Divorced parents have an interesting set of responsibilities when it comes to how they move along with the next chapter of their lives. Some want to get right back out into the dating world, while others do so with trepidation and months, if not years, of contemplation. If you are…
If you are on the verge of making the decision to file for divorce — or perhaps that’s what your spouse has planned — the next chapter of life can seem a little scary. After all, you are leaving behind the life you know and starting over. It’s almost impossible…
It’s been said that after you file for divorce — or have the papers filed on you — one of the first things that you should learn how to do in order to recover is take personal responsibility for your part in the marriage ending. While this is tough advice…
Second marriages are often thought of as less successful than first marriages because statistics have shown that if you file for divorce once, the odds are good that you’ll do it again. Even so, a second marriage doesn’t have to be predestined to fail. In fact, it can be many…
Saying “I do” to someone does not necessarily mean you’ll never file for divorce. In fact, depending on which stats you listen to, the divorce rate in the U.S. is anywhere between 30 and 50 percent. Whether low or high, that’s a lot of broken homes. But even though it…
The world of online dating can be a frustrating one. After all, how many times do you have to show up to see that he or she looks nothing like their photo or that their personality is considerably less appealing in person? But if you’ve decided to swear off this…
Divorce is often seen as the devaluation of a marriage, but people who think that way are adopting a rather shallow and unsophisticated world view. For starters, it does a disservice to people who are victims of bad spouses. Can you really control the cheating, the violent outbursts, and the…
Positivity can be hard to come by when you face an unexpected and unwanted life decision. If your spouse decides to file for divorce, for instance, you may find yourself asking, “Why me?” The fallout from that question can reverberate throughout your life for months and years to come. However,…
Culturally, it’s easy to fall into the trap of thinking that your society’s way is the only way to build a relationship. But you’d be surprised about the success rates of some societies, which place a little less emphasis on falling in love first. In fact, arranged marriages in the…
Renate Stumpf has been married twice in her life. Her second husband died. In her first, she and Louis Demetriades, also 75, decided to call it quits after 13 years of marriage. Stumpf has been partially supporting herself through a job at Walmart in Fort Smith, Arkansas, and it was here…