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"Now that I&amp;#039;m back from vacation, I finally made the call and have an appointment set up with a very well recommended divorce lawyer/mediator. It&amp;#039;s just the initial free consultation, but it&amp;#039;s one foot forward. I need to find out whether or not Peter&amp;#039;s idea of a quickie divorce is a good option for us - and I really do suspect it&amp;#039;s not. How could it be? We&amp;#039;ve got a disabled kid to consider, along with his sister, various joint property, lots of joint debt, and investments that are in his name but grew over the course of our marriage. We&amp;#039;re not loaded in that area, by any means, but still - my income contributed just as his did over the years. I should get half of all of that. The only real holdup in this entire divorce debacle has been financial. I honestly can&amp;#039;t afford the retainer fee to a lawyer to get this done, or I would have done it by now. Peter certainly hasn&amp;#039;t stepped up and said he&amp;#039;d pay, and now he&amp;#039;s looking for the cheapest, fastest option and I&amp;#039;m left being the sensible one and saying &amp;quot;Whoa! Let&amp;#039;s make sure we cover everything.&amp;quot; I&amp;#039;m sure he thinks I&amp;#039;m dragging my feet, but I&amp;#039;m not. I want this done as badly as he does - I&amp;#039;m just not willing to sign my future or the kids&amp;#039; future away on the dotted line in the interest of expediency. Did you feel like you were getting railroaded by your spouse during this process? Like they just expected you to smile and nod and sign whatever to get this over with? "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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