Contemplating Divorce
Should I divorce? Should I stay for the kids? How will I survive?
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Your Divorce-Proof Post-Nup
While prenuptial agreements often receive the spotlight, postnuptial agreements have quietly emerged as powerful tools. Signed during the marriage, and not before, as with the case of a prenuptial agreement, postnuptial agreements are marital contracts that seek to protect the financial future or stabilize a marriage in transition. Rather than anticipating failure, post-nup agreements aim…
Read MoreWhy Do Women Initiate Divorce More Than Men: 7 Reasons
Marriage is often pictured as the finish line in many stories — that long-imagined day when the narrative is supposed to be complete and “ever after.” But the truth is more complicated, isn’t it? Studies show that women initiate divorce nearly 70% of the time, compared to men.• And when you talk to women about…
Read MoreWhat Exactly is a Cohabitation Definition?
People have called it plenty of things over the years. Playing house. Shacking up. Living in sin. Some of those names were playful. Others came with judgment. But these days, for a lot of couples, it’s just life. We hear it all the time from women we work with. Marriage feels unnecessary for some. For…
Read MoreShould I Get a Divorce? A Self-Help Exercise
How long have you been considering the question, “Should I get a divorce?” It could be a recent question. You might be shocked at yourself for daring to conjure it. Or it could be a question that keeps recurring — again and again inside your head (or, with your spouse). If it’s the latter, the…
Read MoreIs My Marriage Irretrievably Broken?
I didn’t wake up one day and know the end was near. It wasn’t like that at all. It was days and weeks and months of little pieces of sadness that stretched into longer periods—these became years, until eventually I faced the facts. My marriage was irretrievably broken. I was unable to fix it. The…
Read MoreAre Divorce Support Groups Helpful?
For many of us, divorce is shattering. Even if we are the ones who initiated it, or are now trying to rebuild our lives after the explosion. We all experience it—varying degrees of loss and shock, living through a life that is coming undone. If you never wanted the divorce, you never saw it coming;…
Read MoreWhy Do Women Initiate Divorce More Than Men?
Vive la Difference! Differences often form the very basis of what men and women find so attractive in each other in the first place. So, with this in mind, should it surprise us that more women than men choose to end their failing marriages? In this article, SAS explores the differences behind the statistics and…
Read MoreMenopause and Divorce
When I was diagnosed with menopause several years ago, I felt it was hugely unfair! First, I was seven years younger than my mother was when she started hers. Secondly, I was just emerging from my divorce. The combo of going through menopause and divorce felt like being hit with a tsunami and a snowstorm…
Read More6 Signs of Miserable Husband Syndrome
I recently heard the phrase “Miserable Husband Syndrome”. I had never heard of it before, let alone that it is a “syndrome”. My first reaction was “Puh-leeze! No marriage is perfect, and every husband is miserable at some time or another. My marriage was full of inconsistencies, as was my Ex. I wasn’t perfect, either.”…
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