You’ve been a single parent now for two years. You’ve given yourself time to address the issues of failed relationships in the past, and feel ready to explore the dating scene. But where do you begin? You’ve heard your friends…
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October 26, 2015 Marriage and Divorce
Thirteen. That’s supposed to be the unlucky number. It was for me. I had been married for thirteen years and the verbal abuse had only escalated. We had known each other three months when we decided to marry. I was…
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Did someone say honesty? No way! Personally, I think women are more honest in online dating then men. Maybe that’s just me, but I’ve heard about some pretty gruesome experiences from my single friends. One reason you can’t trust what…
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June 7, 2015 Friends and Peers
When a person has the blues, their feelings need to be validated. What they are experiencing, or feeling, may strike you as insignificant, and it’s easy to brush it off. However, just listening to their explanation as to why they…
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February 21, 2015 Marriage and Divorce
It’s the same routine over and over, Sue thought to herself as she placed dinner plates on the table. Bob will be home at six, we eat, kids do their homework while we watch TV, kids take baths and its…
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January 13, 2015 Communication
People are drawn to good listeners. A good listener validates the feelings of others. For most of us, our first instinct is to jump in with a solution. It’s natural to want to help with a problem. However, deciding the…
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August 23, 2014 Marriage and Divorce
I’ve been down this road and even though it was a mutual agreement, it didn’t lessen the pain. We’d had thirteen years together. Some good, some not so good. But we had a history. At age fifty-six, the thought of…
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July 7, 2014 Friends and Peers
It’s Monday morning. Where did the week-end go? I set my coffee cup on my desk and booted up my computer. It was then I noticed Sally at her desk. She was wearing sunglasses this time. I had an uneasy…
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After my husband’s death, I moved to Florida to begin a new life. My three sons lived there with their families and I assumed I would receive all kinds of emotional support. After all, I gave them life, raised and…
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I’ve known women who even after they married would still talk things over with their fathers. They enjoyed a special bond throughout life with their parent. I’ve also known women who were just the opposite. They would always seek their…
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