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...
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Would You Rather Be The Ex-Wife or The New Wife?
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...
Pros and Cons of Divorce: It’s Not What You’ve Lost, It’s What You’ll Gain
It's easy to look at divorce as a really, really sad, horrible loss, and I agree that it is. But believe it or not, there are some good things that come with getting divorced. There are pros and cons of divorce. What many men and women (especially...
“I Slept With My Ex” 5 Reasons That’s A Really Bad Idea
Here is an email I received from a woman who wrote "I slept with my ex:" Had sex with my soon to be ex husband Saturday night. Our divorce is final Thursday. The divorce was his idea. Not mine. WTF?? Why do I hear about so many people goi...
Coping With Divorce: How to Turn “Our Place” into “My Place”
Of the many difficult aspects of coping with divorce (or the ending of a long-term relationship) are the places that the two of you went that were very special. Restaurants, bars, coffee houses, breakfast places, parks, museums, even vac...