In the first post in this Buck$ome Boomer series, Buck$ome shared that although she was devastated by the end of her marriage, she’s come to see that her husband was doing them both a favor asking for a divorce because she went on to meet the man who would become Mr. Buck$ome. They were married…
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What does marriage mean after divorce?
With 75 percent of all divorced people remarrying, and half of them within three years of their divorce, I think it’s pretty safe to say that the divorce experience doesn’t stop people from getting hitched again. That probably reflects our fundamental (biological?) need as humans to be social but what these statistics don’t tell us,…
Having children after divorce
I started this series about Mama J yesterday when she spoke about the value of independence after divorce. Mama J said she thought learning to be self-sufficient helped her in her second marriage and helped her to be a better mom. And without hesitation, having children, she says is her most significant accomplishment since her…
Husband number two and divorce number two
Yesterday I shared Kim Katz’s story about how early in her first marriage she had the foresight to become a nurse so she would be able to support herself and her daughter. About two years after her first marriage ended she remarried. That marriage also failed though for very different reasons. *** I was married…
Would you say 'I do' again?
In Sex and the Seasoned Woman, many of the women Gail Sheehy interviewed said they were not looking to get married again. They were women in midlife who had ‘rediscovered’ themselves after divorce, were enjoying dating, some were in stable long-term relationship but many simply didn’t have the desire to get remarried. When I talked…
