SPA DAY FOR DIVORCEES I guess you could say that I was inspired to write this post after a recent trip to the tropics (I had recession fever among other issues and had to get out of town for a few days so as to stop myself from throwing chairs and otherwise going ape). …
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HOW TO GET A DIVORCE MAKEOVER The Divorce Make-over Lifestyle: The most immediate change after a divorce is probably going to be a “lifestyle” change. You are going from being a twosome to a onesome. That is going to mean some downsizing, like getting a smaller home, buying a smaller bed, maybe buying a whole …
Two relevant cases on bigamy in New York: Aldrich v. Aldrich, 4 Misc. 2d 353; Donohue v. Donohue, 57 AD 2d 543 You “divorce” a bigamist by getting the marriage annulled. A bigamous marriage if void ab initio which means the marriage was a no go from the inception. It is illegal, in other words, …
So, you are not one of those ultra evolved couples who are content with having a shagless-by-choice marriage. Well, you are probably in the majority there as most homosapiens seem wired to want to shag at least a few times per week. (It’s a basic instinct for many folks.) Fine. Not so fine is what happens …
Did the concept of divorce first arise in Babylonia as some of my research suggest? And could it be true that in a country like Chile, divorce only became legal in 2004? No way, right? We are trying to find the time to study the “history of divorce” but it’s very difficult to find extra …
I was just reading an interesting article in the archives of the New York Times about divorce and dementia and Alzheimer’s disease written by Tara Parker Pope back in August 2008. And she makes the argument, based in a Finnish study, that people who had experienced divorce or some other traumatic loss of a spouse …
Five ways to destroy your marriage: 1) have a low emotional IQ 2) cheat or use sex as a weapon 3) engage in physical violence against your spouse or kids 4) spend/gamble/shop compulsively or otherwise waste marital assets 5) Get addicted to anything like drugs, alcohol, porn or work
Marie Douglas/George David Divorce Update March 18, 2009 The Hartford Courant is reporting that the Davids are back in court for a divorce battle that rivals “War of the Roses.” The couple has been unable to settle their differences amicable, I’m sorry to report. I expected that they would have but it seems that George …
Is divorce for wimps? By all accounts, marriage is really hard. But before the Boomers, people were able to grow old gracefully with their spouses. All that has changed to the point that I’ve begun to question whether the “marriage” model is sustainable going into the next generation and whether the concept shouldn’t be abolished …
It seems that stuff like IVF (In vitro treatments), post partum depression and miscarriages can strain a marriage. So, too, can prostate cancer issues. I guess it is understandable why that might be. I mean, I am not privy to any of these issues myself but I have read that women can get depressed when …