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.…
It might be fun to work professionally with your husband or wife, but what happens if you divorce? Awkward. I can imagine tensions running high as unspoken anger and resentment threaten to blow up the building. However, especially when spouses own a business together, staying professionally involved after filing for…
We’ve all heard of pre-wedding jitters. Getting married is loaded with meaning and weighed down by a not so distant conjoined future. Many chalk up the jitters to wanting the wedding to go smoothly and exactly as planned down to every detail. But more often than not, cold feet are…
The miracle of social media, texting, and other forms of electronic communication has given us infinite opportunities to talk to each other faster and easier. But as with most things in life, moderation is key. While interactions with these tools are not bad in and of themselves, when social technology…
“It is very common for people to futilely jump from relationship to relationship (and marriage to marriage) trying to find the unrealistic fantasy whenever the reality starts to sway from it,” says licensed social worker, Nathan Feiles. He is referring to the preconceived notions people inevitably bring into a marriage,…
Feelings of guilt and avoidance of guilt are powerful motivators. In some divorce cases, they even motivate a filer to lie or exaggerate marital conflicts for the sake of feeling less guilty about dissolving the marriage. As difficult and provoking as a divorce can be, keeping it a quiet, uncontested…
Out of all the trials we might endure in life, divorce is one of the toughest. Losing a spouse through the divorce process, even if it was desired, is comparable to losing a loved one to death, since you go from seeing that person every day to almost never, in…