Posted in Caregiving, Children, Divorce, Expectations, Family, Fathers, Marriage, Men, Mothers, Parenting, Relationships, Single parents, Stereotypes on Apr 23rd, 2019
Former First Lady Michelle Obama caught some flack recently when she compared what our country’s going through under Trump to living with “divorced dad.“ We come from a broken family. We are a teenager where, you know, we’re a little unsettled, you know, and having good parents, you know, is tough. Sometimes you spend weekends […]
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You’re happily married. Are you sharing that with the world? Ali Wentworth is worried that you’re not. In an excerpt from her new book, Go Ask Ali, in Town & Country, the comedian shares her “dirty little secret” — that she’s been happily married to George Stephanopoulos for 17 years: Deep breath. Here goes: I’m […]
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I am not a fan of the self-help industry nor of most so-called relationship “experts.” Whenever people start spewing what someone should or shouldn’t do, I get nervous. Who can tell us what’s right or wrong for us? That said, some people often make sense in sharing their stories of their missteps and what they […]
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This week, there were two stories that addressed the “happily-ever-after” version of marriage many of us expect, or at least want to believe. Actress Drew Barrymore and her third husband, art consultant Will Kopelman, are divorcing after two children and three years of marriage. At the same time, a Maine couple were being honored for […]
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For some, the big news this week was that President Obama was in Cuba or the latest mishegas from Donald Trump, but in certain circles, the big news was about divorce. More men and women are against divorce, according to a new poll, which came out right around the time that actress Jennifer Garner said […]
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Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton has failed as a wife. She enabled her husband’s infidelities, according to GOP presidential candidates Donald Trump and Ben Carson. Then GOP presidential hopeful Carly Fiorina chimed in; while questioning if the Clintons have a real marriage, she stated, “If my husband had done some of the things Bill Clinton […]
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Does divorce really set a child’s life on the path to ruin? Is it better if parents stay “for the kids,” even if they no longer love each other? This has been much debated by academics, therapists and others. How do we know for sure how divorce impacts a child, if it even does at […]
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Marriage is hard work but worth it. If you end up divorced, it means you didn’t try hard enough, you don’t know what commitment means and you’re putting you own happiness before your family’s — or all of the above — and that’s why you have a failed marriage. What divorced person hasn’t heard that […]
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Dear Anthony D’Ambrosio, I usually don’t say “I’m sorry” when I hear someone tell me he or she’s newly divorced — often, it’s a happier, healthier outcome — but in your case, I’m truly sorry. You seem a tad nostalgic. You have been blogging about love and relationships since your divorce and a recent post, […]
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If there’s one thing almost all of us can agree on when it comes to divorce it’s worrying about the kids: How will divorce impact them? That’s the reasoning behind the wrong-headed push to make divorce harder in this country for parents of minor children and it’s why no one seems to be too upset […]
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