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Divorce

  • Is marriage just a piece of paper?

    Is marriage just a piece of paper?

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    Empathologism has an excellent post up dissecting a FamilyLife/Dennis Rainey memo on marriage.  See the link for Empath’s post and the ensuing discussion, but what struck me about the FamilyLife piece… read more

  • Smoking gun

    Smoking gun

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    Figure 3 in this NCFMR paper on remarriage rates doesn’t include the actual values of the data being charted, so I pulled the chart into GIMP, blew it up, and estimated… read more

  • Getting to the church on time (a second time).

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    Deep Strength offered his own explanation on why young wives in the UK are divorcing in much lower numbers: However, when you take into context women getting married closer to… read more

  • Doublethink

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    From the UK based The Marriage Foundation publication Divorce rates have halved for new brides. Why?: Because it is almost entirely the reduction of wife-granted divorces concentrated into the early years of… read more

  • Child support and the threat point.

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    In the discussion of a recent post the history of the term “threat point” came up.  While I’ve used the term and explained how the family courts are being deliberately… read more

  • As expected.

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    Several commenters have expressed disbelief at my prediction that we will see a (generally low key) movement to curtail the worst abuses of the family court.  Honestly this isn’t a… read more

  • He ruined the surprise.

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    Christian mommyblogger Jenny Erikson is outraged that her pastor ruined the surprise she had planned for her husband.  She explains in How My Husband Found Out I Was Leaving Him: So… read more

  • The crazy dictator.

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    My wife and I watched a movie titled Joshua a while back (plot spoiler alert).  We ended up fast forwarding the second half of the film just to see how… read more

  • Empowerment turned demotion.

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    Blogger Michele Zipp at Cafe Mom confirms the status marker marriage serves for women in 5 Reasons ‘Boyfriend’ Is the Worst Word for Divorcees: 3. It feels like a demotion. The… read more

  • Women’s morphing need for male investment.

    Women’s morphing need for male investment.

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    In a previous post I discussed the importance of male investment in women’s intrasexual status competition.  This investment can range from the validation which comes from being selected for a… read more