I met my now-best-friend when she began dating a friend of mine about three years ago. They were very on and off, and on again, but never with a shortage of drama.
They broke up for what appears to be the final time in January, and since then, had not seen each other, or even spoken, except for the occasional IM. (The age of technology has created the lack of need for any sort of personal communication, ever.)
Last night, we were out getting our ritual pedicures when her phone started to ring. It was the ex.
Apparently, he had a biz meeting …read more

  
One thing that I’d like to see from some of the reality television shows is a bit more focus on blended families.  Check out some of the statistics in the United States alone:

One million American children experience divorce every year.
Single parent families increased from 13% of the U.S. family population in 1970 to 31% in 1994
56% of divorced children had no contact whatsoever with their fathers in the first year after divorce, and 23% had no contact after five years.
Divorced children had the deepest feelings of anger, fear, and rejection of any childhood group, and were three times as likely …read more