Consider yourself fortunate that she only got away with half.Humanities major who ended up in retail. (retail everyone hates retail!)
Started at 17k a year 22 years ago.
Will make 350k this year. (many promotions)
Was saving a TON the last 4-5 years when my pay about doubled.
Just had my divorce finalized.
Ex-wife took half.
Need to save some more now.
as we are paying for expensive private schooling for the kids. But we are already more or less FIRE once we decide to quit/leave Beijing/sell current apartment, so while it is painful to pay those fees we feel it is worth it for what we are getting (kids doing very well both academically and socially).
ISB or WAB? I often wonder if in the long run it is worth the ridiculous cost ....
I was in IT for almost my entire career. Even though I felt like I worked hard and put in a lot of hours, I made a lot more money than I thought the job was worth the second half of my career (a lot more) and I saved large chunks (about half) of it the last 10 years.