# So psting it on FB makes it better?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-psting-it-on-fb-makes-it-better/741669
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [December 29, 2015, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-psting-it-on-fb-makes-it-better/741669 "2015-12-29T19:17:14Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2015, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-psting-it-on-fb-makes-it-better/741669/1 "2015-12-29T19:17:14Z")
Ex-husband is traumatized by the comments his ex-wife is writing in the notes section of his alimony checks. He hires a lawyer to sue her for the emotional distress. Then the lawyer posts a copy of the check on FB for all the world to see.
Wouldn’t that cause more emotional distress?
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### Author:  [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2015, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-psting-it-on-fb-makes-it-better/741669/2 "2015-12-29T19:19:56Z")
sorry bad link[http://nydn.us/1QLPfxn](http://nydn.us/1QLPfxn)
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### Author:  [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2015, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-psting-it-on-fb-makes-it-better/741669/3 "2015-12-29T19:36:11Z")
Reminds me of the guy who had checks printed up, just for alimony payments, with various pictures of he and his new girlfriend grinning and having a grand time.
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### Author:  [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2015, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-psting-it-on-fb-makes-it-better/741669/4 "2015-12-29T19:56:31Z")
This sounds too me like the law firm got a little carried away with self promotion. I’m not getting the sense they did it for the benefit of the client. Nor do I get the sense that the client appreciates this.
Law firm may be getting sued themselves.
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### Author:  [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2015, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-psting-it-on-fb-makes-it-better/741669/5 "2015-12-29T20:01:02Z")
I don’t know, posting the check holds the woman up to ridicule for being a vindictive bitch. It probably feels like retribution for the guy, mitigating his emotional distress.
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### Author:  [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2015, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-psting-it-on-fb-makes-it-better/741669/6 "2015-12-29T20:16:01Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#):
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> I don’t know, posting the check holds the woman up to ridicule for being a vindictive bitch. It probably feels like retribution for the guy, mitigating his emotional distress.
It may make her look bad, but it makes the ex-husband look like a big cry baby, and the lawyer look like an ass.
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### Author:  [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2015, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-psting-it-on-fb-makes-it-better/741669/7 "2015-12-29T20:21:04Z")
They’re all acting like bratty children.
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### Author:  [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2015, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-psting-it-on-fb-makes-it-better/741669/8 "2015-12-29T23:07:43Z")
Now: does the ex-wife have cause of action against the law firm for:
You got it - Emotional Distress!
?
If there is a just god: please have her counter-sue.