It's an interesting way to offer divorce support for men, but playwright, John N. Frank is doing it in his new production, "Boys In The Basement." Here is Frank's guest post about his Evanston based play, that he hopes will help both men and women fa...
Jackie, I’m getting divorced. Is it OK to tell a new woman that I’m divorced even though the papers aren’t signed yet? HELL NO. That is my gut reaction in answering this question. In my experience over the past several years, ...
I am the pursuer, the chaser, the one still in love. My wife wants to be separated and is the distance, the leaver, the one “figuring things out.” We are separated in the house, as she does not have a job. We are two months into no hugs, no intim...
I’m going through a divorce after 20 years of marriage. There were maybe 5-10 good years at most. We are working on the separation agreement and she is irrational, stupid and plain mean. My lawyer and I wrote a fair agreement but she does...
I wrote a blog post called “’Can’t Get Over My Ex Wife,’ Says Divorced Man,” and here is a comment I got from a newly separated man. I want to offer him some divorce advice I think will help him: My wife keeps telling me how I put ...
Jackie, my cousin is going through a divorce. His wife wanted it after 33 years and 3 beautiful girls. How do I help him get over her and get past the pain stage? He is really upset and there is no other guy she is dating. I don’t know what to do t...
When I got a question from a reader asking, Is it normal to have second thoughts about divorce? I smiled sadly, and answered to myself, “I don’t think it’s normal NOT to have second thoughts about divorce.” The question brought m...
Being newly separated consists of a lot of firsts, which includes being a single dad on holidays for the first time, like…ahem…Fathers Day. I’m not a man, but I am a single mom, and so I know what it feels like to wake up on Mother...
Jackie, Why is it that when you are getting divorced, the other person--who claims to have loved you-- airs every single bit of your dirty laundry to everyone? When people are getting divorced, there are so many emotions they are experie...
Surviving Divorce and Loneliness by a divorced dad who chose to remain anonymous Loneliness. Just the word itself is depressing. People were not meant to be by themselves; we are social beings. Without a close relationship of some form in ou...
