When it comes to breakups, are you one of those people who needs relationship closure in order to move on? Or is a clean break your style? In this week's Love Essentially column, published yesterday in Chicago Tribune Pioneer Press, I offer the...
Tag: relationships after divorce
Let’s Talk About Sex After Divorce–Safe Sex, That Is
Divorced Girl Smiling received this e-mail from a reader seeking advice about sex after divorce and how to be safe. I went out with a guy a couple of times and we really hit it off. Our relationship quickly became physical and in the heat of the m...
Divorce Movie Sends Powerful Message
I finally had a chance to see the divorce movie, Enough Said, a romantic comedy about dating after divorce with James Gandolfini (the last movie he made before he died) and Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Aside from the fact that it was a delightful, enter...
It’s Complicated! Relationship Advice for A Divorced Woman
The Sun-Times received this letter from a divorced woman asking for relationship advice. Jackie, I am at a point in my life where I am questioning my relationship. I feel like it could be several things, such as not feeling like I have forg...
Should I Move In With My Boyfriend?
Should I move in with my boyfriend? It's a question that girlfriends ask girlfriends, but even more so, ask themselves, especially if they are divorced and have kids. Remember the movie, "About Last Night?", (not the remake, the original), speci...