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  When Is It Ok To Have An Affair? To get started with this, let’s get one thing clear. There is no right or wrong answer to this question.  On one side you will have people tell you that in no way, shape, or form is having an affair okay. Then on the other side [...]

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Keeping up appearances – it’s something everyone feels compelled to do.  Long-term relationships are the stuff of a stable society, or so it’s said.  We have a certain idea of what it means to be happy, and that notion includes having a “significant other”.  But really, how fantastic is marriage?  Why do we pretend things [...]

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We’ve all heard the cliché: “Nothing is certain but death and taxes.” But is divorce destined to become the next certainty? The overwhelming numbers are not in our favor. In Canada, 41 percent of marriages end in divorce within the first thirty years. For varying reasons, including growing apart, infidelity, affairs, mid-life crises, or money [...]

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I’m a “hyphen” wife, Karla Stephens-Tolstoy, and I’m happy to be so, but it took me about eight years after Al and I got married before I tacked on the Tolstoy name.  For me it had everything to do with convenience, changing your name on driver’s licenses, passports, cell phone bills, and everything else can [...]

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By : Karen Hendry Dear Daughter-in-Law, Welcome to the family.  I couldn’t be happier for you and my son.  I have one concern, though. I try to get close to you, to get to know you better, and sometimes I feel as though I get a very cold reception.  Why is that?  I know, from [...]

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By : Karen Hendry Dear Mothers-in-Law, We are so glad to have married your sons.  They are the love of our lives.  However, we are not so sure we are glad to have gotten you in the bargain.  Seriously, we are sure you must think we are children, that we have never kept a house [...]

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By : Amie Martin Mother’s Day – A Reminder that Can Smart: If being a stepmom is anything like walking a tight rope, then striking the balance is easier some days than others.  In particular, one day each year, a stepmom is reminded that her heart is lined by a struggle for acceptance she knows [...]

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  My Mom! “I can’t live with her and I can’t live without her!” I think we’ve all said this at one time or another, right? Well I say this or think it quite often! Obviously I wouldn’t be here if not for her! And yet, no one drives me as crazy as my mom [...]

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Love!  It’s just like the Supremes use to say, It’s a game of “Give and Take”.  At the beginning of any relationship, you start with that intoxicating, getting-to-know-you phase, where everything that comes out of your partner’s mouth is the heaviest and sweetest thing you’ve ever heard.  This phase never lasts long, and when it [...]

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  Here’s the story, of a blended family. How do celebrity step families make it through the holidays and what can you learn? Play Bonds of Step Families today and explore your views on blended step families.

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