I Bet It Stung

And I thought my parents had a messy divorce...

Apparently, Dr. Richard Batista is asking for his kidney back—the kidney that he gave to his wife 4 years before she filed for divorce. Either the kidney or $1.5 million.

I understand that you might regret some things after your spouse leaves you, but seriously? You want your kidney back?

He even says in the article:

"My first priority was to save her life. The second bonus was to turn the marriage around."

Okay, so you even admit that your main reason was not to save your marriage. You were doing it because you thought you could save another person's life. So, since saving your marriage was only a "bonus", you shouldn't have been that upset about the kidney when she left you. Now, Richard, let's say that the only reason you did it was to save your marriage. Then why would you say something like that?? How would that help your case in the divorce? Either way, your logic is inconsistent at best.

Also, you should be a reasonably intelligent person if you're a doctor. So how did you not figure out that putting this in your divorce settlement would not make your wife look bad, but rather makes you look pathetic and spiteful? Also, you have kids! Why are you doing this to them? Have you even thought about that? You would rather send the message "I regret saving my wife's life" than get divorced civilly? Your kids are going to hate you. And, well, if you didn't see that one coming, then you probably deserve it. Seriously, you should've thought this one through.

Ugh. Every single day there are more reasons not to get married. But then again, "til death do us part" does sound great. Too bad almost half of the time it's "til irreconcilable differences do us part". And you can't forget "til he wants his kidney back do us part". That one has an especially nice ring to it...