Dads: When Family Courts Start at 70 – 30 Custody, the Kids Lose
When we started down the road of negotiating a cooperative divorce (because it's all about the children) our divorce and parenting plan counselor also suggested 70-30.
The Beauty Trap: How Good Looks Can Lead Us Astray
I am full of desire. And when I don't have an object for my affection I project that romance on to everyone who passes by. My first two marriages were…
When Everything Goes Right: Do You Have a Dating Roadmap?
What does it look like when you are happy? What are you doing? Not to mirror my current situation (idle and a bit bored with the online dating app world)…
What the Bear in Your Bed Might Be Telling You: Managing Anxiety
I don't suffer from anxiety a lot, but in the past week, I've found myself on several nights wrestling with a bear. Here is what the bear was telling me.…
The Hierarchy of Relationship Needs: My Four Levels of Attraction
As the online dating universe continues to be ho-hum for me, I'm continually wondering what it takes for someone to light up my relationship antennae. It seems to me there are…
Sexual Hunger: How Friends with Benefits Became a Lie for Me
Yes, we are sexual animals. And from time to time I imagine doing the dating thing with more of a "hookup" mentality. It won't work. I tried having a FWB…
Would You Damage Your Co-Parent’s Livelihood If You Could?
How do you support or damage your co-parent? I know it's a weird question, but it keeps coming up for me. Let me explain. Do you know how your credit…
Going Meta: Divorce, Depression, and Befriending Sadness
I am a feeling-driven person. My moods can drive ecstatic highs of creativity and pull me into lows of lethargy and inertia. There's no amount of lamenting that's going to…
