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Will Marriage Become Obsolete?
With the steady downturn in the number of new marriages and the 40 to 50 percent chance that existing ones will end in divorce, it would be comforting to think that marriage has become obsolete, or that, at the very least, successfully navigating the end of a legally-binding partnership would somehow be written into our…
Read MoreYour Inner Voice and the 9 Warning Signs of Divorce
It’s funny because it’s true: If it were easy to hear our inner voice, there wouldn’t be so many of us reminding each other how to do it. And when that voice is telling us that something is rotten in the state of our marriage, or simply that we just don’t fit inside it anymore,…
Read MoreWhat is the Difference Between a Marriage Annulment and Divorce?
A marriage annulment may seem like a thing of the past, but the legal process is still very much alive and could be an alternative to divorce. Annulment of a marriage can take place in both religious and secular societies, although it may be more common in the former. To put it simply, an annulled…
Read MoreThe Apologetic vs. Unapologetic Woman
Look around. There is a tidal swell of social change that’s rising because women are looking at themselves differently. We are putting more value in our own perspective on ourselves, rather than focusing on what others think. Looking at divorce differently, too—as a means of leveraging possibility and coming through the heat of it with…
Read MoreHow to Prepare for Divorce If You Are a Stay-At-Home-Mom
When you have built your life around your relationship and family—even considering leaving that life behind can make you feel like a complete fraud. So how do you prepare for divorce if you are a stay at home mom? (Or STAHM.) When, sometimes, it seems like the real question you’re asking yourself is less should…
Read MoreWhy Is My Ex Remarried Already?
If you’re a recently divorced woman, then here are the things you’re likely focusing on: self-improvement, just getting through this painful chapter so you can move forward, reconnecting with old friends and finding new ones, and well, dating, eventually. Unanswered questions and half-formed plans may be swirling throughout your mind, but something you weren’t expecting…
Read MoreWhy Divorce Hurts
I think if you ask a woman why divorce hurts so much, she’d probably ask you in return, “Um, how much time do you have?” But there’s also the chance that she might recoil from you—unless you’re her close friend or a family member and you have a large tub of ice cream nearby—because of…
Read MoreWhat to Do If You Are Dealing with an Unwanted Divorce
Your husband took you by surprise—but not the good kind. You never saw the end of your marriage coming. For many of us, that’s how it happens. One night you’re looking at Airbnb’s for a trip to Mexico with “Suzy and Ed,” your long-time married friends, your parallel soulmates whom you always travel with now…
Read MorePlaying Nice with Your Ex’s New Girlfriend
When I was little, I used to take the goldfish bowl on our coffee table and wind that sucker down the length of the hall like a bowler on a bender. Off it would fly, water everywhere, mother rabid with exasperation, me laughing (and then crying from the butt swat), and the poor goldfish gasping…
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