Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Blame It On The A-a-a-a-a-alcohol

Just thinking about a few examples of life in the loony-bin world of divorce and custody cases:

A father rants on the phone, oblivious to the probability he's being recorded. Telltale white powder rings a mother's nose as she hurls obscenities at strangers, while her kids cringe next to her.  A husband spends tens of thousands of dollars on hookers instead of on his family.  A wife runs off with a lover and expects her kids to welcome her back with open arms after a 30-month absence.  A lawyer doesn't look at the settlement proposal that  her adversary sent six months earlier.  A judge issues contempt orders, over and over and OVER again, for the exact same offense that happened one time last year.

Cripes. What are these people thinking???

Some folks say, blame the lawyers.  Others say, blame the adversarial process.  Still others say, blame the whole legal system.  There's plenty of blame to go around. Like blame solves anything, right?

I say, there comes a point when I've just gotta go with Jamie Foxx and T-Pain: Blame it on the vodka, the Henny, the blue top, and the a-a-a-a-a-alcohol.


I can't wait for tomorrow's headlines (sigh).

1 comment:

  1. Hi Terri!
    Am up late trying to catch up on stuff and respond to mail. This one made me chuckle a bit. Isn't it all true though? My my.

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