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Conflicts of Interest: Child Support – The Man’s Point of View

March 18, 2013 WisdomIsMisery

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Last week, Dr. J wrote a post on the New NYC Teen Pregnancy Prevention Ads. At some point during the day, a debate on the role of child support erupted in the comment section. In reading these comments, I realized very quickly that men and women have very different views on the role of child support, […]

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Conflicts of Interest: Child Support – The Woman’s Point of View

March 18, 2013 WisdomIsMisery

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Last week, Dr. J wrote a post on the New NYC Teen Pregnancy Prevention Ads. At some point during the day, a debate on the role of child support erupted in the comment section. In reading these comments, I realized very quickly that men and women have very different views on the role of child […]

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5 Reasons New Divorce Laws Aren’t Unfair to Women

March 27, 2012 WisdomIsMisery

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By now, most of us have the transcript of the marriage adverse men memorized. Usually at or near the top of their unsolicited anti-marriage rants are the “unfair divorce laws.” This is often followed closely by the “unfair child support laws” but we’ll address that second topic another day. I usually ignore these men because […]

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The Children of Divorce: How Divorce Influences Our Relationships

February 20, 2012 WisdomIsMisery

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A while back, I asked my Twitter followers a simple question: @WisdomIsMisery: if your significant other is a product of divorced parents, do you take this into consideration when dating them? Now before I get into the general theme of the responses, I’ll share my motivation for asking the question. I take into consideration whether my […]

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4 Reasons Not to Cheat on Your Wife

April 8, 2011 RightCoastLexSteele

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The divorce rate is at an all time high and alimony settlements are even higher. Divorce hearings are starting to look more like NFL contract signings because these heffas are getting broke the f*ck off. The list of celebrities that pay exorbitant amounts of alimony is almost identical to it’s who’s who list. Tiger finalized a divorce that will make […]

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The Root of All Evil

January 8, 2010 RightCoastLexSteele

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Money is the reason many of us are awake right now.  After all, it’s pretty hard to make money in your sleep…for those of you that do make money in your sleep, shoot me an email asap.  Money affects every area of our lives, especially the relationships we have with people. Nothing else in the […]

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Relationships

I Date for Convenience

October 13, 2009 Slim Jackson

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This past week while I was takin’ my hiatus from blogging, I was havin’ one of those all too familiar conversations with one of my boys. We were discussing factors that go into a relationship that often go unmentioned because nobody really wants to admit them. What I’m going to talk about today is something […]

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Relationships

Throwing in the Towel

May 19, 2009 Slim Jackson

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All good things must come to an end at some point. I guess the same can be said for awfulness or unpleasantries  as well. In many situations, we have some type of control over the end point. If we hate a job, we tighten up our resumes so we can start looking. If we’re good […]

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There’s a Thin Line Between Love and Like

December 10, 2008 Slim Jackson

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*** SBM Admin Note *** My newfound friends over at Rants of a Wild Child are holding a little … group activity … for bloggers.  You are to pick another blogger that you have a crush on and submit your sexual fantasy about them to be posted.  Go to their site for details.  I tell […]

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Marriage

We want prenup!!!

June 16, 2008 SBM

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You don’t plan to crash your car … but you get insurance … right?! You don’t plan to fall on your motorcycle … but you wear a helmet (at least I do) … right? So why not get a prenup? *Disclaimer*: Just for all you overly sensitive individuals reading (you know who you are) … […]

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