Boo friggin' hoo! Get a load of this!

[dzsaigirl]

Check this out:

divorce settlement

[ztabchbum]

STFU! If I could only have that amount of money for 1 DAY! I hate Hollywood!

[dzandiloo]

Her daughter is invited to approx. 2 birthday parties a month, and therefore she spends approx. $1,000.00 a month on birthday presents??? That's $500 each!!! I'm gonna have to invite this kid to my daughter's next birthday party.

[KillarneyRose]

Yikes, this is going to be unpopular but here goes! lol

Sure the settlement is ridiculously extravagant but then so is the lifestyle the Ritchies and their children lead. Why should the children's way of life be changed even one iota as a result of their parents' divorce? It's not their fault, right? It's bad enough they won't see their dad as much as they're used to, but to tell them they have to scale back on the things they've done their entire lives is cruel, IMO.

As for Diane...sure, Lionel Ritchie made that money, not her. However, if she had taken a fulltime outside job in 1984 when she and he met, she would have made a considerable amount of money in the 20 years since then. Or at least enough to suport herself. But I am assuming that it was a mutual decision on the part of the couple that she did not work outside the home and instead opted to run the house instead.

So now that they're dissolving the partnership; her having forfeited two decades of work time and used to a certain lifestyle, she's supposed to go rent a one bedroom apartment in Chino? (ok, I don't know anything about Chino, California, but I know it's where the kid on "The O.C." lived before his legal aid attorney took him in so I'm assuming it's not nice. If I've offended any Chinoans out ther, I apologize ) Think of it as a nice severance package!

Besides, I'm sure Lionel Ritchie can well afford the settlement

[Peaches-n-Cream]

Is this the ex Mrs. Ritchie who beat Lionel up? Maybe that was his other ex-wife.

Maybe I should be the next future ex Mrs. Lionel Ritchie. At least I could have a few shopping sprees.


I wish I had $300,000 a year.

[DZGirl]

HAHA Crazy.. what the heck are "computer lessons"

[ztabchbum]

Originally posted by Peaches-n-Cream
I wish I had $300,000 a year.

Isn't she getting $300,000 a MONTH?!

"demand for at least $300,000 in monthly support payments"

So that would be $3.6 MILLION A YEAR! HOLY SHIT that's a lot of money - and she doesn't have to do anything for it! (No work/job)

[Rudey]

LOL What just would she have gotten? And alimony and child support are different no?

-Rudey
--Get a prenup

Originally posted by KillarneyRose
Yikes, this is going to be unpopular but here goes! lol

Sure the settlement is ridiculously extravagant but then so is the lifestyle the Ritchies and their children lead. Why should the children's way of life be changed even one iota as a result of their parents' divorce? It's not their fault, right? It's bad enough they won't see their dad as much as they're used to, but to tell them they have to scale back on the things they've done their entire lives is cruel, IMO.

As for Diane...sure, Lionel Ritchie made that money, not her. However, if she had taken a fulltime outside job in 1984 when she and he met, she would have made a considerable amount of money in the 20 years since then. Or at least enough to suport herself. But I am assuming that it was a mutual decision on the part of the couple that she did not work outside the home and instead opted to run the house instead.

So now that they're dissolving the partnership; her having forfeited two decades of work time and used to a certain lifestyle, she's supposed to go rent a one bedroom apartment in Chino? (ok, I don't know anything about Chino, California, but I know it's where the kid on "The O.C." lived before his legal aid attorney took him in so I'm assuming it's not nice. If I've offended any Chinoans out ther, I apologize ) Think of it as a nice severance package!

Besides, I'm sure Lionel Ritchie can well afford the settlement

[G8Ralphaxi]

Lesson #1:

If you have a LOT of money, don't live in a community property state (like California).

Lesson #2:

If you have to live in a community property state, get your beloved to sign a prenuptial agreement or don't marry them!

Lesson #3:

If you ignore Lessons #1 and 2, you deserve what you get! Mr. Richie is screwed.

[midwesterngirl]

Originally posted by Peaches-n-Cream
Is this the ex Mrs. Ritchie who beat Lionel up? Maybe that was his other ex-wife.

Maybe I should be the next future ex Mrs. Lionel Ritchie. At least I could have a few shopping sprees.


I wish I had $300,000 a year.

No,this woman is the reason that his first ex wife beat him up.Which ex is Nicole's mom?

[HBADPi]

$1000 dollars a month for laser hair removal???

What I want to know is how much hair does this woman have? Scarey thought...

[SoCalGirl]

Nicole is his adopted daughter/niece. Nicole's real daddy is Lionel's brother.

[33girl]

Brenda is the Mrs. Ritchie w/ the wicked left hook.

All I can say is Lionel must be quite the investment genius to STILL be living like this because it's been a hella long time since I heard him on the radio.

[Lady Pi Phi]

Didn't he have a song on the radio in 2000/2001? I remember waking up to it everymorning (thankyou magic 106 in Guelph...the only radio station I could get)

[cntryZTA5]

Originally posted by KillarneyRose

So now that they're dissolving the partnership; her having forfeited two decades of work time and used to a certain lifestyle, she's supposed to go rent a one bedroom apartment in Chino? (ok, I don't know anything about Chino, California, but I know it's where the kid on "The O.C." lived before his legal aid attorney took him in so I'm assuming it's not nice. If I've offended any Chinoans out ther, I apologize ) Think of it as a nice severance package!

Besides, I'm sure Lionel Ritchie can well afford the settlement

It's funny you wrote this, I lived in Chino for 5 years while going to school.....it's actually nice, it just has a lot of cows . No offense taken though .