Tag: thinking of separating

There are many different kinds of affairs. They include one-night stands, flings, emotional affairs, affairs that never go beyond some flirty texting and/or talking, affairs where one person is married, and affairs when both parties are married. &...

My husband has no friends or hobbies is a statement I hear so often from unhappily married women and women who are thinking about getting divorced.They tell me that the spouse is antisocial, not interested in making plans with other couples, or going...

Read the e-mail I received from a woman wondering how to start a separation. I felt like the best way to give her advice was to give her a "To-do list." Hi Jackie, Today's been a rough day--my husband just told me (after 14 years of marriage) tha...

Divorced Girl Smiling received this comment from a reader. The headline: “My wife wants a divorce.” I have estimated that Divorced Girl Smiling gets about 70% of its traffic from women and 30% from men. So, this article is definitely meant to giv...

"How do I leave my husband?" is a question that pops up on Divorced Girl Smiling a lot. I think this is a question that is beyond painful, and a very difficult one. It's really, really, really, really hard to leave someone, no matter what the circums...