Rearview Roadkill: Divorce

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  2012 Redux – the good, the bad, and 20 posts I’m kinda proud of

  This is the second year of Chopperpapa. Frankly I’m surprised to have made it this far without throwing in the towel, 80% of blogs fold in the first 90 days never to be resurrected. If that’s true it means I’m well beyond puberty now. I’ve learned one thing from it all, practice does come with [...]

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  Seven battles ever single parent must win – #1 Entitlement

  The Kübler-Ross model or as it’s commonly known The Five Stages of Grief says that individuals go through five distinct emotional states when faced with the reality of tragedy, most notably loss from death. These stages, denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance can occur in a predictable and logical order, randomly, or in other cases, [...]

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  The reason your next marriage may fail

    It’s happens all the time and I usually see it coming before it arrives, like visualizing an accident moments before the cars collide. It now occurs with such frequency the Queen and I prepared a canned response for anyone who asks… “We want to give ya’ll something to worry about!” January will mark our [...]

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  Hard Road of Resolution

  The story of our life is penned in the ink of our choices. This is a universal truth, such as the one which says, ‘we are what we eat’ or the other about chains and weak links. Every one of us can reflect back over our past and point to moments of decision where the [...]

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  Divorce Etiquette. What about the last name.

  My ex wife and I had one discussion about last names prior to our marriage. It lasted all of two minutes and ended in unanimous agreement that she would go with mine. At no point then or afterwards were concerns expressed that by taking my surname she would suddenly loose her identity, contribute to the [...]

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  Mass-marketed happiness and the end of marriage

  For someone who’s seen the ugly side of divorce I’m a staunch defender of marriage. I more than most have every right to be adamantly opposed to the absurd notion of lifelong companionship and “Till death do you part”. But the fact is I fervently believe in matrimony and remain intent on the Queen and [...]

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  Moving Beyond Divorce Free TeleSummit

  Several months ago I was contacted by fellow divorcee Debbi Dickinson about participating in a telesummit event on divorce. I’m not sure which flattered me more, the fact that she asked or that she feels I’m an expert. Debbi is the founder of Moving Beyond Divorce, whose mission it to assist in  your individual growth [...]

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