by Bella DePaulo | Jan 8, 2019 | ALL THINGS SINGLE, Divorce, Sponsored Post

Divorce is one experience that brings a mixture of feelings for an individual who is going through it. It may bring a positive result for some but for most, it has a negative impact. Anger, frustration, anxiety, misunderstanding, miscommunication, and pain are a few of the major negative energies that can steer a marriage into divorce. Couples end up realizing that a separation from each other is the only solution that can end the constant disagreements between them. (To get rid of stress, and ease your mind, you might want to start running, so check out some tips and tricks here.)
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by Bella DePaulo | Feb 7, 2016 | ALL THINGS SINGLE, Divorce, family

Much of my writing about single life is about people who have always been single, or about all unmarried people, regardless of whether they have always been single or have previously been married. But I do occasionally write specifically about people who are divorced and people who are widowed. Here are some of those articles, along with some writings on remarriage.
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by Bella DePaulo | Feb 7, 2016 | ALL THINGS SINGLE, Divorce, family, How We Live Now, new ways of living, no kids, single at heart, Single men, Single parents, Single women

Who counts as single? There is more than one possible answer. Who counts as family if you are single and have no kids? What should we call adults who have no kids? Here are some discussions.
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by Bella DePaulo | Jul 15, 2015 | ALL THINGS SINGLE, Books about singles, Divorce, family, Single parents, Singlism and matrimania, What the research really shows (media myths)
I have been scrutinizing the research on single parents and their children for more than a decade. I’ve learned lots of things, but perhaps the most important one is this: all those predictions you hear about how the children of single parents are doomed are grossly exaggerated or just plain wrong.
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by Bella DePaulo | Jan 14, 2012 | ALL THINGS SINGLE, Books about singles, Divorce, international perspectives, Perspectives on Single Life, Single at different ages, Single men, Single parents, Single with Attitude website

I love featuring voices other than mine here at “All Things Single (and More).” Although I read widely about single life, think critically, study the academic journals, and do my own original research, my perspective is limited by my own life experiences. So, even though I always appreciate hearing from people who share my point of view, I also greatly value those whose single lives have been very different.
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by Bella DePaulo | Aug 23, 2011 | ALL THINGS SINGLE, Divorce, Single men, Single women, singlism
A reader sent me this story (below) and agreed to let me share it with you as long as I omitted identifying information. Any suggestions?
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