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divorce, marriage

The Other Man (OM) and The Other Woman (OM) Explained

shepherdess56's picture

OM stands for "other man", BUT in the Shepherdess book of Latin definitions OM stands for "optimus minimus"... least optimal. OW stands for "other woman" or in the Latin it means "Overlus Willingus"...overly willing. »more»

Divorce Math: The answer always equals one

ctomshaw's picture

I have never been able to deal with numbers very well. I didn’t get the process or the language. I thought “Calculus” was some Greek God with the power to make men’s brains to explode. Balancing a checkbook is more difficult than balance a VW Beetle on my head. »more»

Is The Man in the Mirror a Fraud?

hlesbrown's picture

For the past few days, I've been reading Dr. Jed Diamond's newest book, The Irritable Male Syndrome with rapt attention (in advance of interviewing him on my upcoming internet radio program). In my estimation, this book is required reading for anyone in the helping professions. It explores a complex of issues that work together in men to create a raging animal out of concerned and loving person. »more»

Sex and the Newly Single Man

ctomshaw's picture

In the carnival Fun House that is life after divorce, there are plenty of terrifying firsts that leap out at you from the darkness.

Dropping your kids off with your former spouse after their first every-other-weekend sleepover. Eating your first meal alone in a crowded restaurant on a Saturday night. Balancing your own checkbook for the first time. There’s one first, though, that far and away brings with it the most petrifying, mind-numbing, inescapable panic of all.

Sex. »more»

The World's Having a Male Midlife Crisis

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If I didn't know better (but I'm not sure that I do), I'd say the world was having a midlife crisis. Whether it's about half-way through it's life span, I don't know; but I do think that it's behaving just like a middle-aged guy. »more»

If Your Spouse is Cheating...It's All Your Fault!

shepherdess's picture

The most popular topic on Oprah.com lately has been about the two most recent visits by Dr. M. Gary Neuman, author of “The Truth About Cheating”. Women by the millions tuned in both days to find out the answer to this most frustrating, devastating and destructive subject, only to find out that, in a nut shell, it was primarily their fault. »more»

Study: Why people cheat in their relationships; and between 40 and 76 percent do

Wesley's picture

[The probability of someone cheating during the course of a relationship] is very high," says Geneviève Beaulieu-Pelletier, PhD student at the Université de Montréal's Department of Psychology. Dr. Geneviève Beaulieu-Pelletier is the author of a new study about infidelity. »more»

Internet Dating; Who says you can't put a price on love?

ctomshaw's picture

To be fair, all those Internet dating sites do what they do well. But then again, so do nuclear warheads, and I don’t think I’d have much luck around them either.

I realize what heresy it is to say something like that in this particular time at this particular place. Dating websites are everywhere. Match.com. eHarmony. True. Chemistry. Lavalife. JDate. Matchmaker. Seriously, there are more sites devoted to dating than the number of women I’ve dated in my entire life. And each one of them promises that you’ll find your soulmate, if you’ll just sign up for a nominal monthly fee. Who says you can’t put a price on love?

Far be it from me to be cynical (okay, maybe it’s not that far) about these places. I know two people who met and married their spouse via an online matchmaker. Still, I while it may work for some people, Internet dating is also a torture Satan thought up after a few shots of Jack Daniels. »more»

Financial Infidelity: How Money Messes Marriages

Wesley's picture

Ever been so pissed off at your partner that you took it out on them with an impulsive purchase? »more»

The Mid-Life Bradley Method

shepherdess56's picture

Mid-Life Crisis (MLC) is very much like childbirth...whether it be for a man or a woman, it is the re-birthing of a person....it has it's stages of labor...and we transition from one stage to another.  Many women handle this birthing better than others...many choose to take medication or numb themselves to get through it, while others opt to have a C- section and remove themselves, so they can be »more»