What Happens When Rich People Get Divorced

They get remarried. This Observer article is ridiculous and I don’t believe anyone actually talks or thinks like this but they must, because it exists.

“So let’s just say you’re a relatively affluent couple in the 20 to 25 million range. By the time the lawyers take their eight-figure slice and the mortgages are paid off when the residences are sold, she might end up with a six- or eight-million-dollar check. It sounds like a lot of money, but that’s it for her, unless she marries again. A conservative 3 percent on six million — $180,000 a year — is her clothing allowance from her once former life.”

“So then what happens?”

“The ones with younger kids get alimony and child support. But the smart ones end up with the best 60-year-old they can find.”

“And if they don’t?” I asked.

“There’s always Boca Raton,” he said.

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