Not exactly a deep dive into the economics. Just advice to minimize legal fees. Sounds like she got the house and car. He did declare "my own cost of living will do way down", which I don't quite understand. Does it mean 1) she will cover the cost of the kids or 2) his own cost of living was inflated due to marriage?
I may be reading too much into this, but I do wonder if his insistence on frugal lifestyle was a contributing factor in the divorce.
Omg stoooooooooooooop. You are being the rude forum participant Pete was referring to.
IDK, I think it's a fair question. Pete has built a muiltimillion dollar brand and blog on the idea that the path to happiness is relentless spending optimization and optimism. If the same was ultimately a significant contributor to the end of his marriage he should share that. The fact that he has not addressed the elephant in the room leads to speculation, which is where it does get rude. I mean for years, the guy shared where every penny of his family's spending went and many other personal details, don't get shy now when it's not all sunshine and roses.
I thought this WAS a valid question, until I read through the comments on the blog post.
Many will ask if it contributed, and I'm sure there are click hungry bloggers that will deposit their thoughts on how Petes frugality is inhuman and this whole FIRE thing is bad for you and blah blah.
I myself wondered, here are two presumably rational people, with no money stress, no free time stress, and they are willing to work hard to better themselves, if they can't make it what chance do us laypeople have. Please tell me it was (atrocity x y or z) and not something I have to worry about.
For awhile I thought Pete not telling was a cop out, as he has turned himself into somewhat of a public figure and profited handsomely for it.
Then I read a string of comments, and I can't find it now, but the general jist was, someone said
"This is BS generalizations, bleed all over the page and tell me the truth like you always do or people will assume the worst"
To which Pete replied
"This blog is a hobby, this is where I draw the privacy line, people can presume whatever they want"
I wanted to insert the actual comments, but I can't find them
Edit: update, found them, see the next post
So in summary, Pete has said he's drawn the line, even if it is at the expense of the blog. People can say FIRE will doom you to divorce, you can abandon ship, his reader base could drop from millions to single digits, he doesn't care. The blog is a hobby, he's not a totally public figure, he says frugality had nothing to do with it, you can believe him or not, he doesn't care, everybody stop asking.