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Was reading some of the comments -

Fact is, it's not uncommon for husband and wife to sue each other, from criminal acts (such as rape or assault and battery) to money matters, such as in this case.

Fact is, we don't hear much about these cases except when the parties involved are celebrities, or the subject matter is interesting, such as in this case, the lottery.

Fact is, most cases between husband and wife are settled between the parties without going to trial.

It would be good if this instant case will go to trial and the case decided on its merits, that way we can re-visit our comments here and see how we stacked up against the court's decision.

So what you are saying is that beautiful women are shallow, right? They never do charitable work either.  I guess you must think Angelina Jolie is ugly!   Let's see...Audrey Hepburn spent the latter part of her life working for UNICEF.   Models?  I wouldn't have room here to list all the charities Cindy Crawford is actively involved in, along with many others in her profession. 

I just deleted 1/2 of my post since I don't honestly want to get into a heated debate.   

Lotterologist

"Like MOST women, most beauty queens are SHALLOW and if you don't believe me, just watch their "reality shows".  "

I'm kind of surprised at your remarks here. Maybe you've only known shallow women, by no means are all women shallow. 

Maybe you shoud get your experiences and form your opinions from real life and not reality shows.

LOL! I don't want a "heated debate". By the way, I read what you posted earlier. It made me laugh.

As far as celebraties posing for the cameras while holding babies, adopting children, and working for charities, in the book entitled, "Mommy Dearest",  Christina Crawford wrote about that. When celebraties pose for the Paparazzi, helping the poor, the sick, and the orphans, more often than not, you will find that's just part of the act.

I didn't say that ALL women are shallow. Maybe you should get your definitions from a dictionary.  "Most" doesn't mean "all".

 helping the poor, the sick, and the orphans, more often than not, you will find that's just part of the act 

Faye Dunaway was always one of my favorite actors (Chinatown, Bonnie and Clyde, Eyes of Laura Mars, Network) but when she made Mommy Dearest I couldn't stop laughing.  I felt so guilty since it was a movie about child abuse, but it was such a bad movie.  Anyway, regarding your statement, even if it is "part of the act" who cares?  I doubt if Danny Thomas built Saint Jude's for the publicity or Paul Newman & Joanne Woodward started the Hole in the Wall camps to get attention. However, if someone wants to build me a home and give me $10 million and all I have to do is pose with him on the cover of People Magazine..call the paparazzi!!

"Who cares?" Apparently Christina Crawford cared, Gary Crosby, son of the late Bing Crosby cared, and many others cared who wrote about the false images of their famous parents in their books. My point was that just because you see a famous person on TV or in a magazine helping the poor, adopting orphans, or working for charities, that doesn't mean their heart is into it.

Many do it for publicity.

Faye Dunaway is also one of my favorite actresses.

It's all about publicity, immorality, and illusion in Hollywood. 

It's all about publicity, immorality, and illusion in Hollywood. 

I totally agree with you Lotterologist.  However there are some rich (or famous) people who truely give from their hearts but those aren't the ones we hear about over and over.  Especially those that give on a grass roots hands on level and after their death like Lila Wallace, the Reader's Digest lady.  Unfortunately adopting children has been something that Hollywood Stars have been doing to get attention almost since the beginning of film.  It's simply "Noblesse Oblige." 

I saw a special on TCM on how celebrities were once dubbed into the film of promotional events for charities like the Salvation Army etc. and they weren't even there.  It was done with footage that was previously filmed.  Stars like Cary Grant, Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, just to name a few. 

Corporations give away large sums of money to charities and community projects but for different reasons.  They do it for tax breaks and to have their name credited.

The ultimate giver is the one who does it anonymously and not with "Noblesse Oblige".

Amen! I agree with you 100%, Tenaj!

Huh  !?!?!?!  ... If your wife won 10 million dollars and decided to divorce you, you wouldnt want half ??!? Weather you gave her half the money for the tickets or not, your still entitled to half. Do you think that if you decided to divorce her, that she would not want half of your winnings ??! Unless your both very well off financially, then a couple of million wont break the bank and this statement becomes null and void.

LOL!

this is just another sad case of... me not winning the lotto :P

Hello there, I would like to first say that I have been reading these forums for about 2 years now (off and on) and it has been interesting, educational and sometimes downright entertaining.   Tonight after reading these comments I am so disappointed I felt compelled to register and weigh in with my 2 cents worth.

First of all, vulcan - your ex wife winning all that money and maybe giving you a couple hundred, wow that is sad, but then you follow up about your life with your girlfriend and how you guys split the bills and EACH set aside $2000 a month for home improvement and vacations.  It is obvious to me that you guys are in the class of people that just play for fun and extra money is just that, extra.  Right now your slush fund is our monthly income and we haven't had a vacation in 4 years.  It has been said that the majority of lottery players are the poor, and in one inspired post I read recently that buying a lottery ticket is buying hope.  That is certainly how it is for most.

The comments I have been reading about marriage in this topic are just disheartening.  My husband and I have been married for 5 years, we came together with our own debts and then created more due to health problems.  Between us we have 5 children.  Occasionally we treat ourselves to a lottery ticket.  Right now he is the wage earner for our household as it is not financially sound for me to work while leaving the kids in daycare (which is greatly overpriced).  If I am the one to purchase the ticket, it would, according to the majority of the posters on this topic, be his because it was with his money.  In our world, it would be OURS.  Anything that he and I do, separately or not has a joint effect on both of us.  It would be without question that if one of those tickets were to ever be for a large win, we would consider that OUR windfall.  He would never say, well that's it, this is my ride out of here and leave nor would I.  We have always prided ourselves on the strength of our marriage and our family ties, even during the hard times which we are struggling through right now.

With all that being said, the fact that this Ramdass guy left his wife after concealing his win just goes to show that there was not a strong relationship there.  Some people get married for the wrong reasons.  Personally, I think the whole thing is a sad statement about the state of marriage in this country.