Divorce
By DianneN
@DianneN (247186)
United States
February 7, 2019 9:04am CST
The boat in the foreground is now some poor man’s house. He is divorced and basically in the poor house. All he has left from his marriage is his boat. His wife must have had one good lawyer.
My husband met him once. The man from the boat doesn’t live here, but moors his boat in the Intercostal. When he needs food or supplies, he takes a dingy to shore and has a big walk to the nearest market.
If I were that man, I’d sell the boat and rent an apartment. But that’s me. What would you do?
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51 responses
@Marilynda1225 (82789)
• United States
7 Feb 19
I tend to agree with you about selling the boat and renting an apartment. Too bad you don't know him better to get all the gossip about his divorce 
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@FourWalls (68120)
• United States
7 Feb 19
If the boat's paid for it's much cheaper to live there. No monthly rent, no monthly electric bills, no property taxes (since he doesn't own the river), just annual taxes on the boat.
There are lots of people who are living on boats. I'm not that adventurous (don't think I'd want to be on a boat in the middle of a lake or river during a lightning storm), but I can understand why he'd keep it.
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@DianneN (247186)
• United States
8 Feb 19
@playertwo Sounds that way. Sorry you are down on your luck and hope it changes.
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@marguicha (223132)
• Chile
7 Feb 19
@DianneN I always wonder about what some homeless people do and where do they get their money.
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@DianneN (247186)
• United States
7 Feb 19
@marguicha I often do, too. There are a lot of shelters for them here, and some must get money from certain benefits or by selling things they find. Very sad.
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@much2say (55669)
• Los Angeles, California
7 Feb 19
I have often thought it might be cool to live on a boat, but me being a land lover, there's probably only so much of that I could take. Maybe that's literally all that guy has and he isn't in a position to rent anything, but then I don't know how he could sustain with just his boat (you know there could be a lot of expenses in having a boat). I think I would definitely be more productive on land.
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@allknowing (136601)
• India
7 Feb 19
@DianneN You have to first collect all facts starting from what caused the divorce. Quite juicy the story will be (lol)
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@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
7 Feb 19
I guess he loves his boat.
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@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
7 Feb 19
@DianneN It's all he has left from the cleaners!
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@kobesbuddy (78882)
• East Tawas, Michigan
7 Feb 19
Myself, I'd sell the boat and rent an apartment. Living in a boat would be a sad, boring existence! This poor man:(
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@DianneN (247186)
• United States
8 Feb 19
@kobesbuddy I agree. I'm sure he lost his house in a divorce settlement. It's dark here now and not even a light is on in his boat.
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@kobesbuddy (78882)
• East Tawas, Michigan
8 Feb 19
@DianneN He should just sell the boat, to keep his feet on stable ground.
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@snowy22315 (180896)
• United States
7 Feb 19
Having the boat is probably therapeutic for him. I guess I would stay on the boat if it was protected from the weather. Maybe eventually get an apartment.
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@Aquitaine24 (11813)
• San Jose, California
8 Feb 19
That is what I was thinking.
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@Aquitaine24 (11813)
• San Jose, California
8 Feb 19
Did he have that much?Maybe it was a crappy place anyway and he didnt mind his ex to be stuck with it ;)
that’s a lot.
