Hi everyone here, I need some help and advice here, please. My wife wants to get an alimony and will like me to pay 70% of my salary to her. Can I check if there is a proper way to work out the amount that I should pay her as I will like the payment to be backed up with certain reasons and justifications? I’ll accept paying more than 70% if it is being backed up with certain reasons and justifications. 70% seems quite high to me as CPF contribution is 20% leaving 10% (100-70-20) behind which will leave me with nothing after giving my parents monthly allowance. We have been married for 2 years.
We are both in our late 20s, no kids, co-owning a HDB unit. I have not been giving her allowances until recently, 20% of my income each month. The reason why I have not been giving her allowances was because she used to earn almost the same amount as me previously and more than me recently.
The main reasons for us to get an alimony were the following (hope it helps in deriving the proper alimony I should be paying her):1) She felt that I was biased towards my family and favour my family over her. An example is let’s say if my parents were to pass on (touch wood) and if I get lesser compared to my siblings for some reason, I should fight for it now. I disagreed as I do not want to cause some trouble within my family. However, she shared that me not wanting to cause trouble for my family will cause her displeasure as she is not assured of the money that I would get and eventually the money she would be getting.
2) I was unable to provide for her financially and provide a car. She mentioned that a guy nearing late 20s should be earning 5 digit a month and to be honest, base on my career projection, I’ll not reach that before 30 years old. She also mentioned that I have wasted her youth when she could have been with a guy who treated her better (unbiased against her) and it is a duty of the guy to provide a car and earn more to provide a landed/condo.
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We are both in our late 20s, no kids, co-owning a HDB unit. I have not been giving her allowances until recently, 20% of my income each month. The reason why I have not been giving her allowances was because she used to earn almost the same amount as me previously and more than me recently.
The main reasons for us to get an alimony were the following (hope it helps in deriving the proper alimony I should be paying her):1) She felt that I was biased towards my family and favour my family over her. An example is let’s say if my parents were to pass on (touch wood) and if I get lesser compared to my siblings for some reason, I should fight for it now. I disagreed as I do not want to cause some trouble within my family. However, she shared that me not wanting to cause trouble for my family will cause her displeasure as she is not assured of the money that I would get and eventually the money she would be getting.
2) I was unable to provide for her financially and provide a car. She mentioned that a guy nearing late 20s should be earning 5 digit a month and to be honest, base on my career projection, I’ll not reach that before 30 years old. She also mentioned that I have wasted her youth when she could have been with a guy who treated her better (unbiased against her) and it is a duty of the guy to provide a car and earn more to provide a landed/condo.
A lot more at https://tinyurI.com/y525mqdr