A 20-something recently asked me whether a woman could be happily dependent on a spouse or if financial independence is a necessity. For a segment of millennial women — products of divorce and underemployment — the answer to providing a secure future for their children is to stay at home. My short answer was… no (you […] Read more…
Posts Tagged ‘Divorce’
20-Something Question: Education or Climb the Ladder in My Post Divorce World?
Q. I just turned 26. As of last month, I’m also divorced. I am intelligent and talented but when I got married I was regrettably also very naive. My ex was incredibly threatened by me intellectually and bullied and discouraged me from completing my education. At this point I have completed one year of college. […] Read more…
20-Something Question: Starting and Starting Over After Divorce
Q. I have 2 children aged 3 and 1. I am getting divorced. I am originally from the UK so my degree isn’t really transferable (its an undergraduate law degree). I am happy here but need to get a job, I have no family here, haven’t worked in years. And I have no confidence about […] Read more…
Each Of Us Gets to Decide What Divorce Means To Us
Today I have a special guest post / answer to a recent question from a 20-something about recovering from a young, brief but painful divorce. Sarah Levitt, a entrepreneur turned business and life coach offers an insightful and poignant response. After the dissolution of her 17 year marriage Sarah came to see divorce recovery in […] Read more…
How to Broach the D-word
Dear 40-somethings, I was married at 19 and divorced by 21 with no children. Although, I feel like divorce was the only option after discovering my husband’s painful affair yet I still can’t help being embarrassed. The few strangers I’ve had to tell have given me such judgmental looks and comments that it changes the […] Read more…
Moving on After a 20-Something Divorce
Q: I am 23 and going through a divorce. How do I talk about my divorce with my new boyfriend’s family? Getting divorced was a horrible thing for me when it first happened, and my heart was still broken. Now I look at my high school sweetheart and I getting married at 21, and 18 (respectively) […] Read more…