This category contains articles offering advice and tips for those who are thinking about divorce, and trying to figure out if they should go through with it or make their marriage work.
Trying to save your marriage? I’m sure it’s not an easy time. Weighing all the good things about the person versus what life might be like without them can feel scary and stressful. Deciding if you can handle the divorce process versus staying and making things work. The back and forth alone can feel exhausting. … Read more
If you are a fan of the hit Showtime series, Ray Donovan, than you’ll appreciate this week’s Love Essentially, published in the Chicago Tribune Pioneer press, about the Donovan’s marriage, and how even through infidelity they find a way to stay together. Nothing Can Touch The Donovan’s-That Includes Infidelity by Jackie Pilossoph for Chicago Tribune … Read more
Staying in Love isn’t easy, especially after years and years of being together. Something Bulls rookie, Bobby Portis said in an interview was inspiring, as it made me think of something couples can do to stay in love. Here is my Love Essentially column, published two days ago in the Chicago Tribune Pioneer Press. … Read more
I have dated and become friends with many divorced men over the years, and I think I have a pretty good idea of some characteristics that a lot of them have. Now, a new play is taking viewers inside the minds of divorced men. “Boys in the Basement” is an Evanston play that was written … Read more
Is wanting a divorce selfish and cruel? Here is an email from a reader who is being accused of being these things because she wants a divorce: I have been married to my husband for 5 years. 3 of those years I spent deployed away from him. We met online while I was deployed. I … Read more
I have been married one year, together eight. We have a child and a business together. Families are completely intertwined. I’m having an affair with a coworker who makes me actually think true love exists. We seem to completely get each other in every way. I love my husband and our relationship is easy. What … Read more
This is an article I wrote that was published in Huffington Post yesterday. It addresses the reason “Why women cheat on their husbands.” The Real Reasons Women Cheat by Jackie Pilossoph I’ll never forget the day I had lunch with a friend of mine, who brought along three of her divorced girlfriends, none whom I’d … Read more
Wait till you read this email from a woman thinking about separating. Together for 11 years, married for 10, 6 year old child. My husband’s excuse for not being a good husband or partner is that his father didn’t treat his mom nice. And nobody told him he treats me like shit. It wasn’t all … Read more
A cheating spouse is something that is devastating to a marriage, and it changes everything. But while many people assume cheating automatically means you are headed to divorce court, my “Love Essentially” column (published today in Chicago Tribune Media Group papers) shows otherwise–that couples CAN survive cheating! Cheating Doesn’t Always Mean It’s Over by Jackie Pilossoph … Read more
From a reader: I have been married 10 years and I want a divorce. I love my husband so much it hurts to have to tell him I am leaving. We have been fighting for 4 years now, since my dad died, and even more so for the last year, since my mom died. Mainly … Read more
Read the e-mail I received below from a woman seeking relationship advice. I just found out that my ex (whom I still love and he tells me he still loves me) is having a baby with another woman. (DHS got involved which is why we are no longer together…long story). I am feeling very hurt … Read more
I don’t know one divorced woman or man (or anyone on earth-divorced or not) who doesn’t have days or even longer times when things seem to be imploding in their worlds. In my own situation, I describe those periods of time as feeling like I’m in a dodge ball game, and the balls just keep … Read more
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