How Do you Know When it is time to break up with your boyfriend (or girlfriend)?

No matter where we go or what we do, this is the question we get asked over and over: How do you know when it’s time to break up? It never fails. And usually they want us to give them a very specific list of conditions that must be met in order to pull the [...]

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Why so Many of Us Marry the Wrong Person…

This post was a response to our original post on HuffPost Divorce. Still generated a lot of anger–but we are always happy to get people talking about this–because you never know when you might inspire a runaway bride or groom! Last month I wrote an article for HuffPost Divorce about my research that revealed 30% of [...]

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The Shocking Truth for 30% of Divorced Women (They know they are marrying the wrong guy on their wedding day!)

This article originally appeared in the Huffington Post Divorce. Click here to read the original article and the more than 1000 (mostly angry!) comments! Ouch. We touched a nerve. It was the day she had dreamed about. Standing barefoot at sunset, “Joni” (a former client of mine whose name I have changed) stood looking at the man [...]

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Thank you Kim Kardashian for your 72 Day Marriage

Thanks to Kim Kardashian–and her complete hot-mess-of-a-72-day marriage–we were able to generate some national media attention on the subject of reluctant runaway brides. When we heard that Kim’s marriage was already over, we weren’t surprised. (who was?) We also weren’t surprised to hear the reasons why she went ahead with the over- the- top-extravaganza. She “didn’t want to let everyone down.”  She [...]

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Back in the Saddle Again: Re-entering the Dating World After a Difficult Break-Up

It’s no secret-breaking up is hard to do.  You’ve cried yourself to sleep more times than you can count.  You’ve eaten enough Ben & Jerry’s chunky monkey that you had to go out and buy a pair of “mom” jeans with the elastic waistband.  You’ve screamed, you’ve purged pictures and mementos and now it’s time [...]

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