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Professionally speaking, I'm actually quite well aware of that. Even so, there does have to be some legal foundation for any claim. If there are no children, their relationship had no formal legal status, the couple had separate checking accounts, the woman is employed full-time at a good wage which is in no way related to the man's work, and her relationship with the man did not in any way impair her earnings--and granted, we don't know if any of those except the first are true in this case, though --then the woman will be hard-pressed to justify taking everything.
OH Judge Judy is here! KIDDING DON'T BE MAD
 

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I lived with a fiance for 9 years, so threw me out ,didn't get shit 'didn't care. Done and over with.
 

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That one wrong answer and Rebecca "breaks" up with you shit made me regret trying to cheat on Amy with that unstable redhead. It's always the cute ones that are batshit.:FeelsBadMan:
I don't get where you ran into that? I'm missing sumthin
 

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That one wrong answer and Rebecca "breaks" up with you shit made me regret trying to cheat on Amy with that unstable redhead. It's always the cute ones that are batshit.:FeelsBadMan:
That "one wrong answer" is "don't worry baby, we don't need protection. I'll pull out!"

Riiiiight...the pullout method isn't real birth control. She hears him minimizing her (justified) concerns, realizes what an ass he's being, and runs. Perfectly justified, IMO.
 

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Actually, you're wrong. In the first place, common-law marriage only exists in a limited number of jurisdictions--20% or so of US states, Ontario (plus something somewhat similar in Quebec and BC) , the UK (of course), some old English territories, and, oddly enough, Israel.

Second, "2 people living together and sharing payments" is not sufficient for common-law status. In Colorado, for instance, common-law status only applies if the couple describes themselves as husband and wife. I believe that is also true in most other US jurisdictions which recognize common-law marriage. Given that the MC 1) never calls Bethany his wife but 2) does say they were engaged--which is to say, he had asked her to marry him but the marriage had never been formalized--it seems clear that they were not common-law spouses by any US standard. Given what I know of common-law marriage elsewhere in the world, it doesn't seem likely that they would have been common-law spouses anywhere else, either.

Third, you're assuming that "all property and finances are shared"--something which isn't even true in a great many statutory marriages. We don't know if the MC and Bethany had one checking account or two, and we don't know whose name is on the title to--or listed with the insurance company as the primary driver for--which car.

Now, again, I believe from his earlier comment that @Jeff Steel is a lawyer; I'm not, I don't play one on TV, and I didn't stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night, so he may well know something I don't, and presumably it's his knowledge which has shaped the plot. But on the evidence we have to date, there is no justification for assuming common-law status for Bethany and the MC. (And even if they were common-law spouses, that doesn't necessarily give Bethany justification for seizing the MC's property; that would depend on the jurisdiction in which they live.)
I hate to be "that girl" but your wrong. Common law marriage is a couple living together with plans on getting married, they were engaged. That's all.

Again, she doesn't need justification she got herself a lawyer which the MC didn't. He gave up and ran away and lost claim to everything.

I don't mean to be rude but google can tell you all this.
 
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I didn't follow the WT, but managed to open Amy's route. Arnold wasn't at her birthday, didn't lie to her whenever an opportunity to talk about Melody was presented and gave her the expensive gift.
  • I tried both ways and for whatever reason it must be a bug. If Arnold is at her party then you (for whatever reason) have to take Amy to the hotel first and then take Melody home.
NOOO! You have multiple chances for Amy,but last not seeing
  • Yeah, I realize that...but it reduces a chance to have another date with Melody (and SHE is the title character- the game isn't called "Bang Melody's Relatives". :) There are some instances where this game is too linear, but given that you only have a specific number of days to do all these things before school starts- I can kinda understand.
ou might have to go into the relationship tab, then click on *other girls*. you can lock out or unlock other girls stories from there. I found Becca to get annoying and ended up locking her part out towards the end.
  • I wasn't aware that you could this. I thought that you had to fulfill the prerequisites for each of the characters in order to unlock their content. I may have to try this approach later. :) Thanks for the tip.
OR what it all boils down to is that I'm not meant to have any type of success with these "harem-type" games- I couldn't hold onto one woman IRL- this skill is, apparently, carrying over into my gaming life. Lol
 
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I don't mind Bethany and I can see her point of view.

She had a lover that was never home and didn't put any effort into the relationship. She may have been the same but the MC certainly isn't an innocent party in their breakup.

She's being portrayed as the mega bitch here when all she's done is throw out a guy she was no longer in love with and cover herself financially which anyone with any common sense would do in a breakup where shared assets are concerned.
Uh but she was implied to be cheating on him way even before their breakup, and she wanted everything that she can get her hands, like HIS own car, if you wanna breakup 'cus you don't like someone anymore, sure, but she's literally intentionally taking everything away from him and make him desperate, and she's a salty bitch lol
 
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Yeah, I realize that...but it reduces a chance to have another date with Melody (and SHE is the title character- the game isn't called "Bang Melody's Relatives". :) There are some instances where this game is too linear, but given that you only have a specific number of days to do all these things before school starts- I can kinda understand.
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I hate to be "that girl" but your wrong. Common law marriage is a couple living together with plans on getting married, they were engaged. That's all.

Again, she doesn't need justification she got herself a lawyer which the MC didn't. He gave up and ran away and lost claim to everything.

I don't mean to be rude but google can tell you all this.
No. Common law marriage is a legal term that means different things in different places. Anywhere from living together to filing a statement that they are married, to agreeing to be married + living together + representing themselves to others as married. See different places and requirements here: .

Getting a lawyer doesn't give you everything. Running away doesn't mean you give up rights to your property. At a minimum she'd need to sue, have him served, and go to court. Not being able to find someone means the plaintiff will need to have substitute service done, which takes more time, and allows the defendant more time to respond.

The plaintiff files, then serves the defendant, then the defendant gets some time to respond. Motions can push this out a long time.

The MC thinks "I worked really hard for this car. No way I'm giving it up." He'd probably be able to show that it was primarily his, even if both of their names are on the title. If they maintained separate bank accounts (he doesn't mention pulling anything out of joint accounts, so they probably did) and he paid the payments out of his account, the court will almost certainly award the car to him. She wants everything, he says ok to all the household stuff and her car, but he wants his stuff and his car. More than fair.
 

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The difference being she has the law on her side, she went through a lawyer so everything she does is legal and above board. He ran off with a car which, without seeking legal help, is theft.

Granted I don't know how deep the dev is going to go into that part of the story but with regards to the breakup the MC did absolutely everything wrong and ran away while she went through legal channels and has everything going for her.

The flip side of that is I have no idea why she'd be looking for him, if anything her lawyer should be the one contacting him which screams forced drama by the dev and i'm not a fan of that.
UM, not really as simple as you make out. If the car title is in his name then it's not theft. If the registration has his name on it, it's not theft. The lawyer doesn't make as much difference as a judge. If they are married then until a divorce decree is issues (and depending on what the local laws say) the property is pretty much still community property. The soon to be ex-wife can propose anything she wants, but it's not binding until the judge says so. Also without kids most courts split everything 50-50 (unless she can prove she gave up something big for the marriage or there are children). From what I heard she still has her career, he still has his career, no children and there is no proof of infidelity. Now As I understand it they aren't married, so who ever bought it owns it. Now they can split it anyway they want it, but whoever has a receipt has the advantage.
 
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