Tammy Lynn Michaels Still Wants More Money
Remember back in 2010 when Melissa Etheridge's ex-wife Tammy Lynn Michaels brought the melodramatic starving street urchin theatrics in a blog post where she said that she's barely surviving on the $2,000 child support she gets every month and that she's nourishing herself with tap water from a neighbor's garden hose and dirt pies? That poem was one of my favorite things from 2010, because every time I read it that Sarah McLachlan song started playing in my head as I pictured Tammy Lynn staring up at me with weak, hungry eyes. Well, that "SCREW THE STARVING CHILDREN OF THE WORLD, WHAT ABOUT ME?!" rant must've paid off, because sometime between now and then a judge upped her child support to $23,000 a month! But guess what? It's still not good enough for Tammy Lynn.
TMZ says that Tammy Lynn filed papers in court claiming that it's not fair that she's getting ONLY twenty three Gs a month while Melissa is making over $177,000 every 30 days. Tammy's savings is all dried up, she'll need "extensive retraining" if she joins the workforce again and she says she's used to the luxurious lifestyle she lived while with Melissa. Tammy also accused Melissa of brainwashing their children to hate her and now the kids won't even give her a hug (Tammy says that like it's a bad thing).
Melissa is fighting back by filing her own papers claiming that Tammy accidentally burned one of their kids with a cigarette and refuses to give her 50/50 custody because she didn't give birth to them. Melissa also attached this email that Tammy allegedly sent her ass:
You have to support so many households because YOU BROKE SO MANY HOUSEHOLDS, silly. If you had decided to have one ounce of integrity/honesty as a person or partner, you would NOT be in this predicament. Think about it.
I know Tammy Lynn is a crazy, delusional, money-hungry drama queen, but I love the game she's playing. You have to respect a hustler who went from eating dirt pies to eating dirt pies stuffed with filet mignon and it's still not good enough. I love how Tammy says she needs "extensive retraining" to get a job. I could lick that line dry. Wasn't Tammy an actress? What kind of retraining does her ass need? If cardboard person Blake Lively can do it, so can she.
But Tammy really does need more money a month. I bet the cigarette she accidentally burned her kid with was a Marlboro. Marlboro are for the poors only! Tammy is the kind of woman who should only be sucking on platinum-tipped skinny cigarettes imported from Monaco. Melissa is seriously A MONSTER for doing that to Tammy.
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Submitted by SalmaNella on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 4:06pm.
Tammy is just bitter and wants to stick it to Melissa for cheating on her. When it comes to revenge, the best tactic is to go for the wallet.
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Amen. It certainly wouldn't work for Tammy to appeal to Melissa's sense of morality or family values. Melissa's only concern is HERSELF.
As for $23k, okay, it's a shit ton of money. Any of us could work with it.. But when you're ordered to stay in a certain state (California)-- if indeed Tammy was told to-- then she has to find a place to live, and CA real estate is hugely overpriced. Are the kids supposed to give up their home, their private schools, fancy clothes,and whatever the fuck else they need just bc their one RICH mama couldn't keep her zipper zipped? Fuck no.
I would tell Tammy to move home to Indiana, but things are even shittier here. At least she's in the sunshine.
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There's a difference between a cougar and a barn cat.
I'm with Tammy on this one. Melissa (ugh, hate her now) is a real piece of work. She cheated on Tammy, was emotionally abusive and neglectful, and then basically said "get the fuck out" when Tammy said, "hey what about me and the kids?"
And...she did the same thing when Julie Cypher fell in love with a man and left M.E. Melissa said in her book, "She said she wasn't gay anymore. "Not gay anymore? You've been gay for 12 years! how can you not be gay anymore?" Nice revisionist history there, Melissa. Julie WASN'T GAY when she met you, she was married to Lou Diamond Phillips!! Hence, that makes her straight!! And if you'd been paying FUCKING ATTENTION for those 12 years, she was probably giving off clues that her eye was wandering....but you were too self absorbed to notice. So when Melissa decides to cheat on Tammy, she makes it Tammy's fault. Huh??
