Dr. Phil is not a medical doctor or licensed psychologist. He has a doctoral degree in clinical psychology. Having said that, and acknowledging he is not any more qualified to offer psychology than your local bartender, he does speak plain truths to complicated people. Want to watch him skewer selfish parents dealing with divorce? You can watch the drama here, or ...
Financial gurus will tell you: a new car purchase is really three deals (sell the old car; buy the new car; arrange the financing). Car dealers want all that to happen on their lots. Financial advisers tell you to keep the three deals apart. The principle holds true with divvying up marital property during separation and divorce: keep the deals ...
The 4th century BCE Daoist book, Zhuangzi, holds a parable called The Empty Boat. A boater on a swift-flowing river must contend with an empty boat that bangs against his. He deals with it, calmly calculating how to move the empty, drifting boat out of his path. Consider, though, if he would have done the same thing if the other ...
She says she will go to your CO. She says she has the entire Second Fleet on speed dial. She claims she has stories to share at Fort Story. What is she going to tell them? That you are an adulterer. That you hit her. That you neglect your kids. What can you do when she threatens to go to ...
“The thing that attracted me to my husband was his pride. I'll never forget the first time I saw him, standing up on a hill, his hair blowing in the breeze — and he too proud to run and get it.” If the comedy of Jean Carroll, America's first female stand-up comedian, sums up your marriage, you might be ready ...
The phrase, "Put me in, Coach," takes on a whole new meaning when you visit a website like Poly-Coach. Do you need help learning your way around polyamory, swinging, or open marriage? Then Poly-Coach is for you! Many Virginians enjoy the staid predictability of the "one spouse/one sexual partner" rule. Many, however, pursue other passions: open relationships, polyamory, or swinging. What ...
If you are a military man, you live and work at the whim of the military. Just as your children have almost no input into decisions that affect them, you have little input into decisions affecting you. You rise in rank and earn more pay; you are unlikely to say no to those decisions. You are relocated to a distant base; you have to ...
The COVID-19 emergency that has gripped Virginia and the world has rippled through every part of our lives. If you pay either spousal support or child support in Virginia and have been affected by COVID-19, you should know about legal remedies that may help. Closed Courts The Virginia Supreme Court’s original judicial emergency order has been extended, keeping most courts ...
Much of the time on these pages, we take a bit of a sassy approach to family law matters. With the worldwide pandemic from COVID-19, we are setting aside our usual stand-up routine and standing up for you, Virginia’s men, as you attempt to deal with the Virginia courts. Here is what can and cannot be done in these perilous ...