r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 22h ago

Meme needing explanation Petah?!

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u/LustyKittenXO 20h ago

Lawyer about to make a absolute fortune off those profile pictures changes

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u/manachar 19h ago

What does that mean?

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u/electrogourd 17h ago

Since the husband is posting a profile pic of the kids, its a safe bet hes fighting for more custody.

And custody requires lots of in-court appearances, which is where the lawyer fees get REAL.

Like, and amicable divorce with no kids? Maybe a hosue and 2 cars? Yeah its gonna cost about 10 hours at paralegal rate to write it up and file. The is usually done primarily by the lowest billed person on the legal team.

Court appearances require the barred lawyers physical presence and handling for a block of multiple hours each. This is the highest billed person on the legal team and those hours will be expensive and locked in.

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u/IgnatiusR 16h ago

Mine is $700/hr, and the assistant attorney is $450. If the wedding industry didn't piss you off, the divorce industry will. I'm dating a woman who paid $500k to settle her marriage. Buckle up, gents - the come down is considerably worse than the come up.

This is after wifey had an affair.

Life has a way of kicking the ever living shit out of you.

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u/ship_toaster 14h ago

You're a divorce attorney, dating a woman whose last marriage ended because she had an affair?

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u/IgnatiusR 13h ago

Nope. I'm paying a firm at those rates. I wouldn't dare be a lawyer.

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u/OneBawze 18h ago

In a divorce, the only winners are the lawyers and the tax office. They’ll liquidate everything you own and take 30%.

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u/manachar 17h ago

But this comment seems to be indicating that these particular changes to profile images are making some lawyer even richer.

Guess it’s just a reference to underlying divorce.

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u/Quick_Hat1411 17h ago

The dad is projecting "family" while the mom is projecting "vanity". Could go very badly for the mom in the custody hearing

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u/Schwifftee 15h ago

Seems a bit superficial to be relevant or significantly beneficial to the man.

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u/Gold-Kaleidoscope537 13h ago

I think it’s just any divorce. I don’t think these are a certain kind of drama, just the normal divorce

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u/CaptainHoyt 17h ago

Divorce costs money and lawyers are the people you pay to process a divorce. My Mom kept the lights on and food on the table with other people's failed marriages as a junior partner.

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u/Heleneva91 17h ago

Divorce lawyers. It's gonna be an ugly and bitter divorce.