To bashful re asking for money

Submitted by yasemin (Canada), May 8, 2008 at 10:32

Mine didn't start asking until after the marriage - it was at the point where he was starting the divorce secretly and i think he wanted money to pay the lawyer. Nice eh ?

First he suggested that we pay his mother to cook for us ( i declined saying we couldn't afford this ). Then he asked for 1000 and refused to say why ( stupid him - it made me suspicious immediately ) and this was, i believe, for the lawyer. But then there was always money disappearing from my wallet and he knew my bank card number so he got money anyway - just how much i can't tell from looking at my bank statements since i didn't keep a written record of withdrawals ( stupid me ) so i don't know if it was me or him withdrawing money.

By the way, if any of you think you'll recuperate losses in the form of alimony or compensation, think again. My husband never pays and the lawyer in Turkey does nothing to get the money and refuses to communicate with me. You never know who is on the take in that system. And court there doesn't care about refusals to abide by orders and also orders a laughable amount for alimony, thinking we are all rich here.

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