I'm on Team Tammy. If she's used to a lifestyle that Melissa was happy to give her, then it should continue if Tammy is raising their kids. Tammy quit her career to raise Melissa's kids--and Julie did the same. So PAY UP BITCH seems to be the mantra. go for it Tammy, I hope you win.
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There's a difference between a cougar and a barn cat.
I'm all for people getting their paper, but Tammy sounds a little Tamma-lamma-ding-dong.
http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2012/04/melissa-etheridge-ex-burne...
And all that money is probably in addition to the house and car payments, right?
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I'm here to kick ass and drink tea. And I'm all out of tea.
Give me $23,000 a month and I'd raise Octomom's litter. And I'm sorry, but go to work like the rest of us. How many moms have the luxury of just waiting for the check to hit the bank every month and not work at some shitty job? Wahhhh!!!
Submitted by Puppy Love on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 10:48pm.
Funny we have the post about Blossom having her toyless kids piss on the rug and sleep on the floor or whatever on the same day we read abut Tammy's inability to live properly and provide for her family on 23K a month. Nothing in moderation, I guess. They're all fucked up out there.
Puppy, I almost snorted my iced tea through my nose when I read that! Toyless kids pissing on the rug....I'm still chuckling. Thanks for the good laugh!
Funny.Women have been bleeding men dry forever. Now they are doing it to each other.
Until today, I have never met a scissor sister gold digger.
I don't know how she can complain that $23,000 a month is not enough, thats $276,000 a year tax free, because child support is not taxable.
that is $23,000 in COLD HARD CASH in your hands every month.
Does she buy her clothes from Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen's fashion label? does she live in a mansion with 10 butlers and 12 maids and have a michelin star chef as her personal cook? maybe she drives a 10-tonne truck that drinks alot of petrol? maybe she needs a manicure and pedi every day? maybe she vejazzles her vajayjay with real diamonds not cubic zirconia???
so many questions, so little time.
all i can say is, if melissa gave me $23,000 a month in cold hard cash and i wouldnt be complain, id be sniffing her ass and telling her it smells like roses.
that's right dlisters, if you all gave me $23,000 a month id sniff your asses and tell you it smells like roses.
NDNChief I was being facetious, but clearly I missed the point you were trying to convey.
She's been divorced for a couple of years now...me, I'd have spent that time looking for a job in which I could support myself and my children, as opposed to spending my days in and out of court trying to squeeze more money out of my hated ex. Me, I'm the type to not feel comfortable depending on someone else for my daily bread.
Not sure I'd put all my eggs in reinventing my acting career in my mid to late 30s. At that point, you're playing the mom. Sex And The City's already been done, honey.
But above and beyond that, she's crying to the courts about being treated unfairly when she is paid $200K+/year by her ex. 98% of America would live rather comfortably with 2 children on $200K/year. And she is paid this to do nothing but raise her children. What mother on Earth wouldn't want that.
So it implies to me that she doesn't have a job...most people who do have jobs know how fortunate she is to even have that much.
See, me saying "get a job" is about more than pulling her weight and supporting herself, it's about gaining perspective. Tammy, you are a spoiled brat if you can't make it on $23K a month. Period. I mean really bitch are you a Real Housewife or something? :-P
What was so awful about the email Tammy sent Melissa? I was ready for something really juicy and bitter since Melissa is "using" it, but it actually sounds rather rational to me.
Funny we have the post about Blossom having her toyless kids piss on the rug and sleep on the floor or whatever on the same day we read abut Tammy's inability to live properly and provide for her family on 23K a month. Nothing in moderation, I guess. They're all fucked up out there.
Okay, this comment is neither here nor there, but DANG, Melissa Etheridge really is like a guy.
