Sentences with phrase «worse than a divorce»

Trying to make the other party look bad may hurt them worse than the divorce.

Given how disruptive divorce can be, and given our longer lifespans, shouldn't we rethink our conviction that cheating is worse than divorce?

Not exact matches

«Nothing would be worse than to get into a relationship about which we know that it will end in a dirty divorce,» he said.

To accept gay marriage as a genuine expression of marriage — and to treat it as such in the parish office, even if we could then keep it out of the parish church — would be vastly more destructive than accepting divorce (which has been bad).

People who go through a divorce are not worse or less spiritual than any of us.

It is so bad, that a recent study analyzing children of divorce over a 50 year period by Stanford University demonstrates that children of divorce actually live five years shorter lives than children raised in intact two - parent married families.

And women get called out for initiating divorce more than men; maybe we sense men don't fully buy into «in sickness... for worse» thing.

The implication is that staying with a cheater, as Hillary has, is worse than if she divorced him — even though many of us are still conflicted about divorce.

The Bad News about Divorce and Children Is Worse than We Thought, but the Good News Is Better than We Thought William V. Fabricius Department of Psychology Arizona State University First draft of a paper to be presented at Senator Anne C. Cools Roundtable on Family Dynamics Senate of Canada May 6 — 8, 2011

There's ample research that divorce isn't the worst thing parents can do to kids: Fighting terribly and subjecting them to your vitriolic hatred toward each other is the worst; staying married in such a state is actually worse for kids than if you actually got divorced.

Gwyneth was the one who eventually filed for divorce and Chris seemed to cope with the breakup a little worse than she did.

But nothing is worse than being divorced and unattached on Valentine's Day.

One of my friends said that divorce is worse than that person passing away cause you still have to see the person.

As a result, we may think of divorce as more closely tied to psychological problems than it actually is [see «Is Divorce Bad for Children?divorce as more closely tied to psychological problems than it actually is [see «Is Divorce Bad for Children?Divorce Bad for Children?»

I'm tall dark and well two out three ain't bad a laugh a day and tendernesand whatever turns you on I'm not a member yet so don't get mad if I don't answer I love to please I've always lived by lady's 1 st in everything I be been divorced over 40 years I traveled a lot so I loved where I could my ex was 2 years older than me most women I dated were older till now I'm old

If she does not forgive Oblonsky, then there will surely be a divorce, scandal, the loss of position, and what could truly be worse than that?

It is worse in some places than in others (or better, I suppose, if you are a divorce lawyer).

Bettelheim — and others such as E. M. Hetherington — argue that most adult children from divorced parents «are no worse off than their peers whose parents remained married.»

One might assume, for example, that unhappy spouses who divorce and those who stay married are fundamentally two different groups; i.e., that the marriages that ended in divorce were much worse than those that survived.

It is so bad, that a recent study analyzing children of divorce over a 50 year period by Stanford University demonstrates that children of divorce actually live five years shorter lives than children raised in intact two - parent married families.

One might assume, for example, that unhappy spouses who divorce and those who stay married are fundamentally two different groups; i.e., marriages that ended in divorce were much worse than those who stayed married.

Even after controlling for the selection of different types of individuals into different types of family structure, the authors concluded that children who spent time in divorced - or unwed - mother households fared considerably worse than those remaining in intact two - parent families throughout their childhood and adolescence.

This process is vastly less expensive than an in - court divorce, takes less time, and usually does not stir up as much bad blood between the parties.

People going through a divorce are at their worst, not because they are bad people, but because it's such a difficult process,» said Berkovitz, adding that divorce can be more complicated than losing a spouse through death.

Therapy is confidential and a whole lot cheaper than divorce, poor health, unemployment, DUIs, or worse yet, jail.

It's way better to get the knowledge and divorce advice you need from the start, than it is to try to re-negotiate a bad deal later.

We feel strongly that there is probably more bad advice about divorce than any other serious decision in life.

It took Gottman sixteen years of intensely studying happy marriages rather than analyzing bad ones to figure out how to revive or divorce - proof a relationship.

Choosing a process which is a bad fit can result in failed negotiations, anger, and a more adversarial divorce than might have been necessary.

Premarital counseling, marriage counseling, and divorce prevention counseling can help you avoid being on the bad end of the numbers, but some couples are naturally at a higher risk for divorce than others.

Finally, celebrity divorces have shown us that — despite their less than stellar reputation — many lawyers are not as bad as they are depicted.

Don't sign an agreement you don't intend to follow just so you can get your divorce over with; doing that is worse than not reaching an agreement at all.

While marital discord in the family does have negative effects on children, the effects of divorce have shown to be worse than if the parents had remained together and attempted to work out their problems.

Over my more than a quarter - century of family law practice, I have witnessed people in the traditional court - based divorce process make some very bad decisions which affected their future and their childrens» future.

More often than not, the attorney is going to meet you when you are at your worst, especially in a new divorce consultation.

The pain of divorce is worse than almost any other pain on the planet.

While you may think that expecting the best is better than expecting the worst (or vice versa) the truth is that neither of those kinds of expectations will serve you well in your divorce.

More importantly, single mothers who marry and later divorce are worse off economically than single mothers who never marry.

The study found that marriages with significant conflict were worse for happiness and health than divorce.

The implication is that staying with a cheater, as Hillary has, is worse than if she divorced him — even though many of us are still conflicted about divorce.

There is nothing worse than finding out months (or years) after your divorce is over that you have a credit card bill in your name that was never dealt with in your divorce.

Results Probands had significantly worse educational, occupational, economic, and social outcomes; more divorces; and higher rates of ongoing ADHD (22.2 % vs 5.1 %, P <.001), ASPD (16.3 % vs 0 %, P <.001), and SUDs (14.1 % vs 5.1 %, P =.01) but not more mood or anxiety disorders (P =.36 and.33) than did comparison participants.

Children in high - conflict families, whether intact or divorced, tend to fare worse than children of parents that get along, according to a University of Illinois study review.

Having to Be Responsible for Debts You Forgot About (or Didn't Know Existed)-- There is nothing worse than finding out months (or years) after your divorce is over that you have a credit card bill in your name that was never dealt with in your divorce.

You've likely heard more bad divorce stories than you have good divorce stories.

Divorce doesn't have to leave your family life in tatters and you in a worse place than before you were married.

Stress factors that are more likely to be present and to affect single mothers than happily married mothers include: financial problems, living in a bad neighborhood, juggling increased outside employment and childcare demands, post-break-up domestic violence and harassment, divorce and custody litigation, and interference with family and household routines by nonresident parents and other third parties (i.e. responsibility without decision - making authority).

Ever since Gwyneth Paltrow described her split from musician husband Chris Martin as a «conscious uncoupling» rather than a «divorce» experts have been falling all over themselves to talk about conscious uncoupling, and weigh in about whether it's a good or bad thing.

The only thing worse than a bad marriage is a bad divorce.

In many circumstances, the adversarial nature of traditional divorce lawsuits can make the situation even worse as parents are encouraged to make negative statements about one another, rather than concentrate on making a plan that best suits the children as well as the parents.