I think people are talking about the military wives who expect discounts and free meals because their SO is in the military. Sadly it’s not uncommon for people to act like that.
Can you be proud of your military family members? Absolutely. Can you expect special treatment because your family is military? No.
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You’re likely correct, on more thought I don’t they’d agree to not show some sort of the case they knew about. Not asking certain questions is more likely. She’s not in a position to take them on, probably just trying to do damage control after being told what a heinous thing it is to make false accusations of child abuse.
I wonder, did that come up at the initial settlement discussion? I wouldn’t be surprised if after that program aired, the likelyhood of reaching an agreement dropped considerably.
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I think the problem is people who DEMAND special treatment because their relative served.
There is no problem at all being proud that your family member is serving or has served. That is something for sure to be proud of. Very proud of. But to make scene at the grocery store because you want some special discount because your family member served is a totally different thing.
Though I am not sure what all this has to do with Lauren not being willing to sit for a deposition in the case she filed or Jonathan and Kirby Kanarek ignoring subpoenas or Jonathan Kanarek sending a note directly to the judge.
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I think the Kanarek wealth is just an illusion, one they are desperate to establish and maintain. I’ve seen the way they live and none of it indicates they have the great wealth that LK so steadfastly claims to possess. The other daughters had to go begging outside the family, hat in hand, to pay for their own honeymoons and such, so I don’t think Papa Jon has vast bank accounts to give his wife and children “whatever they want, however they want it”. At the most, it seems that JK was nothing more than an anonymous, low six-figure corporate attorney in finance, and not someone of great import or power, which is why he and his wife put great effort and a bit of money, into ingratiating themselves with the local social scene in and around Livingston.
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I guess it all points to probable dishonesty of the Kanarek crew and further discussion of real military vets.
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It was my comparison to how LK takes on that she’s basically a legal professional b/c, how did she put it, most of the ‘men’ in her family are lawyers. I couldn’t think of anyone else doing that so thoroughly and obnoxiously. Then I remembered reading about military wives and how most are super cool and working hard to support their spouses and raise the kids while being dragged all over the world, but they had special disdain for the few wives who made their spouse’s service all about themselves - others gave good examples above.
That’s what LK’s constant bragging about and associating herself with the legal experience of her family reminded me of. It’s so bizarre.
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Sorry to go down this rabbit hole but I read the post as disparaging people who proudly support their military family members. I didn’t realize that when I speak proudly about my father’s WWII combat service, or my husband’s and brother’s service during Vietnam, or my grandfather’s WWI combat service, some folks consider that “puffing myself up.” Or that by displaying a “We Support the U.S. Air Force” sign in my yard, I am “puffing myself up.” Or when I buy something at Lowe’s using my husband’s account (with military discount), or accept the veterinarian’s military discount based on my husband’s service, I am “demanding preferential treatment.”
But since we are WAY off topic, I’m going to end this discussion now. Sorry for anyone who is offended that I am proud of my family’s multi-generation military service, just as I am proud of anyone who has or is serving. They are keeping us free so we can have these little disagreements. 
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FWIW, there were no new filings overnight.
Question for the legal eagles:
Do judges spend their off time reading filings, or do they only read them during “working hours”? It seems like Sceusi has a lot to wade through before Friday’s proceeding and I assume he has a lot of other commitments so I am wondering if he will have time to read everything.
And if he can’t get through everything by Friday, does he order a delay in a decision? Will that show up as a filing?
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This.
This is exactly what I see going on with this family’s financial situation.
Sooooo. A question. If a person has 5 horses in full board at a nice facility in Loxahatchee, and one off the 5 is a retiree, but the other 4 are in full work… and likely all have 4 shoes on … and she’s taking lessons, maybe paying for some training rides…
What is the minimum monthly expense? Gotta be north of $10,000.
Most upper middle class retirees, even those who planned well financially, don’t have an extra $10,000 per month of disposable income to throw at one adult child’s luxury sport dreams…
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So many people have replied and responded to you that you have the completely wrong end of the stick. No one, including me who made the original post, mentioned anything bad about being ‘proud’. My husband served in the US Army FFS.
Please consider that you decided to take something completely the wrong way and decided on top of that to get offended about it. Now that it has been kindly explained to you that that’s not what was meant at all - including people cheering you on and encouraging you to be proud - the fact that you decided to once again make a big long post directed at me about how you were disparaged for being proud can only be interpreted as you really REALLY wanting to have been insulted and offended about this point.
That’s a you problem and nothing I or anyone else here can help you with. There are so many kind, lovely, supportive responses to you gently noted your misunderstood the original post. That you choose to ignore all of those and double down on misunderstanding and claiming the offended high ground is really baffling.
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I don’t remember how it came up or why. I just post here 
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Absolutely no one said you can’t be proud of your military family members. What was said was; You can’t demand special treatment because your family is military. You shouldn’t speak about someone’s military experience as though you were the one who experienced it.
No one said you can’t or shouldn’t support military service members.
ETA: by demand I mean the people who eat at a restaurant and then tell the staff they get a discount because someone else in their family serves. There are media stories about multiple military wives who do this and get angry they don’t get the discount they think they deserve.
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Didn’t LK testify that she could hear his truck coming - and fast? And added a snide little comment about how he always drove fast?
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If you are married to a service member, or married to a retired service member, you get issued a military ID. You actually are legally allowed all applicable military discounts. There is nothing wrong with a spouse of an active duty or retired service member asking for a military discount to be applied to a bill IF the establishment offers that discount. If the establishment doesn’t do military discounts, then people mostly just say, “OK. Thanks for checking” and pay their bill.
If you don’t have a military ID on you, then you frequently are SOL. Almost all places ask to see it before applying discounts.
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Wives actually ARE eligible for a military discount anywhere one is offered.
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This is an interesting rabbit hole we have gone down.
Thank you @DownYonder for checking the site to see if anything new has been filed. I do find your questions about how the judge uses their time to read all this stuff to be something I also wonder about. Thank you for asking it.
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Asking is not demanding.
I’m not talking about people with a military ID on hand at a place that does discounts for service members. I’m specifically referencing a piece about a woman with no military ID causing a massive kerfuffle because a restaurant wouldn’t give her a discount.
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Dang, I wasn’t going to respond to any more comments about this but wanted to clarify:
We (hubby and I) do not ASK for military discounts, but have been offered the discounts when we present a USAA credit card to pay for something, and the cashier recognizes it for what it is.
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That’s fair enough.
The general rule is no ID = no discount. Period.
Demanding and fussing is always a bad look.
And… people lie and try to get discounts ALL THE TIME. Sad but true. That’s why the ID is key. A person either has one, or they don’t have one.
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Nothing wrong with asking for a discount. I work retail management and I’m happy to give discounts and always thank people for their service.
We require a military ID to receive the discount.
What I’m trying to convey isn’t coming out right.
ETA: I was/am referencing a specific story about a woman with no military ID demanding a discount because her husband was in the army. She caused a scene, was nasty to the staff, and then posted negative reviews. Sadly not the only story I have seen along those lines.
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