My lawyer seemed to think that he was earning his money with all of the dirty divorce tricks that he had in mind. I wanted this separation and divorce to go smoothly but somehow I was hearing all sorts of tricks to get what I deserved. After so many years of marriage I guess I was entitled to a good settlement. I had given the best years of my life to this marriage and I could not get those years back. I did not realise that I felt this way until the lawyer pointed all of it out to me.