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Stepfamilies To Uncle Sam: Learn To Count!

Wednesday Martin | Posted 12.01.2009 | Living

Read More: Gay Stepfamily, Wednesday Martin, Stepfamily Advice, Divorce, Blended Family, Stepmonster, Cohabiting, Stepmother, Stepmothers, Stepchild, Latino Stepfamily, Stepchildren, Stepfamily, African American Stepfamily, U.S. Census, Stepfamily Support, Stepmothering, Step Mother, Step Father, Stepfather, Remarriage With Children, Family, Living News
Wednesday Martin

We're hearing a lot about the new U.S. Census these days and many might wonder what, precisely, is at stake. For stepfamilies, the answer is: quite a bit.

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Movement Under Way In California To Ban Divorce

AP | JUDY LIN | Posted 12.01.2009 | Los Angeles

Read More: California Gay Marriage, California Gay Marriage Ban, California, Divorce, Gay Marriage, Los Angeles News

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Til death do us part? The vow would really hold true in California if a Sacramento Web designer gets his way. In a movemen...

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Military Divorces Edge Up Again In 9th Year Of War

AP | PAULINE JELINEK | Posted 11.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Marriage, United States Military, Military Divorce, Military, Divorce, U.S. Troops, War in Afghanistan War in Iraq, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The toll for a nation long at war is evident in military homes: The divorce rate in the armed forces edged up again in the past yea...

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Happy Thanksgiving! This Year It Is No Longer Humiliating To Be Explaining Your Unemployment Around the Thanksgiving Table!

Stephen Viscusi | Posted 11.25.2009 | Media

Read More: Umeployment, Friends, Family, Playgirl, Christmas, Sarah Palin, Tlc, Relatives, Bulletproof Your Job, Kwanzaa, Levi Johnston, Disney, Harpercollins, Stephen Viscusi, Jon and Kate Plus 8, Abc, Fired, Headhunter From Hell, Holidays, Thanksgiving, The View, Aa, Divorce, Death, Spouse, Hanukkah, Going Rouge, Jon Gosselin, Health Issues, Barbara Walters, Job, Starbucks, Oprah, Chemistry, Good Morning America, Unemployed, Search Engines, Americas Workplace Guru, The Ladder, Monster.com, Media News
Stephen Viscusi

Losing your job is dreadful, no matter what the reason. In this journalist's mind, it is still better than health issues, divorce, or death -- but t...

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John Ensign Affair Details Revealed: Nightline Interviews Doug Hampton About Senator's Affair With Cindy Hampton (VIDEO)

Kevin Freking | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ensign C Street House, John Ensign, Divorce, Nevada, Senate Ethics Committee, Cell Phone, Darlene Ensign, Cindy Hampton, Adultery, Ethics Violations, C Street House, Hamptons and Ensigns, Sex, Sexual Harassment, Affair, Ethics, Cheating, Doug Hampton, C Street, Senate, Politics News

Scroll down to watch video of Nightline interview. WASHINGTON (AP)- A Nevada man whose wife had an affair with Sen. John Ensign said he discovered th...

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The Holidays: How Stepfamilies Can Be Happier

Wednesday Martin | Posted 11.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Tension in Stepfamilies, Wednesday Martin, Stepfamily Advice, Divorce, Tips for Stepfamilies, Thanksgiving, Stepmonster, Blended Family, Stepmother, Stepchildren, Holiday, Stepfamily, Stepfamily Dynamics, Step Children, Stepfamily Support, Remarriage, Step Mother, Stepfather, Step Father, Family, Remarriage With Children, Holiday News, Living News
Wednesday Martin

Stepfamilies often experience extraordinary stress as the holidays--with their pressure cooker of "family" expectations--get underway. So, let go of the Three Big Myths of Stepfamily life.

