We must all feel a certain pity for poor Antonio C., 99 years young and happily married to 96-year-old Rosa C., for 77 years. The Italian couple’s blissful marriage, according to the New York Daily News,1 crashed on the rough rocks of divorce when Antonio discovered Rosa’s love letters (not to him) from the 1940s. Whatever the laws in Italy, ...
Katie Holmes may be an extreme case of a person losing herself in a marriage. Tom Cruise’s wife endured live-in members of Cruise’s church more or less taking over their home. Holmes feared losing her daughter, Suri, to the same church. Divorce was a way out … and a way to recover her sense of self. While some may focus ...
Writer Saul Bellow once said, “When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice.”1 Most people pick and choose advice to reinforce their original inclinations. If you are a divorced dad interested in rejoining the dating world, you are looking for ideas that support your yearning to connect to someone other than your kids’ mother. Get Out ...
Everybody says only two things in life are certain; the ol’ D and T. But for some Virginia men, these are not Death and Taxes, but Divorce and … Taxes. Spoiler alert: it’s always taxes. Surprisingly, these two life events can be intertwined, and savvy divorced men can benefit from a few smart tax tips. Dollars for Divorce You should ...
Almost nobody plays the board game Monopoly by its official rules. Part of the reason: the real game seems to never end. The world record for the longest Monopoly game1 is 70 straight days, says Hasbro, the game’s manufacturer. Divorce may seem like that, too: it seems like it never ends. Yet keeping in touch with your divorce lawyer after ...