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Originally posted by poodleNtraining
And all I can say to PM_Mama and other on her wavelength, is to get a heart and get a clue. If you were in an accident and someone wrecked your car, and their insurance company said they were gonna get you a new car on the same level as yours, and you had a Mercedes and they gave you a Yugo, you'd be at the courthouse filing papers ASAP. This is an even bigger situation, with the promise being even more critical. They said it, they owe it, end of discussion.
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Hmmmm, good analogy. How about this one? Imagine a woman that is in college, doing just fine, working towards earning a bachelor's degree. She is at the top of her class, but she falls in love with a very selfish man and he demands that she quit school to come and work for him. She feels she has no choice. Either she concedes or loses him. He has just opened a new business, but it is failing and he is struggling just to keep the doors opened. He married her not because he loved her, but because he thought she would be a great assest to his company and he knew that she would work hard on his behalf to make the company into what he knew it could be. The wife takes on the responsibility and puts all her time and effort into making the company a prosperous one. She receives no pay and because she is working so hard for her husband, she loses contact with all of her friends and family because she is just so busy. She does this for four years (4 really should = 400, but work with me here) and as expected, the company takes off and becomes one of the most powerful and financially successful in the world. He is now a very rich man. In retrospect, the husband realizes that what he's done to his wife (marrying her because of her business savvy and not out of love) is not in the best interest of his livlihood, so he divorces her. (Note that he's not really sorry for what he's done, he just realizes that her services no longer benefit the growth of the company). Now, she's given up everything she's familiar with and she's done nothing but worked hard to help make his business thrive. In return, she gets a swift kick in the butt and is forced to make it on her own. She is left with no education (remember she dropped out for him), no money, no family or friends, and no identity. Is she or is she not entitled to some of the earnings she helped generate???