“I want my kidney back.”
A New York man donated a kidney to his wife in 2001 and now he wants it back. This is all part of a bitter divorce. He says he wants the kidney or 1.5 million dollars. He’s a doctor he’s not poor. He’ll survive, has plenty of money, and the ability to make tons more. It seems to me it’s simply spite and greed on his part.
Granted, if what he claims is true, that she had an affair and then filed for divorce in 2005, the man has a right to be pissed. But there’s pissed and then there’s crazy pissed. This to me is crazy pissed.
Is a donated kidney something one normally lists among one’s assets in a divorce procedure? (I don’t think so!) Are body parts a marital asset? (If so, then will all those husbands who paid for boob jobs, face lifts, tummy, and butt tucks before their divorces sprint to court for refunds?)
Another thing, can you picture a judge ordering her to give the kidney back? Not gonna happen.
On the other hand, if it should occur, what surgeon in his/her right mind would do the surgery?
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That’s so tragic. It is be funny to think about surgeons putting fat back in after tummy tucks following less than amicable splits.
I kind of think that this is taking the “bitter divorce” a little to far. There are only so many things that you can reasonably ask to be returned.
Hmmmm wonder if he wants back all the sperm he donated for them to have 3 Children… I truly hopes this ruins his medical world.. as I for sure know I wouldnt want him preforming a surgery on me… heaven help if I couldnt pay the bill would he want to take back my surgery…
If I gave my wife a kidney, and then she cheats on me, I would do the operation myself, and get my kidney back.
Michael, ouch that could be painful. LOL
Sunny, the key word here is reasonably…
Nancy, funny you’re the second person who said that. Although the other was during a phone conversation. hehehe
Marty, I look at it this way–he’s a surgeon, so he probably spent more time at the hospital than he ever did at home. Once she’d recovered, he probably didn’t give a darn what she was doing before she filed for divorce in 2005 EXCEPT when he needed her to play hostess and hospital politics. If she cheated, she probably did so due to overwhelming loneliness. It’s my understanding that the divorce rates for doctors is quite high and the divorce rates for surgeons tend to be even higher.