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> It should be pointed out that, other than lawyer costs, divorce tends to be zero sum. What? No. After a divorce, total costs across both parties go up becaus
by Analemma_ 6y ago
> It should be pointed out that, other than lawyer costs, divorce tends to be zero sum.
What? No. After a divorce, total costs across both parties go up because resources can no longer be shared: one party needs new housing, possibly a new car, possibly needs to get their own health insurance rather than being on the other's plan, etc. Not to mention both parties have to buy anew whatever goods (cookware, television, etc.) the other person got.
Even completely amicable divorce destroys a tremendous amount of wealth.
- StillBored 6y agoWhich actually extends to multi-generation families (and roommate situations), and sometimes explains how they survive at all. Cramming 4 working adults into a two bedroom house is a big efficiency increase. So the first thing a newly single person should be doing is looking for a roommate to share a tv and washing machine and 1/2 the cost of housing. That said, I can't think of a single case where anyone I knew in their 30-50's who got divorced did anything but go out and buy their own personal house to live in by themselves.