Tag: getting divorced

I can't remember who it was, but someone once said to me, "There are five people who will determine what happens in your divorce:" the couple, the two lawyers, and the judge.   The best way to explain this is to offer examples. If you get ...

Several years ago when I was getting divorced, I remember thinking that I didn’t know a single divorced person in my community. It was a terribly lonely and isolating feeling, and at times, I felt like I had no friends after divorce. So, when I...

Several years ago when I was a stay at home mother getting divorced, I didn't know one divorced person. I felt very alone, and I wish I'd have had a guide book to help me navigate the process and tell me what to expect. Similar to the bestselling...

I have to admit I wasn't a huge fan of season one of Showtime's The Affair. While I loved the concept—a happy family man and father of four falls for a younger, sexy and married woman, has an affair with her and blows up his marriage, I found the t...

I ran into a woman the other day, who has been divorced for several years and has three young children. We asked each other the usual questions you ask when you haven't seen someone in awhile: "How are things," "How are the kids?" "How's the job?" "H...