What makes divorce so hard and why is divorce so stressful? We all know that the process of divorce isn’t a simple task. So what makes divorce so complex? Admitting that your marriage is coming to an end it a difficult thing to accept and it’s the primary reason why…
Forever is a long time when it comes to avoiding issues and annoyances that can put a damper on your marriage as a whole. That’s why so many marriages end in divorce. But while any number of things can go wrong and lead to a divorce, most, if not all,…
Divorce claims anywhere between 40 and 50 percent of all marriages, but just because a marriage stays together, that doesn’t mean it’s a good thing for the parties involved. Take, for instance, the phenomenon of the controlling spouse. As Huffington Post puts it, “A healthy relationship partner supports you in having your…
As two people spend more time together, it becomes easy to start becoming critical of each other’s thoughts and actions. You have spent so much time learning the other person that they just make for an easy target when things aren’t going your way. In fact, the problem is so…
Candace Bushnell, the writer who inspired Sex and the City, knows a lot about being a single woman, particularly in the NYC in which her famous TV series takes place. She recently chatted with Huffington Post about why she thinks it’s harder to be a single person than one, who is…
New Jersey divorce lawyer John Patti recently went on the record with CBS New York to discuss the “dark side” of same-sex marriage, which is pretty much the “dark side” for all marriages — divorce. There has been such a heavy emphasis placed on the marriage side of the equation,…
You hear a lot of different things about marriage and divorce statistics. Half of all marriages end in divorce. Marriage rates are declining. Etc., etc., etc. But Randy Olson, a self-described “data tinkerer,” has laid it all out for us from just before 1870 to the present day using statistics…
Infidelity is one of the oldest problems that marriages face. Each year a staggering number of husbands and wives are unfaithful to one another, and many jump straight from their marriage into a new relationship with their affair partner. Big mistake. Infidelity is never a good “way out” of marriage…
If you read the headline, this may seem like it’s going to be another trendy list-based piece, but allow me to bury that notion right off. The five words we’re talking about are not damaging because they are individual units, but because of the way they can be used together.…
Taking your marriage for granted is inevitable at some point in the life span of a relationship. The results can range from marriage-ending distance to an unwillingness to change your status quo for the better. In other words, you either stay together for years in an unhappy marriage, or you…