You could have nodded sympathetically and say that however much you agree with your poor wives plight, your hands are tied by the law of the land. Smile, say thats its all desperately unfair but as much as you'd
like to assist, your ex wife's gripe should not be with you, but with the Courts. The Courts will then tell her that pension legislation relating to division in divorce is that it is not to be treated as pay, but er.. as a pension. She wasn't in the RAF, and as such, does not have a retirement age as you did, in keeping with
your terms of service. Her retirement age therefore, is 60 or 65.. so thats when she gets her pension.
Remind her that the CETV actuarial calculation was to value the pension, which is what you have done. If she then wants to start factoring in variables and plucking figures from the air intended to dissadvantage you, tell her you're planning on getting married to a 21 year old pole dancer and that you too, might have some unexpected outgoings of your own. Tell her that you might be needing to pay for large amounts of pole lube that you hadn't been expecting and that you are getting your old bedroom ceiling covered with mirrors.
Hey, I've always meant to ask. How on earth did you get off that parking ticket?
