The news of Granny Baer's passing has caused me to pause and reflect on the real blessings in my life. I don't expect everyone, or anyone for that matter, to understand the functional, dysfunctional family and life I live, but it's what has worked for me and my kids. When I divorced, I broke marital ties with the man – I didn't break ties with his family. That somewhat set the pattern for what my […] Read the Full Article »
How To Survive A Cheating So-And-So, With Or Without A Midlife Crisis
When a friend with a philandering husband first mentioned how helpful Gay Courter & Pat Gaudette’s How to Survive Your Husband’s Midlife Crisis: Strategies and Stories from The Midlife Wives Club had been for her, at first I was just happy for her to have some help during her situation. But the more she talked about the book — and the ease with which she went through the process of healing over the eventual loss […] Read the Full Article »
14 Signs It May Be Time to Call It Quits
Some relationships live way past their life expectancies. The problem is, how do you know you’re not throwing out a baby with that bathwater? This Lifehack post offers fourteen signs that it’s time to end it. For example, if you find that nothing you say or do makes your partner happy, then you should consider ending it. Additionally, if you find yourself setting deadlines for your relationship to get better, but those deadlines keep going […] Read the Full Article »