Category Archives: Dating and Relationships – Divorced Girl Smiling

Almost every divorced man or woman I know has made a comment at one time or another about how difficult it is to meet single people in the suburbs. After all, it's easy to picture suburbia as a multitude of residential neighborhoods with tree lined s...

Last week, I called my friend to tell him I was going to be a few minutes late for our meeting because I wanted to squeeze in a manicure."Why do women get their nails done?" he asked. "I never understood that." That's when it hit me. Sometimes, men j...

A Divorced Girl Smiling reader wrote this: I am recently divorced and not sure I want to get into another relationship right away, but don’t want to sleep around either. Is casual dating without sex even possible? And, how long should you casually ...

This was posted on a the DGS group Facebook page: When you start dating again after divorce, what are the rules? I have no idea what the new normal is!   Her question made me think. Remember the self-help book “The Rules?” Officially ...

I get a lot of emails from readers who write, "I'm having an affair." They either want to confess because they feel guilty, and/or they want to know if it's going to work out and if so, how. I try not to judge people having affairs because every s...