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Sparks Specializes in Sad Songs

Jackie K. Cooper | Posted 11.18.2009 | Books

Read More: Miley Cyrus, Nicholas Sparks, Nc, Divorce, Songwriting, Teen Angst, Fiction, Wilimington, Book Reviews, Books News
Jackie K. Cooper

There are moments in this story that are so affecting that you have to stop reading until you can see the pages through your tears. Is this contrived? Is this manipulative? Maybe it is, but it is also the true heart of the story.

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Conscious Divorce Or Emotional Divorce?

Belinda Etezad Rachman | Posted 11.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Mediation, Ed Sherman, Divorce, Peaceful Divorce, Make Any Divorce Better, Belinda Etezad Rachman, Relationships, Living News
Belinda Etezad Rachman

You don't have to be Gandhi, Buddha or any other kind of evolved spirit to have a "Peaceful Divorce," but you do need to have the intention to do so.

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Divorce Reform In Massachusetts: David vs. Goliath

Tom Matlack | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living

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Tom Matlack

The long sought Alimony Reform battle will likely come to a climax this spring. In January an almost unprecedented 72 State Legislators co-signed a Bill that would make divorce law in MA more fair.

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Celebrating Thanksgiving Past

Lori Sokol | Posted 11.19.2009 | New York

Read More: Marriage, Women in Business, Women's Income, Half the Sky, Parenting, Divorce, Working Mothers, New York News
Lori Sokol

Twenty years ago this Thanksgiving, I got married. Two years ago this month, I got divorced. But I am not here to chronicle a marriage gone wrong. I am here to commemorate a divorce that went right.

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Trade Fair Targets France's Booming Divorce Market

AP | JENNY BARCHFIELD | Posted 11.09.2009 | World

Read More: France Divorce, French-Divorce, Divorce, Relationships, France, Paris, France Marriage, World News

PARIS — The city of romance got a lesson in love's hard knocks Sunday, as thousands flocked to the French capital's first divorce fair. In Fran...

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Straight Ex-Spouses: Legalize Gay Marriage

Washington Post | Theresa Vargas | Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Relationships, Divorce, Ex-Gay Movement, Lesbian, Ex-Gay, Gay, Breakups, Dc, Straight, Same-Sex Marriage, Marriage, Gay Rights, Straight Spouses, Straight Spouses Network, Families, D.C., Gay Marriage, Politics News

As the debate over legalizing same-sex marriage in the District grows louder and more polarized, there are people whose support for the proposal is pe...

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Can a Stepmother Like Sandra Bullock Be a Better Parent than a Biological Mom Who's a Porn Star?

Jill Brooke | Posted 11.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Monster Garage, Janine Lindemulder, Divorce, Step Mother, Jesse James, Family, Living News
Jill Brooke

Rarely when fathers seek full custody of a child are the facts so stacked against the mother as in the case between "Monster Garage" star Jesse James and his ex-wife, porn star Janine Lindemulder.

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Pity Party? Cry-A-Thon? Maybe, But Cut Kate Some Slack

Karen Thalacker | Posted 11.04.2009 | Entertainment

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Karen Thalacker

Whether it's the Gosselins or your next door neighbors, there is a lot to feel bad about when a marriage ends. I, for one, hope that people cut Kate a little slack.

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Who Needs Marriage?

Philip N. Cohen | Posted 11.04.2009 | Living

Read More: Suicide, Marriage, Widowhood, Divorce, Gender Inequality, Health, Men and Women, Differences Between Men and Women, Happiness, Gender, Living News
Philip N. Cohen

Sociologists have long considered suicide to be the gold standard measure of psychological wellbeing. Now we have a long-term study that finds that marriage protects men more than women from themselves.

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One Simple Thing That Makes Every Woman Happy

Lisa Earle McLeod | Posted 11.05.2009 | Living

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Lisa Earle McLeod

After talking with literally thousands of women, especially mothers, I can tell you - every time a woman has to badger a man to become more engaged, a little piece of her heart breaks.

