It’s no secret that when a couple breaks up it can be difficult for their kids to deal with; everything has changed and it’s no wonder it’s hard for children to deal with. It’s a difficult situation and knowing how to manage it isn’t always easy to achieve, especially when you’re also dealing with your…
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6 Ways To Improve Your Marriage and Avoid Divorce
Read moreAccording to recent statistics, around 42% of marriages in the UK end in divorce. While people don’t go into marriage thinking it will end in divorce, sadly, along the way, issues arise that lead to the relationship breaking down and both parties not being able to resolve them for many reasons. Image credit While divorce…
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Spotting Abusive Patterns in a Toxic Relationship
Read moreWould you know the signs of a toxic marriage if you were confronted with them? Many people in toxic or abusive relationships are the last people to realise they need help, and it can often be too late to get the right help. Spotting the warning signs of an abusive marriage can help you assess…
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It’s Important For Children That Divorce Is Amicable
Read moreI have experienced divorce both as a child and as a parent. Sadly on both occasions it was a toxic and very unhappy time for all involved. For me personally, when my parents started the process of divorce and separation, the entire situation left a lasting effect on me that I would carry through to…
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Distraught after Divorce & Looking To Change Your Name? Read This!
Read moreDivorce can take a toll on your mental health. You can be occupied dealing with all the feelings and inner emotions. You may also want to disassociate with your partner completely, including changing your name. However, you must ensure that you’re not stressing yourself in the process. If you are looking to change the name…
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What Co-Parenting Will Look Like
Read moreWhat comes to mind when you hear the word ‘divorce’? (Photo by jurien huggins on Unsplash) There’s no doubt that the word evokes a range of associated feelings and words, but chances are words with negative connotations are more likely to pop up than terms with positive implications. Divorce can take an enormous emotional toll…
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[ad] 10 Top Tips For Surviving the Divorce Process
Read moreFinding the divorce process to be a difficult and emotional task? For my top tips on surviving a divorce, both mentally and physically, read on… For some, the divorce process can be trying matter. Especially for the unwilling divorcees who may still be in love with their partner, this can be heart-breaking. Whether you’re at…
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With Divorce On The Rise Should We Be Going To Pre-Marital Counselling
Read moreNowadays when people meet their life partner they so often rush into living together and getting married. They go into way too quickly. In some cases this is absolutely great if it works out, but so often people who rush into marriage do so without really getting to know their partner properly. Of course the…
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Living In A Bursted Bubble
Read moreOver the last four years of blogging I have written on many occasions about my life and some of the very difficult experiences that I have encountered. This has been hard to deal with recently, especially as I have got a little older and I would like to say wiser, but sadly that’s probably not…
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5 Ways To Avoid Getting A Divorce
Read moreAre you looking for the most effective ways to strengthen your marriage and avoid considering a divorce? If you really want your marriage to work, then you will need to be more patient, avoid complaining, make an action plan, and stick to it. No matter how challenging and daunting it may seem, if you are…
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How Mediation Helped When I Got Divorced
Read moreThe pressures of life today are most likely greater than they have ever been. Life today is fast and expectations of buying a home, having a family etc, can put a huge strain on any relationship or marriage. When we meet somebody, of course we always think it’s for life. Falling in love, getting married…
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Just When I Thought Family Couldn’t Hurt Me Anymore This Happens!
Read moreWell here is a story which would be difficult to make up. Just when I thought my original family couldn’t leave me bruised and hurt anymore than they already have, they just have again, and it’s left me thinking that you can’t pick your family, but you sure as hell can pick your friends. I…
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Would You Ever Divorce Or Disown Your Children?
Read moreBecoming a parent is without question the most wonderful thing in my opinion that can happen to you in life, holding your new born baby for the very first time is it magical and quite honestly the most emotional moment of a person’s life, well for me it was and I have been lucky enough…
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Why Do Kids Become Weapons: When Relationship’s Go Wrong
Read moreDivorce in the world today is forever on the increase. There are probably a number of reasons why it’s on the rise. The pressures of life are far greater than ever before with work and money worries, which also seem to be greater today than ever before. Generally speaking the pressures of life and relationships…
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Do Dads Suffer More Emotionally And Financially After Divorce
Read moreI have been married twice in my life. My first marriage ended in divorce, and this left me emotionally, and financially damaged. I also had to re-build my life from scratch, and after 15 years or so, and three children, it wasn’t easy, and it took me many years to be in a happy place…
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Grey Divorce is on the Rise: Why?
Read moreThe number of older people getting a divorce in later life has increased significantly in recent years. While it is important to understand the factors that can help explain this, it is also important that those who are going through the experience get the advice, help and support they need to move on. Societal Pressures…
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Divorce Helped Me Form A Strong Bond With My Older Children
Read moreComing from a divorced family life as a child, it would for many years cement the fact in my mind that I never wanted children. It wasn’t until my eldest child was born that I realised I’d felt that way originally because my own parents simply didn’t care about their children. They were far too…
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Who Are The Losers in Divorce
Read moreDivorce is a very unpleasant thing to happen to anyone in life but nowadays it is happening more and more. When I was a child my parents seperated and divorced and I was far from the norm in fact I was very unusual thinking back Me and one other child came from a divorced family.…
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2 Marriages 5 Kids = No Money
Read moreIf I had known when I was a teenager how much I would earn and spend throughout my life, would I have done it any differently? OMG! Yes! Yes! And yes again! Hey ho! I didn’t. I don’t think for one minute that you plan your life. I think we all like to think we…
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Dating after divorce
Read moreDating after a divorce can be a pretty tricky subject matter. I have experience of both divorce and dating after it. I was lucky in that after my divorce, I met my now wife, and knew instantly that it was love. For others though, dating after divorce can be hard. At the time of marrying, you…
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Does anybody win in Divorce
Read moreThis post was inspired by a conversation I had with a friend recently. I am divorced from my first wife I think, if not that makes me a bigamist! Only joking! My friend has not long got been divorced and when he tells me of some the antics that his ex-wife gets up to it…
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