Even though April has been divorced for seven years now, she’s decided that she doesn’t want to date. She believes she’s single at heart and although she’s keeping the door open, she doubts that she would commit to another long-term relationship. While many of the divorced women I speak to say, they don’t see themselves…
Tag Archive: Living Alone
Freedom is more important than possessions after divorce
Vivianne had been married for 11 years and had two small children when her husband’s increasingly abusive behavior convinced her that safety was more important than wedding vows. She made a rapid move away from New York to New Jersey to create her new life. It wasn’t easy – she had to closed her law…
Creating home after divorce
One of the more obvious issues couples have to resolve when they separate is what happens to the marital home. I’ve talked to women who’ve stayed in the home, women whose husbands stayed and women who agreed with their husbands that the marital home should be sold. A number of the women had marriages that…
Learning to live alone after divorce
In my last post, I introduced you to Carolyn, who stayed in her marriage for almost a year knowing her husband was having an affair. Losing your husband to your best friend is devastating and apart from trying to sort out whether a ploy-amorous arrangement was right for her, Carolyn faced another huge hurdle –…
The joy of home ownership after divorce
Yesterday, I introduced you to Heather-Marie who, at first, saw herself as being the bad guy for wanting her marriage to be over. As much as she wanted that however, Heather-Marie was not prepared for living on her own. She said learning to take care of herself was one of her most significant accomplishments since…
