A prenuptial agreement is just as important in some situations as premarital counseling. A few decades ago, the thought of either prior to saying “I do” was unheard of. Should it be a requirement? Of course not. But it should…
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Let me say an attorney is always a good idea, just pick the right one, and check with the court house to see how back up they are, because apparently there are a lot of divorces on the books. Isn’t…
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It’s not news that at least half of all marriages in the United States end in divorce. The statistic is proof it can be difficult to truly predict the outcome of 1 out of 2 marriages. Because of this, prenuptial…
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Divorce is the catalyst for great change in a person’s life. For many people it may come as a natural instinct to start looking for another partner, for others it can be a rather daunting experience to start dating again,…
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Prenuptial agreements make a statement of mistrust, no matter how practical they may sound. If anything should be compulsory for couples to have before they wed, it is marriage counseling. Counseling tends to reveal the challenges that may lie ahead…
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Divorce is not an easy thing to do. It stands to reason that it should not be an easy choice to make. When a person is considering divorce, you need to look at not only how it will affect you,…
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If there is anything I learned about marriage is that the dynamics of marriage is different from one couple to another. On the other side of the coin, the dynamics of divorce is different from one couple to another. That…
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You finally took off your wedding ring after months of not being able to bring yourself to even acknowledge that you weren’t married anymore. You even adjusted to being single, sort of. Are you ready to date? It seems like…
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The question of the decade is why are so many marriages ending in divorce? One is led to believe that the changing times have an enormous amount to do with this situation. Times were a bit simpler, calmer and more…
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Now you are divorced. You may have thought that divorce was going to be the solution to resolving the conflicts that existed in your marriage but divorce does not end conflicts; it just gives you a little space for dealing…
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Actually, I choose neither side, but since I had to make a choice, I am a wife. That said… Family friends are friends, even after a divorce. They shouldn’t be caught in the middle and asked to choose sides in…
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Divorce breaks up the family unit and no matter whose fault the break-up may have been, it is inevitable that dating will follow as each partner moves on in their lives, trying to establish new roots and new lifestyle with…
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“For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and cleave to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh”. That is from the bible. The cleaving together of two separate individual to make one flesh is…
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There isn’t a definitive “husband/wife” answer to this question. There are so many variables in the question of, “Who gets to keep the friend” that the truest answer is, “It depends”. It depends on if the friend was a friend…
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The emotional stages of divorce are varied, depending upon your reasons for having a divorce in the first place. Those that end marriages are usually the strong ones that have made their own choices at the expense of the other….
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Becoming single again after a divorce may come as a shock and some people are left with overwhelming emotions that they struggle to cope with. The huge part of adjusting to being single again is accepting that you do not…
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