A power earner, loves em and leaves em, makes babies all over the place, has a devil-may-care attitude -- I don't know any woman like this. Even the other lesbian celebs aren't like her.
I think if you threw M.E. into an NFL locker room she'd be right at home.
This bitch. That's probably $23K on top of mortgage and other expenses, so I wouldn't be surprised if she's already getting 25% or more. How did Melissa not see this golddigga 10 miles off? I don't think this is revenge at all, just pure greed, with no consideration at all for her own kid's feelings, much less the feelings of the person she supposedly once loved. Those kids are just meal tickets for her. As much as this Tammy bitch makes my skin crawl, Melissa must be one dumb punane-matized slore to have agreed to have kids with her. As much as I want to sympathize with her, I can't sympathize with stupid people.
I still can't get past the fact that etheridge makes 177Gs a month!
"..extensive retraining." As a..
Circus seal?
Blohan handler?
Alligator wrestler?
D.C. Lobbyist?
I think ho has potential!
GET A JOB! Leech.
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Submitted by Darknight on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 3:37pm.
I will never understand how some people can go from "I love you so much and want to spend the rest of my life with you" to "WHERE'S MY FUCKING CHECK!", within the span of a couple of years.
Fascinating.
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Once the honeymoon I-can't-live-without-you phase wears off and the explosively awesome sex isn't all that awesome anymore, they realize they don't have that much in common after all. I think these two were high drama from the get-go, and once the infatuation wore off, Melissa probably cheated on her, and Tammy figured she could at least try to leech as much money out of her as possible out of spite.
That's my take on things. Frankly, they both suck. Shame, I liked them a few years ago...I thought they seemed like a steady happy couple. oh well.
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Shit like this is why you GET A FUCKING JOB while you are married. What happens to you and your children if your man/woman whomever leaves?
My husband is trying to fuck me financially because he didn't have the sense to have a fucking job for the past 6 GODDAMN YEARS. Now, three years of seperation later, he feels like I should still be supporting his ass.
Fuck off, Tammy Lynn. Get off of your ass and get a fucking job.
FUCK.
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Submitted by C6 on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 8:22pm.
So she's saying she needs AT LEAST roughly $750 A DAY to get by. That's more than I take home in a week after taxes fk me up the arse. Fk off. HAD IT with these trash dollar-digging we-failed-let-me-use-the-kid court-crying jilted whore bitches. Raised a kid - no system-milking - off $9 an hour til my daughter turned 8. Then it was a decent salary with medical. That's fking it. Bunch of assholes. INTEGRITY, REALIZE SOME, ALL YOU HOLLYWHORE ASSHOLES.
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Preach, brother man.
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"I love how Tammy says she needs "extensive retraining" to get a job."
I'm sorry, WTF?! Tammy, you GET ON THAT BEDPOST NEKKED AND SWING FOR DEAR LIFE IN VARIOUS POSITIONS AND THAT'S YOUR "EXTENSIVE RETRAINING" FOR YOUR SECOND LIFE HO JOB. THE END. Fkhole. Please
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"Discussions about what is good, beautiful, noble, pure, true, could always go on. Why is that important? Because that is the only conversation worth having." C.Hitchens,1949-2011. (RIP Winehouse & Houston, 2011) *caprica six was/is here*
So she's saying she needs AT LEAST roughly $750 A DAY to get by. That's more than I take home in a week after taxes fk me up the arse. Fk off. HAD IT with these trash dollar-digging we-failed-let-me-use-the-kid court-crying jilted whore bitches. Raised a kid - no system-milking - off $9 an hour til my daughter turned 8. Then it was a decent salary with medical. That's fking it. Bunch of assholes. INTEGRITY, REALIZE SOME, ALL YOU HOLLYWHORE ASSHOLES.
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"Discussions about what is good, beautiful, noble, pure, true, could always go on. Why is that important? Because that is the only conversation worth having." C.Hitchens,1949-2011. (RIP Winehouse & Houston, 2011) *caprica six was/is here*
Nicole Julian is absolutely right. $23K is not enough. Go to court and call Mary Cherry as a character witness. Case closed.
