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"People going through a divorce need their friends—friends like you—to support them," says Dr. Carl Nassar, Ph.D., LPC, a professional counselor. Words can provide that support—or send ...
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Think twice before hitting 'send' on your hot take to a soon-to-be-ex.
Divorce can affect both the people getting divorced and any children they may have in both the short and long term. After a divorce, the couple often experiences effects including decreased levels of happiness, [ 1 ] a change in economic status, and emotional problems.
In many cases, irreconcilable differences were the original and only grounds for no-fault divorce, such as in California, which enacted America's first purely no-fault divorce law in 1969. [2] California now lists one other possible basis, "permanent legal incapacity to make decisions" (formerly "incurable insanity"), on its divorce petition form.
In 1969-1970, California became the first state to pass a purely no-fault divorce law, i.e., one which did not offer any fault divorce grounds. [30] They chose to terminate all fault grounds for divorce and utilized single no-fault standards making divorce easier and less costly. [ 30 ]
Often, when people go through something traumatic, they’re too shell-shocked to ask for anything, "but don’t assume silence means they don’t need your help", says Hahn. 5. “Let’s party!”
AS YOU ARE going through a divorce, you might just want to be alone—I certainly did. For a while, I was staying in my house and trying to avoid anyone who might ask about my wife.