Divorce
DEAR CRF, MY FRIEND IS ENGAGED TO A MARRIED MAN
Dear CRF, I need your thoughts: a friend of mine is engaged to a married man. Her soon to be husband is recently separated (8) months. He told her when they first met he was divorced. She found out a little later that he was separated. Mind you, this is before he asked for her hand in marriage (she didn’t have to say yes). Yet, after, feelings and intimacy. she found out the estranged wife and he are still in communication (i.e text communication, he saw her on a break,Read More
RUMORS FLY REGARDING ERIC GARNER’S LOVE CHILD
Yesterday, numerous media outlets and bloggers reported that Eric Garner’s widow had settled the wrongful death lawsuit filed against the city of New York for $5.9 million dollars. As soon as this was announced rumors started surfacing. Some speculated that the love child of Eric Garner, and the woman who he lived with for the three years prior to his death, would not receive any of the settlement since her mother was only a side chick and Garner was legally married. Others speculated that the love child, being the youngestRead More
MARRIAGE STRIKE
What exactly does marriage offer men today? “Men know there’s a good chance they’ll lose their friends, their respect, their space, their sex life, their money and — if it all goes wrong — their family,” says Helen Smith, Ph.D., author of “Men on Strike.” “They don’t want to enter into a legal contract with someone who could effectively take half their savings, pension and property when the honeymoon period is over.Men aren’t wimping out by staying unmarried or being commitment phobes. They’re being smart.” Unlike women, men lose allRead More
WHY DID I GET MARRIED . . . WITHOUT A PRENUP?
Actress Tasha Smith, of Why Did I Get Married fame, was recently ordered to pay her ex-husband $7,000 a month in spousal support, also known as alimony. This is in addition to the $50,000 she compensated him back in November (likely as alimony pendente) while they awaited the final divorce decree. Some are calling her husband out as being less than a man for seeking and accepting spousal support, but women need to be mindful that with equal rights (benefits) come equal responsibilities (liabilities). As such, just as many menRead More
I DON’T WANT MY WIFE TO DO THAT: THE MADONNA/WHORE COMPLEX
Today, I participated in a conversation about men who forbade, or rather, disliked for their girlfriends, fiancés, and wives to submit to certain sexual behaviors. As a homophobic society, yes even in 2015, the first thought of many was that a man with this preference must be in the closet or a down low gay man. I believe that is ignorance and fear speaking as I have spoken with quite a few straight men who rather their wives be Madonnas in the bedroom (virginal, inexperienced, pure). As such, I thoughtRead More
