40% first marriages in US end in divorce. Second marriages have 60%. 2/3 initiated by women
replyYou just need to know few people to qualify for "multiple times"
> 2/3 initiated by women
replyYou say this like 2/3 of divorce is the fault of women, but IME they usually have good reason to do so.
Agreed. If we’re talking inconvenient truths, I see far, far more husbands being useless married (and particularly parental) partners than I do wives. And I say this as a man.
replyI’m assuming “initiated by” is an objective legal term for filing the divorce. which ironically is probably oppositely correlated to fault in divorces, i.e if the husband cheats, the wife files for divorce, and it was the husband’s ‘fault’ as they breaches the marital contract
replyIt's a large jump from "divorces happen a lot" to "many startup founders have their highschool sweetheart honeypot them for child support"
replyIn fairness, it seems like everyone is a startup founder. I can't tell you the number of CV's and resumes I've seen that have CEO of something I've never heard of on them.
replyJust saying that being a startup founder is not particularly rare or special the past twenty years. You don't even have to do particularly well with your startup. People probably get targeted for a measly 750K exit. I think on HN we get a twisted opinion of what is big money to most people.
>" I think on HN we get a twisted opinion of what is big money to most people."
reply>"a measly 750K exit"
No kidding, lol.
This is how you know this is a male dominated forum: women would not be remotely surprised and in fact tend to be the only ones warning of it when it is about to happen.
replyAnd let’s face it, nerds are especially vulnerable.
People are missing the point; it depends on the "circle" you are in.
Not all will have the same experiences occurring at the same frequency.
reply> A significant proportion of the people I know that won the startup lottery
replyMaybe he only knows one person who "won the startup lottery"
I sure have. I’m surprised you’re surprised.
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