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Should Your New Partner Discipline Your Children? (Pt 1)
This is a highly contested subject – the issue of whether or not a parent’s new partner has any right to discipline their children. And not to confuse the subject anymore, but the truth is that there’s no one-size-fits-all answer. There are a number of factors that come into play here, and have an influence…
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Getting Your Marriage Annulled in Michigan
We want to start this by telling you right up front that annulments are hard. The courts are reluctant to grant them unless you can prove that you really deserve one, and that can be very challenging. You are going to be forced to discuss your very private business in a very public forum, which…
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Do Online Affairs Count as Cheating? (And Can They Lead to Divorce?)
If you recall, a couple of weeks ago we published an article about the Netflix Documentary ‘Life 2.0’ which follows several different people using the online gaming platform Second Life. One couple on the documentary were a couple who met online and had a sustained online affair before meeting in person to take their relationship…
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Understanding your Financial Situation is Critical in Case of Divorce (Pt 2)
Hey there, welcome back to this discussion about family finances, and why it’s so important for both spouses to be aware of what’s going on with the money side of things. As we mentioned in the previous article, it’s really important that both spouses have a handle on the family’s money situation. Again, this isn’t…
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Understanding your Financial Situation is Critical in Case of Divorce (Pt 1)
Most Michigan families have one spouse who deals with the family’s financial situation and one spouse who doesn’t. It’s pretty standard for most couples to have one person in charge of keeping track of the budget and paying the bills, while the other spouse relies on them to provide information about savings, budgetary changes, and…
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Marital Fighting: When is it Healthy Fighting, And When is it Abuse? (Pt 2)
Hi there and welcome back. We’re having a discussion about fighting styles, and how fights can actually be healthy for your relationship, as long as you conduct yourself in a certain way during the argument. As we mentioned in the previous article, it’s not whether you fight that is an indicator of your marriage’s health,…
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Marital Fighting: When is it Healthy Fighting, And When is it Abuse? (Pt 1)
That title might have you scratching your head a little bit. Healthy fighting? Since when can having a fight be healthy, especially for a married couple? Actually it can! Believe it or not, there are certain instances when fighting can actually make your relationship stronger, and help you work certain issues out in an open…
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Thoughts on Netflix’s ‘Life 2.0’: Does Second Life Really Wreck Marriages And Lead to Divorce?
If you haven’t watched Life 2.0 on Netflix, you really should. It somehow manages to be both interesting and incredibly depressing at the same time, rather like the proverbial train wreck you can’t look away from. And not because Netflix did a bad job of putting it together, but rather because the subject it addresses…
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How Soon After a Divorce Can I Start Dating Again if I Have Kids? (Pt 2)
Welcome back and thanks for joining us for this conversation on dating after divorce. We’re hoping to provide some insight based on our experiences working with countless Michigan parents over the years, as they navigate their divorces, and also the wisdom of mental health experts we’ve talked to. As we mentioned in the previous article,…
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How Soon After a Divorce Can I Start Dating Again if I Have Kids? (Pt 1)
People tend to have strong views on how long it’s “proper” to wait after a divorce before starting a new relationship or even entering the dating game. And when you have kids, that can get even more complicated. The truth is, there is no hard and fast answer for when it’s acceptable to get your…
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