No-Nonsense Divorce Advice
Financial woes? Restless? Adult child of divorce? Read on.
"Tough love" advice on dealing with financial woes after divorce, feeling restless in your marriage and being an adult with divorced parents.
WHO GETS WHAT
Do We Need A Dating Prenup?
When a couple splits, how do you divvy up what you used to share?
Though The New York Post recently ran a story about couples signing "pre-prenups" before marriage is even on the table, most cohabiting, or even co-existing, couples don't bother. I mean, if it's legalities you want, either get married or go down to City Hall and register as domestic partners.
Divorce Registry: A Good Idea?
Should you get stuff from your friends when you get divorced?
Debenhams, the store, has created a divorce registry in the hopes of easing the transition from two to one. Gift registry, both for wedding and baby, is a major money-maker for department stores and it's a gravy train that can still be further milked. Unfortunately for retailers, people are cohabiting and marrying later and needing less in the way of knickknacks, paddywhacks and doodads. In fact, a reverse registry would probably be a good idea in many cases. It's only by the grace of God that most dudes only spend big dollars on things like televisions, kegerators and decorative Star Wars tapestries (used to cover holes punched into walls) and don't really mind throwing out stuff from Ikea.
What To Do With Your Ex's Stuff After A Breakup
What you should keep, what you should return, and what you should just toss after a breakup.
Short of jetting off to Bali and drowning your heartache in fruity cocktails, the quickest way to exorcise someone from your heart is by ridding yourself of all the bad juju—and debris—that a rough breakup can leave in its wake. What should you throw away? What should you keep and take out later? What should you return?
What Do You Get Rid Of After A Breakup?
The Museum Of Broken Relationships may be a good home for your tainted leftovers.
Most relationships break up at some point. And the question of "who gets what?" sometimes becomes a problem. But what do you do with stuff that is clearly yours but forever has the other person on it? Em & Lo have a suggestion: The Museum Of Broken Relationships.