"Revenge is sweet and not fattening"
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Submitted by ditquoi on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 4:40pm.
NDNChief she means a job that pays you in real money as opposed to in cigarettes. doubt she's making nearly what anyone would need to survive spending her time filming some random "indie" film that won't even make it to national DVD distribution.
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Hmmm. . . 1st you say for her to get a job. Now that it's revealed she has a job; you defend her by "guessing" that it doesn't pay enough. She's the one that chose to get paid in ciggies. Plus there is that whole gap in employment thing. So she should just be offered a starring role right away?
Submitted by lislop on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 6:09pm.
I once encountered a yaoi fangirl who insisted in all seriousness, no funnin', that if gay couples could marry, then the divorce rate would go down drastically because only gays really appreciate love and togetherness, and straight people don't.
I was struck speechless, and it took a good two hours before I could come up with a retort.
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I'm here to kick ass and drink tea. And I'm all out of tea.
I could give a flying fuck if they're gay, female, etc. They were a couple, one was the main breadwinner, there was cheating and chickie is mad now. That should cover it.
*supports full equality*
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All my smoker friends smoke Marlboro Lights. I have GOT to stop hanging with the "poors." Thanks for the lesson, MK.
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What if the hokey pokey really is what it's all about?
Submitted by snippy on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 4:10pm.
I agree with the ex. If Melissa were a man, she'd be paying about 25% of her income to the ex-wife and kids. Sounds like a lot to most of us, but a house in a decent part of LA, some extra activities for the kids, top notch health insurance plan, etc. eats it up pretty fast.
And Melissa is a serial home wrecker. Being female and poster girl for the gay community isn't free license to act like a dick.
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THIS! All of it...
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Let me dirty up your mind.
Submitted by jack-n-the-hat on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 4:13pm.
Submitted by agirl on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 4:12pm.
"i have your new dicks on my kitchen counter?"
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Why has no one ever said this to me?
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*hops up on kitchen counter, whistles* yooo hooooo
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You two are cracking me up over here.
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This is a case of "be careful what you wish for".
Gay couples are going to find out that "marriage" is not all it's cracked up to be AND it can get very expensive once divorce (50% possibility) comes into the picture.
It doesn't matter if Tammy can live on 23k or not. The same standard that's applied to heterosexual marriages should apply here. Period. You wanted equality, well here it is.
Wonder if Rosie's breakup was the same? They have nothing in common I know... but just curious!
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Submitted by cripbabe on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 5:25pm.
I think it's an effect of gay marriage being a new thing. Heterosexuals have known for a long time that marriage carries with it the possibility of divorce, alimony and child support, but gays haven't yet gotten used to what legally-recognized breakups can bring.
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Submitted by ditquoi on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 4:40pm.
Wut u sed. I checked the budget for that movie, and it's 600,000. Not nearly enough for the supporting cast to live on.
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I'm here to kick ass and drink tea. And I'm all out of tea.
I don't care how "luxurious" your lifestyle was with your spouse, $23,000 a month is a fuckload of money - quit pissing it away, bitch!
plus, if Tammy is an "actress" that needs retraining to get out into the workforce, then she'd better do what other actors do while waiting for their big break - take down my order correctly!
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I agree with the ex. If Melissa were a man, she'd be paying about 25% of her income to the ex-wife and kids. Sounds like a lot to most of us, but a house in a decent part of LA, some extra activities for the kids, top notch health insurance plan, etc. eats it up pretty fast.
And Melissa is a serial home wrecker. Being female and poster girl for the gay community isn't free license to act like a dick."
I cosign 1000%.
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Haha Bored, thanks but I'll pass on the military healthcare! (Navy brat)
If Tammy's kids hate her it's probably because she's a bitter bitch who sits around steaming about being treated badly and plotting revenge and talking shit about their other mom. Sometimes people turn out to be jerks Tammy, so stop playing princess, grow the fuck up, move on, and take care of business.
