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“How To ‘Not’ Use Social Media” when divorcing
“Dating After Divorce: How To Not Use Social Media,” is the title of a piece by “comedian” Juliet Jeske on the Huffington Post. After two introductory paragraphs, Ms Jeske gets down to it with 10 points she recommends be followed. Then closes with this bit of wisdom. You are bound to be slightly insane after a divorce, [...]
Posted in Blind Spots, Communication, Emotions, Unhooking
Tagged as: anger, communications, divorce, divorce recovery, divorce story, facebooks, letting go, self-talk, social media, unhooking
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Does marriage fulfill the “meeting of minds” legal standard?
As I am not a lawyer and don’t play one on TV, it is with great reluctance that I pull out my Black’s Law Dictionary for divorce-related matters. But it seems some sort of an accountability must be found to the increasing number of married folks who come to divorce practitioners in utter amazement at [...]
Posted in Blind Spots, Communication, Legal Matters, Prenuptials, Relationships
Tagged as: Ann Arbor divorce, Black's Law Dictionary, marital contract, marriage license, meeting of minds, meeting of the minds, Michigan divorce, pre-marital counseling, Washtenaw County Clerk, Washtenaw divorce
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Open to separate parent-teacher conferences
Last year, one of the middle school principals asked me to sit in with him on a parent-teacher conference. The mom and dad were divorced, and one of them had asked that they each have their own separate time to discuss the daughter’s schoolwork with her instructor. That request was denied, but now fireworks were [...]
Posted in Communication, Parenting / Co-Parenting, Society
Tagged as: Ann Arbor divorce, co-parenting, divorce, divorce mediation, parent-teacher conferences
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It’s often good to laugh … at ridiculous things
One of the things I hope to accomplish here is to help otherwise straightforward married persons, doing their best to approach divorce in good faith, that there are a lot of games to which they may be subjected en route. It’s not even so much that there’s some secret place to look. As matter of [...]
Posted in Communication, Control, Priorities
Tagged as: Ann Arbor divorce, divorce, divorce strategy, Michigan divorce, Negotiation Bootcamp
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The little things that compromise relationships, part 3
Wrapping up this discussion of “I love you, but…” from Psychologies, August 2009, here are the top five complaints men have about their female romantic partners. Being too critical Sulking Nagging Spending too long in the bathroom / getting ready Bossiness
Posted in Communication, Conflict, Relationships
Tagged as: irritants, Psychologies, relationship issues, roommate issues, sources of conflict
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The little things that compromise relationships, part 2
Implicit in part 1 of this topic was the notion that men and women each have a list of irritants that can cumulatively compromise their relationships. Here are the top five complaints about men. “Snoring” “Developing a new hobby, buying all the equipment, and then moving on to something else.” “Not listening” “Untidiness” “Spending too [...]
Posted in Communication, Relationships
Tagged as: irritants, Psychologies, relationship issues, roommate issues, sources of conflict
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The little things that compromise relationships, part 1
“Typically, we think of relationship deal breakers as the big dramas,” writes Rebecca Smith in the August issue of Psychologies. In her article titled, “I love you, but…,” she delineates examples of what we’re often told are brand-name causes of divorce, including “infidelity, addiction and disagreements over big decisions such as whether or not to [...]
Posted in Blind Spots, Communication, Prenuptials, Relationships
Tagged as: divorce causes, Michael Cunningham, Psychologies, roommate, Trevor Silvester
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