Telling your spouse you want a divorce is extremely difficult. Divorced dad and author, L.J. Burke would know. This is his guest post offering tips on how to deliver the devastating news.   How T...

      I am dating a woman with a young son. She is amazing, but sometimes I feel suffocated. I’m not sure I should stay in this relationship. We are both very young—24 and 26 and I’m not ready to be a father. I don’t e...

I’ve never understood the older guy younger woman relationship. Why would a man over 40 want to date a woman in her early twenties? Here are the possible reasons, in my opinion.   She’s hot. She's fun. She’s got a lot of energy ...

  [caption id="attachment_5257" align="alignleft" width="150"] Aretha Franklin, whose smash hit "Respect" earned her 2 Grammies and an entry into the Grammy Hall of Fame[/caption]           I got an e-ma...

A comment from a reader: When a wife cheats or is having an affair, be it physical or emotional, the husband will know. I saw all the signs and was blind to them. I blocked all the signs from my mind, but what convinced me of her affair was not the e...

        I have to believe that anyone going through a divorce wants it to go as quickly as possible. The reasons? To avoid large legal fees, to have the stress of the unknown taken away, and to move on with their l...

      A question I received from a male reader: What are three things you would tell someone getting married?   Someone just asked me the other day, “How can you give relationship advice to married couples when you are divorc...

          Finding inner peace after divorce takes a long, long time for most people. The journey is a struggle that often feels hopeless. It consists of a roller coaster of emotions along with lots of mista...

      From a reader: Is Staying in an unhappy marriage because you know you won’t see your kids as much and there is the possibility of another man in their lives a terrible decision?     I can’t offer you a...

Read this comment that was posted on Divorced Girl Smiling by a guy who is saying “My wife left me and is loving being single.” Funny my 40 year old ex wife is loving the fact that she is single. It seems to me that when women get to be around 40...