Tag: choices

She’s Only Staying Married For the Kids

Posted by Delaine - June 15, 2009 - Deciding to Stay or Go, Support & Girlfriends, Surviving
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unhappy married woman  She’s Only Staying Married For the Kids

  She’s one of my mom friends.  We aren’t close, but I see her almost everyday at our kids’ school.   This past weekend we bumped into each other at a nearby park.  And as we sat, watching our kids play soccer, I asked her where her husband was.   “Oh…I don’t know.  Probably doing something [...]

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Being Tested Not to “Settle”: A Reoccurring Lesson for a Divorced Mom

Posted by Delaine - February 22, 2009 - Dating & Sex, From the Dating Trenches, Phases/ Stages, Support & Girlfriends
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divorced women talking frie1  Being Tested Not to “Settle”: A Reoccurring Lesson for a Divorced Mom

In a previous article, I wrote openly about how I’d been chatting with a man who unexpectedly, yet honorably, told me he has herpes.  I was trying to decide if I should even bother to meet him in person… Early Friday evening arrived.  (I was suppose to meet him later)  All dressed up and feeling fabulous, I [...]

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