American Idol hopeful Katrina Darrell is the most-searched term on the internet today, for a number of reasons.

1. She wore a bikini to her American Idol tryout.

2. She appeared on the season premiere of America's most-watched TV show.

3. The new judge, Kara DioGuardi, called her a bitch and challenged her to a sing-off.

4. She has a banging body.

The combination of these four factors added up to a golden ticket for the producers of last night's American Idol. The feminist and protective mother in us took issue with the way her segment was portrayed (exposing your body is … Read More

Christine is a 41 year-old New Yorker. She has competed in 11 marathons, runs her own consulting firm and is working on her Ph.D. She is also single. Christine recalls, "I recently had a male friend tell me, 'Chris, men just want a woman who's going to be home and be a great wife and mother. You're too intense. Look at you, you're going 100 mph all the time, no guy wants that.'"

"I am attractive, in gosh-darn good shape, fun, great sense of humor, full of energy and life, smart and ambitious," says Christine. "You would think these are … Read More

Separation between couples is often misunderstood due to the lack of guidelines and the ease with which it can be carried out. It is fraught with many pitfalls if certain clear objectives are not laid down or ultimately met. The most basic goal of any separation is to give the couple space and time in their relationship to decide on future action, particularly in saving the marriage etc., without undue influence from each other. However, couples often get distracted and confused and lose sight of their goal and their trial separation ends in divorce. 

Furthermore, once separated, some people will … Read More

TheStreet.com published an interesting piece on whether marriage helps or hurts an individual’s career. Turns out, the only professions in which a spouse is beneficial are clergymen, judges, police officers, and drumroll...politicians. [Insert Eliot Spitzer joke here.]

Apparently, a stable home life increases the likelihood for success. [Proceed to beat dead horse and insert follow-up Spitzer joke here.]

And said jobs wield the perfect power: If the marriage doesn’t pan out for any of the above, they can divorce, annul, or just plain sweep it under the rug.

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From ICWales.co.uk
By Hannah Jones

Fame almost cost David Gray his marriage

MUSICIAN David Gray has revealed how his fame and fortune nearly cost him his marriage.

The singer, who was raised in Solva in Pembrokeshire, says his worldwide success heavily impacted on his 15-year marriage to Olivia, a solicitor.

The singer began his recording career in 1991 and released three albums before it took off in 2006 with his multi-million selling album White Ladder, which still remains the fastest ever selling album in Ireland.

Tango’s Take
“Singer David Gray says success strained marriage,” or so he’s heard. Honestly, this guy just loves to babble on, … Read More

I spent many years establishing a rewarding professional life before having two children—just as my biological clock was winding down—and ever since then I've felt as though I won the lottery. A great career! A wonderful husband! Two beautiful, healthy children! Lucky me! Imagine my surprise, then, to learn that Having It All—the quintessential goal of recent generations of women—has gone out of fashion. Who knew?

One day I opened the newspaper to discover that today's young moms have nothing but scorn for the choices we baby boomers made. "The new breed of wife has learned from the '80s and … Read More