"You and your partner don't walk the dog together anymore?" a neighbor whose name I don't know recently asked me. It has been the better part of a year since my ex-partner walked out and I learned we ...

I jumped into a relationship very quickly without realizing we had different values. When that relationship ended, I learned to heal and focus on myself. It was only six months since my divorce became ...

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In August 2019, my ex-husband moved out of state. I was suddenly a solo parent to my two young sons, then just 2 and 5. My kids and I stayed in the three-bedroom ranch that we had bought before my ...

I was left wary of marriage and said I'd only get married if I had kids. Then, I met Craig. We knew we wanted to be together, and years after having two kids, we decided to get married. My first ...

When I got married, I lost touch with my best friend from college. After my divorce, we went on a life-changing trip and ...

You may have noticed that I have a new last name. Or, more accurately, I once again have my old last name, the last name I had for the first 28 years of my life. I never really wanted to change my ...

After my divorce, the invisible labor of being a solo parent became very heavy. Then, my kids and I moved in with my mom and stepdad, and our lives changed for the better. Moving in with my family has ...

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