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After your divorce, there may come a point when you want to take your next serious relationship to the next level. This is a great thing — you deserve to find love again. In the back of your mind, though, you cannot help but wonder if it is truly possible to have a better marriage the second time around. After all, those who wed multiple times face a higher rate of divorce. At least, that is what divorce statistics say. I believe that a factor in this higher rate of divorce in subsequent marriages is the tendency of divorcees to

Just when you thought you survived your first holiday season after divorce, you do a quick double-take and realize Valentine’s Day is right around the corner. Granted, Valentine’s Day is not a recognized holiday like Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanza, and New Year’s. It is also just one day compared to the others. But it is rightfully a big deal for many people. You used to enjoy Valentine’s Day, but now the celebrations of love, romance, and relationships are reminders of what used to be. You feel lonely and sad on the first Valentine’s Day after a divorce and are trying

You finalized your divorce almost 10 years ago. Your son was 7 at the time, and the divorce decree required you to make regular monthly child support payments to your former spouse. You have happily done so for all these years, but now that your son is 17 and about to graduate high school, another exciting life milestone is on the horizon: college. As happy as you are for your son, a massive question keeps bouncing around in your head, “Who pays for our kid’s college education after divorce?” You may be willing to help offset some of those college

Your marriage does not have to end in divorce. Sure, that may be the direction you and your spouse are headed right now, especially after years of mounting and seemingly irreparable issues, poor decisions, and constant bickering. At times, it can feel like there is no hope to reduce conflict with your spouse and possibly avoid divorce — no matter what you or they say in hopes of making things better. But deep down, each of you is willing to keep trying. Honestly, the fact that there is a shared willingness to keep trying is a sign that a brighter

It has been six months since you and your former spouse divorced, and though you are committed to being a parent first, you have opened yourself up emotionally to the idea of dating again. You meet a few nice people in social settings, and as the next few months go by, you develop your first serious relationship post-divorce. You could not be happier and want to spend as much time as possible together. But there is one problem: you may have agreed to a morality clause in your final divorce decree. You may not remember all the ins and outs