Mick Hartley

Well now. A man in his late fifties decides to transition. His wife, understandably, leaves him. He then demands that the wife share the (substantial) costs of the transition – and a judge agrees.  From the Telegraph:

A divorcee has been forced by a judge to pay half for her ex-husband’s trans surgery.

The mother argued that it was unfair that she had to stump up £80,000 for the procedure when the decision to transition had led to the breakdown of her marriage.

But in what is believed to be the first case of its kind, the judge said that the surgery was a “need”, not a “whim”, and therefore it was “reasonable” for the cost to be met out of their joint funds.

The husband, 58, had said that the argument was “like saying someone who had cancer should not have the surgery” during the hearing at Brighton Family Court.

OK, yes, it's Brighton. But still. Like cancer??

But the (male) judge agrees. Yes, we men stick together.

The husband had surgery in 2024 after they had been separated for almost two years and the £160,000 bill was paid out of their joint cash.

During their separation, the husband, who has retrained as a massage therapist and Reiki practitioner, claimed he could not afford to pay the court-ordered maintenance to his wife and children but splashed £14,000 on an Amex card in one month “mainly on clothing, nails, jewellery and restaurants”, got £13,000 worth of tattoos in six months and racked up a £1,000 Milan restaurant bill.

The poor lamb – he was forced to spend all that money because of the deep suffering caused by his gender dysphoria.