A military marriage is like no other. It combines duty and romance, freedom and finance. Many eager young couples with one or both of the lovebirds serving our country never even consider a prenuptial agreement. This can have unfortunate consequences years in the future. Six critical aspects of a military prenuptial agreement must be considered along with the wedding planning. ...
August 26, 55 BCE was a clear day along the English Channel when Julius Caesar first invaded Britain. He had no easy time of it. He was a military leader far away from the comforts of home, just four years into his (third) marriage, to Calpurnia. He had with him his tough Roman legionaries, also far from home. Perhaps it ...
Time travel paradoxes are nearly as old as science fiction writing, and many a story revolves around the dilemma of going back in time to alter something without also altering the path to the invention of time travel. You go back in time and prevent your marriage, but the child you and your wife produced in that marriage grew up ...
We live in an era of false equivalence. One person’s uninformed opinion is supposed to be as respected and valid as another person’s researched and studied opinion. In a just argument, you will represent all sides of an issue fairly, accept your burden of proof, and reason correctly. This means looking at both sides of a situation, such as invalidating ...
We have often in these columns playfully used innuendo, double entendres and (rarely) outright sophomoric humor (okay, often) to discuss the strong connections between sexuality and Virginia divorce. This is because marriage is intimate, physical, emotional, and fragile. Many Virginia marriages end in divorce and sometimes the underlying reasons were masked because nobody wanted to talk about them. We talk ...
The Firm For Men is not a firm against women. Indeed, our livelihoods depend on Virginia men and Virginia women finding each other and marrying. We are not against marriage; though we represent and advocate strongly (some might say too strongly) for men, we also respect the sanctity of marriage; we wish more couples would not let slip the bonds ...
Ever have liquid nitrogen thrown in your face? Surprisingly, you can survive, though we don’t recommend the trick. The cold reality of being in an ill-fitting marriage is a bit like a shot of liquid nitrogen to the face. This egregious epiphany can come through many avenues: affairs; substance abuse; incompatibility. Perhaps the harshest hit is from the realization that ...
Virginia Beach native Pharrell Lanscilo Williams married Helen Lasichanh on October 12, 2013. A mere 40 days later, on November 21, 2013, a little song he had put together, “Happy,” came out. Pharrell was 40 and a modest success already; the song, of course, made him a huge success. It also made him wealthier and much more famous. Williams and ...
National Coming Out Day is October 11 (yes, that's the day this was published!), a tradition begun in 1988. Every year, lesbians and gay men find the courage to come out as homosexual, often to the shame and scorn of family and friends. Just as often, of course, they are supported and loved for their decision to share something so ...