Submitted by agirl on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 4:36pm.
........As for "if they can afford it", that's a status that can change in a heartbeat. Its reeeeeally risky for women to remove themselves from the workforce, and the bigger the gap in employment, the bigger the risk. It's taking a huge chance and if a woman has kids, even more is at stake.
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Momma ALWAYS said keep an account in my name only. SAHM or working mom, you need to do this. Slip $50 in there every chance you get. THAT is how you work a *prenup* and don't end up on your ass IF you ever break up.
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Being sexy and pretty is hardly the only kind of power. It may be the most visible option presented, but it's a copout and temporary. ~Hekki the Wuzzle
That's true agirl, but he has excellent life insurance, a pension (already!) and our two other option was to not have kids or put them in daycare, literally 10-11 hours a day. I wouldn't do that to kids and I really wanted kid by my early - mid 30s (but never really before!).
Having children, all in all, is risky. 10-12 hours a day in daycare has many risks too. Both parents can be laid off. Statistically, marriage rates with childless couples and couples with kids are the same. Life is one big risk!
Big life risks should be calculated risks, with backups ready. We both could have been unemployed for two years (with kids) due to our savings.
I see nothing wrong with staying home when this is the case. I think it benefits the whole family, in fact. I'd never have changed it.
But then again, what works for some, doesn't work for others. All family dynamics are different. Everyone says there's no "good time" to have a kid but I say there are much better times that others and birth control is our friend!
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Submitted by NDNchief on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 3:54pm.
"Revenge is sweet and not fattening"
-Alfred Hitchcock-
I can't remember who said it. But, gay couples should be able to get married and be miserable like the rest of us.
Welcome to equality Melissa. Also, fuck that "actress" BITCH Tammy. I looked her up on IMDB and her "career" sucks Donkey Balls. Although, she is currently filming something called UNTOLD. So how can she claim she needs "extensive retraining?" She has A FUCKING JOB !
NDNChief she means a job that pays you in real money as opposed to in cigarettes. doubt she's making nearly what anyone would need to survive spending her time filming some random "indie" film that won't even make it to national DVD distribution.
@Irish Fury - I hear ya, but it is taking a BIG risk. Sometimes it works out and sometimes it doesn't, despite all the good intentions and strong marriages and all that. It is putting all your eggs in one basket. A husband in a strong marriage can die suddenly, get sick, become disabled and unable to work... In the U.S. way more than half of marriages end in divorce, so a strong marriage is not common, plus, marriages can go sour after years of functioning well.
As for "if they can afford it", that's a status that can change in a heartbeat. Its reeeeeally risky for women to remove themselves from the workforce, and the bigger the gap in employment, the bigger the risk. It's taking a huge chance and if a woman has kids, even more is at stake.
Of course it's not enough, it's not about the money! Tammy Lynn is out for blood because Melissa dumped her and moved on. It's may hurt Melissa for a bit but she can't ever get her back, so it's become another Berry breakup!
Tammy should get with someone else and forget her, maybe give K-Fed a call...
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Submitted by snippy on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 4:10pm.
I agree with the ex. If Melissa were a man, she'd be paying about 25% of her income to the ex-wife and kids. Sounds like a lot to most of us, but a house in a decent part of LA, some extra activities for the kids, top notch health insurance plan, etc. eats it up pretty fast.
And Melissa is a serial home wrecker. Being female and poster girl for the gay community isn't free license to act like a dick.
then Tammy Lynn should have married a man.
seriously, if all she wanted was big money to sit on her ass as a "stay at home mom" for the rest of her life, she should have realized she wouldn't have the rights to compensation as the wife of a woman than she would if she were the wife of a man. know the game, golddiggas...know the game.
unless she's trying to trailblaze or something so future same-sex divorcing couples will have the same rights to rape the pockets of the higher earners, in which case, I say HA HA HA HA HA HA HA getajob HA HA HA
Submitted by Sweetas on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 4:23pm.
