their soon to be ex-wives want as much as they could get in alimony before the pay cut became permanent. also, i'm sure being gone for days at a time don't help.

of course that's helped my parents marriage. Dad's a firefighter, so he's home just long enough to start pi$$ing mom off, then he leaves. by the time he's home, she's just happy to see him again.

been an amusing cycle to watch for the last 27 years of my life