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Over the past year, most of my divorcing friends have found new partners and seemingly established lovely new lives. And I’ve wondered: Why is it taking longer for me? I mean, I crawled and slashed my way out of Rock Bottom, diligently performed my internal housek… Continue

I’ve seen it happen on too many occasions to count : ex-partners making demands of their former spouses instead of treating them as the ‘favors’ they truly are. Is their attitude in part caused by ignorance of the law and parenting? Perhaps. Could their demands, in p… Continue

Many months ago, during a deep conversation with my Good Man - a handsome, young widower who continues to restore my faith in men - we began talking about ’sacrifices’ and ‘choices.’ Or rather, I was rambling on about how I think women make sacrifices when they become wives and mothers – when he cut me off. “Do you really think of the decisions you’ve made as being sacrifice… Continue

Recently, as I sat telling a gf what kind of man I hope to meet one day, she tacked on "AND - he needs to be challenge Delaine. You need that, otherwise you'll lose interest."



I just kind of grinned and didn't think much of it again...till I had another conversation about it with two other gfs. My first gf said the expression, 'needing a challenge' has an undertone of anxiety to it - as if the relationship should be stressful and full of ups and downs. My other gf's opinion was even mo… Continue

This past weekend, a very close friend of mine, Darlene, phoned me in a tizzy. Out of the blue, she had been accused by a girlfriend of having an affair with her husband. And since I’d recently been accused of the same by a neighbor, she wanted help sorting through the drama.

Now I believe Darlene 100%, when she says nothing was going on. And my goal in writing this is NOT to decide whether or not SHE is guilty. It’s her girlfriend’s husband’s behavior that has me going hmm. And I’m wondering i… Continue