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When And Why You Shouldn't Put The Kids First

Wednesday Martin | Posted 11.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Wednesday Martin, Patricia Papernow, Divorce, Stepmonster, Blended Family, Step Family, Stepmother, Stepchild, Marriage First, Advice for Stepparents, Advice for Stepmothers, Stepfamily, Linda Nielsen, Step Child, Remarriage, Step Mother, Stepfather, Remarriage With Children, Marriage, Living News
Wednesday Martin

Shunting the husband/wife relationship to the back burner whenever the stepchildren are around is, it turns out, a recipe for marital and step-family disaster.

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A Women's Nation Changes Everything: Or Does It?

Dr. Sasha Galbraith | Posted 10.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Working Women, Role-Reversal, Housework, Insurance, Divorce, A Women's Nation, Working Mothers, The Shriver Report, Gender Parity, Gender, Business News
Dr. Sasha Galbraith

More than half of the women in a recent survey said they take on significantly more responsibility for house and family, but only 28 percent of men saw it that way.

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Jon & Kate: Healing the Wounds of Separation & Divorce

Lauren Mackler | Posted 10.26.2009 | Living

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Lauren Mackler

Nearly 50% of all marriages end in divorce. Why do so many marriages fall apart, and how can you stop the destructive patterns that turn relationships into battlefields?

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Shriver Report: Get Married, Have Kids, Then We'll Speak to Your Issues

Bella DePaulo | Posted 10.24.2009 | Living

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Bella DePaulo

I'll highlight some remarkable and conventional-wisdom-defying findings from the report that were published but never headlined.

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To Dish Or Not To Dish? That Is The Question

Mary Jo Eustace | Posted 10.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Mary Jo Eustace, Dean McDermott, Relationships, Divorce, Gossip, My Husband Left Me for Tori Spelling, Tori Spelling, Media, Family, Living News
Mary Jo Eustace

Should a nice Canadian gal sell her soul "just a little" to rake up a few thousand more book sales or take the high road, hoping her message won't get lost in the din of the circus that surrounds her?

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Rosie and Kelli Split and Remind Us About the Fight For Gay Divorce

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Montana, Toronto, Divorce, Kelli O'Donnell, Doma, Rosie O'Donnell, Same Sex Couples, Gay, Same-Sex Marriage, Marriage Equality, Marriage, Gay Rights, Gossip, Gays, Gay Issues, Gay Marriage, Hollywood, Politics News
Emma Ruby-Sachs

Rosie and Kelli are in the midst of what should be a pretty normal problem. But the legal protections for divorce, like for so many other issues, leave LGBT people out.

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Not So Brady: 4 Rules For Staying Together When You Remarry With Kids

Therese Borchard | Posted 10.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Stepfamilies, Marriage, Step Brothers, Divorce, Relationships, Kids, Step Sisters, Step Sister, Remarry, Step Brother, Step Mother, Remarriage, Step Father, Living News
Therese Borchard

It's worth investigating what makes a real Brady family tick because approximately half of all marriages in the US each year are remarriages for one or both partners and 65 percent of them involve children from a previous relationships.

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What's Love Got To Do With It? Demystifying Romantic Attraction

Lauren Mackler | Posted 10.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Chemistry, Solemate, Lauren Mackler, Sexual Attraction, Divorce, Relationships, Romance, Living News
Lauren Mackler

To what can we attribute feelings toward our partners that are emotionally overpowering? And why do we often react so strongly to the end of a relationship?

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Arthur Delaney

Loving Couple's Divorce Official

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 10.08.2009 | Business

Read More: Unemployment, Divorce, Economy, Bearing Witness 2.0, Bearing Witness, Recession, Down Not Out, Business News

Mary McCurnin and Ron Bednar's divorce papers have arrived in the mail. The Rancho Cordova, Calif. couple wasn't having marital trouble -- they still ...

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