Splitsville News

I like simple, helpful and easy-to-understand advice.  MSN Canada features that in this story about how our global financial troubles are affecting newlyweds.  Let me take their advice and make it even more simple…
Should a couple be:
Discussing financial compatibility before marriage?

Good idea!

Becoming more cautious about excessive spending that leads to high debt?

Good idea!

Averting problems that [...]

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A British divorce attorney has apparently started advising clients to take up dance lessons if there’s a chance of reconciling.  I’ll admit the Daily Mail headline, “The couple that sway together, stay together… TV divorce lawyer advises ballroom dancing to save marriage”, sounds like fertile ground for a number of snide comments (”TV divorce lawyer”–really?…”advises [...]

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For the media sites I frequent, the “big” divorce news this week is that Jon and Kate Gosselin (of “Jon & Kate Plus 8“) are divorcing.  The New York Times has a short story about it here.  The story’s lede comments that “TLC is hoping there is happiness–or at least, good ratings–after divorce.”
While divorce is [...]

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“Breaking up? Pregnant? Want a divorce? Send a text!”
With such a string of phrases, I didn’t need to make up a title for this post.  Instead, the title came straight from this Yahoo Finance press release by a market research company focused on wireless/mobile research.  Here are their findings:

Nine percent of U.S. consumers have sent [...]

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From the perspective of the Internet, divorce news out of Connecticut is always so filled with money (and drama).
On Monday, Yahoo News ran this story about what “anti-aging and skin-care guru” Dr. Nicholas Perricone’s ex-wife could say about their relationship.  Apparently, back in 2005, Dr. Perricone obtained a restraining order against his former wife, Madeleine [...]

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