Tammy, take your $23K and stfu - says full time working, house owning single mother of two who hasn't received a dime of child support, no clothes, no lunch money, no school picture money, no stitches and broken arm without health insurance money, NOTHING for over a year. Suck it up and quit being a whiny little bitch.
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Hey you can be my *Sister Wife*, marry Mr. Slore and get military health care. Course it would officially be an adoption..... ok just grossed myself out.
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Submitted by jack-n-the-hat on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 4:13pm.
Submitted by agirl on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 4:12pm.
"i have your new dicks on my kitchen counter?"
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*hops up on kitchen counter, whistles* yooo hooooo
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Jack, you just made my day!
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"Revenge is sweet and not fattening"
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Submitted by ditquoi on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 4:23pm.
bitch is an asshole. get a job, babymamadrama. :-P
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according to IMDB Tammy is currently filming something called "UNTOLD". So she is working, despite not having "extensive retraining".
bitch is an asshole. get a job, babymamadrama. :-P
Tammy, take your $23K and stfu - says full time working, house owning single mother of two who hasn't received a dime of child support, no clothes, no lunch money, no school picture money, no stitches and broken arm without health insurance money, NOTHING for over a year. Suck it up and quit being a whiny little bitch.
*a tad bitter*
What the fuck is she doing with the money that $23K isn't enough?
Does she have weekly bonfire pits where she burns $100 bills?
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Submitted by snippy on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 4:10pm.
.......And Melissa is a serial home wrecker. Being female and poster girl for the gay community isn't free license to act like a dick.......
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TRUE! It was her ass who broke up the Lou Diamond Phillips home..... his wife cheated on him with her. Of course, tha dick gotta be REALLY bad or tha pussy gotta be REALLY good to *GO GAY* for 14 years then figure out you ain't!
So, wreck that home, then wreck the home you bilt with TLW for the person who was BEST(wo)MAN at your wedding to her..... jeebus.
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Being sexy and pretty is hardly the only kind of power. It may be the most visible option presented, but it's a copout and temporary. ~Hekki the Wuzzle
Charlie, nobody objects that she should pay child support, its the AMOUNT that her ex is asking for.
that's way more money than most of us will see in ten years. twenty three grand times twelve, do the math.
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I had my kids in '04, '05 and '06 so working would have been detrimental to all of us. Besides we agreed before having even one kid that one of us would take time off so I took four years off.
Besides, Mr. Fury and I are a team and good friends as well as spouses and parents.
And *this* Irish woman knows her legal rights! lol!
Now I work from home 30 hours a week, workout, and volunteer at school. I'm busy as hell as I am still the primary caregiver to the kids. If I were working the 60 hours a week he is, why bother having kids? And I'd be a shit wife, too.
Upon saying that, I agree that parents need to get their asses back to work once the kids are in school. 1st grade is an all-day deal and I think moms need to get out, work, make a living and stimulate their brains and careers. I think who have kids age 10 and up and who are "stay at home moms" must be bored out of their minds or have no personal ambition. I know I sound really "judgy" saying that but anyway.
But I do know PTA parents who don't work and put in a good 30 hours a week, free, in public schools, libraries, Salvation Armys and the like. If they can afford to, then I really appreciate that. Lord knows the schools and kids and society need all the help they can get. I think it's very selfless.
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She use to be kind of a hot little lezbo but she hit the acoustic wall hard!
You want to be married and play married couple, then you need to PAY UP. The same way any other wealthy man would have to PAY UP if they had a kid with you. PAY UP Melissa, just the same way a rich dude would pay up. You want your lesbianism and want to be treated so equally, then PAY UP. You are the big dog earner, then PAY UP your little wifey who has your kid. PAY UP BITCH, and then let us know how you like it.