[trapsetter]

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The argument for alimony is, at least in part, based on the assumption that one person stayed at home to tend hearth and home(sacrificing the chance to achieve eduction, business opportunity, career, income etc.) while the other person worked and had a career.

I think that trapsetter's aunt is the perfect example. Another example would be a mother who, post divorce is the primary caretaker and is not able to work full-time without sacrificing some portion of her parental care.

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Actually my aunt was quite successful in her day. She hasn't worked in years though, and both she and her ex-husband were never exactly shy about spending money, and she also gave a lot of her money away to deadbeat relatives.