I will be one of those grey divorcees in a few months. Our children are grown and they are having difficulty with this new phase in our family life. I have a few good years left. I desperately wanted to live some
My former mother-in-law sees our children regularly. We never got along even before the divorce. She criticized me constantly. I could never do anything right including be a husband to her daughter. I know she has a right to visit her grandchildren
What should I do if I realise my husband is too good for me but I can’t stop being horrible to him? He’s just left me and I don’t blame him, he’ll have such a better life on his own. To begin, by writing you’ve
I have a new girlfriend and nobody knows about her yet including my Ex-wife and my kids. I am afraid to tell them about her. She is a bit odd and quirky, tats and piercings but wonderful, kind and caring. Everyone in
This will be the first Christmas after our divorce. Our children are worried about how it will all work. I love Christmas with them. I haven’t spoken directly to my Ex for months. We text arranging pickup of our children but have
Dear Linda, My Ex wants to be friends again. She left very suddenly two years ago and hasn’t seen our teenaged daughters until recently. She told me she misses me but doesn’t want to be married anymore. I have been torn up
Dear Linda I am engaged to a woman who has not yet divorced her former husband. We have been together several years and have a two year old son. Her children from the former marriage live with us as their father has
Dear Linda I am so confused. I miss my husband, he misses me. We have been separated for five months. He moved in with his girlfriend, and after a month he moved out and into a place of his own. Now he
Dear Linda I am worried about how my friends will react when they hear that my husband and I will be separating soon and plan to divorce. I don’t want to feel anymore alone than I already do. We’ve been married several
“How do I go about telling my wife that I am leaving her? There is no one else. I just don’t want to be here anymore. We have two teenage children and I think they will be ok.” First of all you
Dear Linda “My ex has been seriously bad mouthing me in front of the children and it’s starting to affect my relationship with them. They are now starting to say they don’t want to come over to mine and when they are
Write away the past and write into your future. When I found myself alone after a traumatic divorce, there were two things that got me through those first few years. There was my lifesaver counsellor who helped me find my dignity and