#financial-disparity

#financial-disparity

Matt and I started from the same place. Same middle-class neighborhood, same public schools, same dreams of making it big someday. We'd spend hours in his garage talking about the companies we'd build, the problems we'd solve, the money we'd make. The difference? He actually did it. Last month, I scrolled through Instagram and saw him closing on his third investment property. Three months before that, it was the Tesla. Six months before that, the startup exit that set him up for life.

...Now he gets to live with the child, and my mate gets to pay for it. Before the split, my mate and his ex bought a house. It is in an ideal location and style to suit the affair partner. He moved in. It wasn't hard for him to find his way around it as he'd been there many, many times when my mate wasn't. The affair partner is significantly older, so he earns massively, has big resources despite his own divorce, and good prospects. ...