Picking up the phone and calling an attorney, not knowing what you’ll hear on the other end of the line, is scary. It’s a big step, and you’re afraid you’re opening Pandora’s box. What if you take a step that you can’t take back later? And what do you know what they’ll tell you on the other end of the line—that it costs $10,000, or some other ungodly number you can’t fathom? What if they don’t understand, don’t sympathize, or make you feel stupid? What if you can feel their judgment … [Read more...]
6 Things Women Wish They Knew About Divorce Beforehand
Whenever I’ve gone through something new, it seems like I inevitably have this moment, at the end, when I think, “I would have done _____ differently if I had just known ______.” Of course, it’s impossible to know everything you would have liked to have known but, if you’re anything like me, you always try to be as informed as humanly possible. (Even though I STILL almost always feel like there is something big that I wish I knew beforehand!) I do a lot of research when I’m up against the … [Read more...]
