Blindsided by the bite (of divorce)
Divorce can bring a number of unpleasant financial surprises, such as discovering that your joint assets aren’t nearly as healthy as you thought or that your debt load is higher than you realized
The only way that women will become more empowered in this world is by becoming financially independent. We are inundated these days on social media with tips about selfcare and constant posts about the importance of it in our lives.
Divorce is one of life’s most stressful events. It affects everything important to us: our children, our finances, where we will live, our identity and our expectations about the future.
Divorcing a narcissist is often extremely stressful and brings its own set of challenges to the process. In order to preserve your own sanity , it is important to understand how the narcissist thinks. The following tips will help you develop an effective divorce strategy, minimize your trauma and help keep your legal costs down.
Change can be good, change can be bad, and in the case of midlife dating change can be outright ugly. For those who are out in the trenches, here is a summary of the realities of dating over 40.
Being single at 50 is a very different experience than being single at 25. Not only is the dating world different and the prospects slimmer, but what I find myself looking for in a relationship has dramatically changed too.
When you have children and you find yourself single again, dating can be very complicated. Not only do you have the challenge of finding someone worthy of dating, but you have more constraints on your time, potential childcare issues, and then the complex issue of what your children should know and who they should meet. The following are some general tips that I have acquired through my own experience and the experience of clients.
Let's be honest. No one likes a Debbie Downer. We all appreciate positivity and good energy. This is especially true in the dating world. While "good vibes" are definitely important, "good vibes only" should not be what we strive for in a relationship.
A "tire kicker" is someone who appears to be interested in buying something, asks a lot of questions, uses up a lot of your time, but then does not buy anything. Sadly, the "Tire Kickers" have expanded from not only wasting people's time in the world of sales, they are now a force to be reckoned with in the dating world of 2018.
In this world of "coffee meets", "hanging out", and "Netflix and chill", do people even go on real dates anymore? As someone who longs for some of the old style courtship, I am starting to think that "real dates" are becoming an endangered species. While I have certainly met some wonderful gentlemen who know how to properly court a woman and take her out for a wonderful evening, for every man like that, there are dozens who just want to hang out. I am sure that there are many men finding the same thing about women, so my comments in this blog are aimed at both genders.
