even know my brother completely after how many years growing up in the same household, going to the same schools and communicating every other day.

More so a woman, who does not know what she wants tomorrow. Who does not communicate what she wants and expects you to just know. Who's wants change as her mode changes or she grows older. Who's action is linked to her emotion, which would be different when annoyed (one that will particularly be uniquely and unseen-before furious in divorce). Who is of the sex that have very limited contrition when acting badly based on their emotions (you don't see how they biatch on each other over trivial, irritating things?)

How can I know a woman in circa 2 years to really carefully choose carefully?

Nigga, get a gaddam pre-nup.

dayokanu:

I am not against Child support to cater for the kids you have togther as long as I am sure it goes directly to the welfare of the child. In America you would see women using the Child support checks to make their hair, paint their nails and do other useless stuffs not related to the child.

dayokanu:

NB: Do you know if you have any issue with your wife, In America the law kicks you out and award her the house regardless of her contribution to the mortgage?

viewlekan:


I can see the logic in your arguement, I have family members that I have known most of my life and some of their actions surprise me and I am absolutely positive that they feel the same about moi. When it comes to a relationship akin to marraige , it is a lot different in the sense that you are getting together with someone that you probably share your body with . It is monumentally complex when emotions are combined with sexual feelings

I totally agree with pre-nups because they mitigate mess-ups  but my problem is :

Are pre-nups legally tenable?


If they are! Are they enforceable?

If they are enforceable, are they open to interpretion from members of the deciding judiciary?

If that is the case , then pre-nups are not really valid ( a priori).

dayokanu:

Lekan you remember the case of Femi and how the woman cleaned him out, If not for God the guy for don turn pauper now. Thats someone that had about 12 cars at the peak of things

dayokanu:

Lekan,

Its almost impossible. You cant really know people human beings and their intentions. Especially women.

Most people who got skinned by their wives at some time too thought they had ideal partners until the woman pulled it on him.

Lekan I used to think I was smart and could figure out everything until I heard some stories about how women wrecked some ppl

I am not against Child support to cater for the kids you have togther as long as I am sure it goes directly to the welfare of the child. In America you would see women using the Child support checks to make their hair, paint their nails and do other useless stuffs not related to the child.

But splitting into half? Lailai. Where was the woman when her husband was slaving away and labouring to be rich Maybe sitting at home watching "Housewives of Atlanta" and now she wants half.

Lekan you remember the case of Femi and how the woman cleaned him out, If not for God the guy for don turn pauper now. Thats someone that had about 12 cars at the peak of things

NB: Do you know if you have any issue with your wife, In America the law kicks you out and award her the house regardless of her contribution to the mortgage?

If I go get house for here, It would be in my brothers name who is in Naija. Shikena

viewlekan:

I know I make it sound  very simple but honestly , marriage is not essential these days.

Sagamite:

You know Lekan before?

Who be Femi?

jennykadry:

Prenup ko poke it in ni

I am signing nothing

dayokanu:

Lekan na my number 1 personal person before dem send am comot for Naija. He nearly ran all the SHAYO joint in our area out of business Because they couldnt attend to other customers he drinks all the beer by himself.

Sagamite:

And they want to go further in the UK, as I was reading once last year, to apply similar divorce laws to split assets in long-term live-in arrangements. Where you unmarried long term partner can claim alimony if they depended on you.

dayokanu:

Lekan na my number 1 personal person before dem send am comot for Naija. He nearly ran all the SHAYO joint in our area out of business Because they couldnt attend to other customers he drinks all the beer by himself.

See this https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria?topic=486794.msg6476657#msg6476657

Saga.

The prenup should have a 15yrs clause in it where after 15-20yrs of marriage it becomes Null and void

harakiri:

Once again, why would any sane man in the western world want to get married in this modern day/age with all the ridiculous one sided laws that are outrightly for women and women alone?

Even myself who is resident in 9ja isn't excited about getting married even 10 years from now when i hit 40.What's the point? If it's sEXxx, you can sleep with a different woman every night or women.If it's heirs you want, you can father children WITHOUT getting married, so why on earth would i want to enslave myself with marriage and NOT sign a pre-nup as a safety net for my foolishness?