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Have you ever heard anyone describe marriage as easy? Probably not. Most people will tell you that marriage is work but is there a difference between that and tolerating a marriage? My current guest, Sandy was married for twenty-three long years, many years spent trying to make it work and many years spent tolerating it. [...]
Extramarital affairs are not unusual – one or both spouses admit to infidelity, either physical or emotional in forty-one percent of marriages.* Almost a third of those marriages do survive. No statistics on this but I believe emotional affairs can be as damaging as physical affairs. Following the advice of a lawyer-friend, the goal of [...]
Asking yourself if you should stay married for the sake of your children is typical for anyone whose marriage is faltering. It’s certainly a question about which most people have an opinion. Today, I’d like to introduce you to Sandy Weiner who was married for twenty-three years. Three of those years were spent getting divorced [...]
Sponsored Post by Jackie Chu If you’re considering a divorce in the near future, you may be surprised to learn that there may be a few alternatives available to you. Annulments and Legal Separations Under certain circumstances you may qualify for the nullification of your marriage, removing all history of your marriage to reflect its [...]
By Tara Eisenhard “We don’t see things as they are. We see things as we are.” –Anais Nin Divorce is often a life-consuming event, and it consumes all participants in a different manner. It’s only natural that we perceive ourselves as playing a certain role in our divorce, and the perception is frequently validated by [...]
by Jeff Landers Looking back on the decision to end your marriage, you may be able to identify a time when you knew things were really over and divorce was inevitable. Some women can even pinpoint the exact moment: “I came home to empty closets and a note on the kitchen counter saying he’d moved [...]
Divorce may be a choice but generally it’s a choice of last resort. Most people would prefer not to be faced with the choice. In this last segment with Lucy, Lucy reflects on how people reacted to her divorce and how her life might have been different if she hadn’t chosen divorce. Here’s Lucy: After [...]
Second weddings tend to be very different from first weddings. Certainly, for my interviewees their second weddings have meant less parental involvement, less tradition, less theater and staging, and less money. But it’s not just about less. Second weddings seem more real, more authentic, and more intimate for both the couple and their guests. And [...]
The desire to have children is a strong biological and emotional drive. Getting divorced before you have children can make not ever having children a very real possibility. My current guest, Lucy got married after college and was married for seven years. She and her husband never had children and she was OK with that. [...]
When you’re dissatisfied with your own marriage, it’s easy to look enviously at other couples and think they have the perfect life – great house, great lifestyle, great relationship. The truth however is that you never know what someone else’s relationship is really like. In the first post of a new series with my guest, [...]
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