Even if you aren’t a divorcee yourself, chances are that a divorce has already affected your life. Though no one gets married with the intention of getting divorced, about 45% of marriages split up in the end. However, despite what popular knowledge might say, divorce rates are not on the…
As filing for divorce has been rampant for the past four decades, so has instances of single mother households without a father in the home, or even visiting. Many children grow up having never even met their father. What are the effects of being fatherless in a culture that places…
All relationships encounter roadblocks of differences. The hard fact is although romance begins often effortlessly, conflict eventually and inevitably arises, whether you feel it is a match made in heaven or not. A key to succeeding at marriage and preventing the dreaded divorce process is to face conflict with bravery…
Last week we published a blog about the growing propensity to put off marriage or get divorced for the sake of finding the one, perfect soul-mate. Today we’ll discuss a different, slightly opposite issue of settling down for the wrong reasons, which can also lead to filing for divorce. Marrying…
Take a look around at friends and family, or yourself, and you’re likely to see people breaking up and filing for divorce left and right, or never settling down in the first place. Is this a new phenomenon? Is modern society plagued with too many single people searching for and…
In a well-intentioned effort to try bringing down the high divorce rate in Oklahoma, Governor Mary Fallin recently signed a bill that will move forward a pro-marriage public service campaign. The notion it promotes is that marriage and stable families protect children from poverty. Critics lament that while this is…
It may be surprising to learn that as acceptance has grown for less traditional marital, relationship, and divorce trends, nationally surveyed views about infidelity are getting stricter. Gay marriage? Sure. Premarital sex? Of course. Repetitive divorce? If that’s what you need to be happy. Cheating on your spouse? No way.…