Family Forum / Marriage / Divorce / February 2006

Any advice on how to improve this would be greatly appreciated:
Dear Lydia,
I am such a fool.
I go home every day to an apartment full of emptiness.

without bashing your spouse ;).... just wanted to see how the majority
handled things...
Did you feel that the settlement was ammicable?
Did you reach an agreement alone or with the courts help?

A man placed some flowers on the grave of his dearly departed mother
and started back toward his car when his attention was diverted to
another man kneeling at a grave.
The man seemed to be praying with profound intensity and kept

All good things must come to an end, however.  My wife and I have an
amicable agreement to separate and our first priority is on our 5 year
old son's interests.  My wife has MS which makes ongoing health
insurance a bit of a sticky wicket (she is fairly uninsurable w/o a

Xenos - I think you live in Finland ?
Can you answer me a question please ?
I have to attend some meetings in Turku 12th March on
for a week - will the weather be below freezing ?

Sudan man forced to 'marry' goat
A Sudanese man has been forced to take a goat as his "wife", after he
was caught having sex with the animal.
The goat's owner, Mr Alifi, said he surprised the man with his goat and

New study out:
50 percent of women have dated co-workers
21 percent of women have dated their boss
13 percent said dating boss helped career

This may be a long shot but does anybody know the specifics on how long
a German divorce takes to process in the courts before it's finalized?
Like Canada, German divorce law dictates that a mandatory 1 year
separation must take place before an uncontested divorce is granted.

I thought churches were safe places where a person could be themselves
and not have confrontations with the law.  I guess I was wrong.
Last Sunday I went to St. Pauls Catholic chruch in Roseland.  I am not
Catholic but I like to go to different churches to see what they

I'm having a hard time distinguishing between being flexible and
letting my ex run roughshod over me.
Ex and I have opposite end of the spectrum ways of dealing with life --
I am regulated, scheduled, not spontaneous, keep excellent track of my

I need some advice on how to best get my kids (8yo boy & 4 yo girl)
through the transition of me moving out.  They already know I am moving
out, just do not know when it is going to happen (neither do I yet).  I
have not talked to them about how the house is going to be pretty much

My wife and i have been married for twelve years.
we both have had some inappropriate relationships.
We've been seperated over a year now.  I filed for
divorce because i couldn't go through this hard time

So I'm seeing this therapist to deal with some issues and sort of do an
"after action report" aka "what went wrong" with the marriage
assessment.  I'll prolly only see her 3-4 more times.  She's scorching
hot, and has no ring.  I make her laugh, etcetera, she sits next to me

My ex-husband stated today that his lawyer told him that since our combined
incomes are over $80k, he doesn't have to pay standard child support.  We
are in NY State.
I've googled for this and can't find a definitive answer.  I called the

Almost there...March 27th....expidited distribution hearing...alimony
and all to be finalized!
I've done everything I possibly could to show what is what...I am done.
What ever will be will be now1 I've learned a lot about the law, a lot