Tag: newly separated

For many people, one of the scariest things about getting divorced is having to be much more independent. For example, I have a friend who moved right from her parent's house into the home she shared with her husband for 30 years until they got divor...

As I look back on myself as a newly separated 41 year-old--feeling scared and sad and angry and hopeless and lonely,  I realize now how utterly lost I was. Those first several months going through a divorce with two young children were painful and d...

From a reader who writes,“My ex is in love with someone else now:" I have a very difficult situation. My ex is in love with someone else now. I have been loving my ex wife for 20 years and I'm only 41. We separated about 5 years ago and our divo...

Have you ever just felt like, 'My ex hates me'? Sure you have, and it's frustrating. It’s hard to understand how a person who used to be your husband (or wife) can switch gears so abruptly in a divorce. What I mean by that is, once loving, kind and...

Are you one of those divorced people who is really hating your spouse? I mean deep hatred? If so, my advice is: keep hating your spouse. It's good for you. Wait, what?! I mean that in a very very sarcastic way. Let me explain. Several years ago, ...