"The 2-Belo" <the2belo@msd.biPOKPOKglobe.ne.jp> wrote in message
news:3ffbcb70$0$3181$df066bcf@news.sexzilla.net...
> Ryan Ginstrom and fj.life.in-japan is a baaaaaaaaaaad combination:
>
> >So as a man in Japan, if you get divorced you lose your kids but keep
your
> >house and most of your paycheck. Unless you're a foreigner, in which case
> >the house is probably in her name.
>
> Which is precisely why, when I signed up for 30 years' worth of home
loans, I
> made damned sure the house deed said "Jeff Boyd" on it.

50/50 here. But the (mandatory) borrower's insurance pays 90% to the wife if
I die, 10% to me if she does. That and my life insurance policy, and I'm
worth a lot more dead than divorced.

But I know my wife would never do something like slip cyanide in my
coffee -- she knows I plan to add a couple more $100K this year.

-- 
Regards,
Ryan Ginstrom