Be Thankful

Be thankful for what you have, you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.     —Oprah Winfrey

Why Marry?

It is common knowledge that marriage is risky mainly because the divorce rate, though down from its peak of one in two marriages in the early 1980’s, remains high. Besides, you can live a perfectly respectable life today without getting married. Having children outside of wedlock has also become common. Even so, it’s surprising how […]

Single in Manhattan

What do single women in New York City obsess about most—a nice apartment in a decent neighborhood—at an affordable price! Today more than 725,000 never-married women between the ages of 20 and 24 call Manhattan home. Many have come here because they think NYC is the place to be. Especially for those just starting out, […]

Marriage Equality

“Man toils from sun to sun, but Woman’s work is never done.” Many women believe that marriage is an institution that benefits men more than women. This belief stems from the fact that many women today have to take on what they feel is a superwoman role. They work outside the house and then come […]

Abusive Husband/Divorce

Divorce is a traumatic experience, but no one should stay in an abusive relationship! Of course that’s easy to say—and more difficult to leave an abusive husband. Usually in an abusive relationship/marriage the husband is very controlling, and it is difficult for a woman to make the break. Typically, these women know very little about […]

Your NAME

The author of this poem is unknown… Our NAME it that tenacious thing to which all faults and graces cling, Attached to it for all I see is everything we dared to be. Our manners, habits, thoughts and air, are stamped upon the NAME we bear. ‘Tis not by common flesh and bone, but by […]

The Perfect NYC Gal

Some 5,000 New York male members of www.whatsyourprice.com were asked to evaluate five features that they’re looking for in a mate. It turns out that the perfect single New York City woman is a brown-eyed, nonsmoking, social-drinking, brunette, preferably with a master’s degree. Do blonds have more fun? They came in second, followed by black […]

Dirty Tricks

Some husbands and their divorce teams will do anything to gain the upper hand in a divorce. They can play some really dirty tricks to make sure you are beaten down emotionally and financially. Don’t think these things don’t happen. They happen every day, especially when the divorce is a financially complex one.   These […]