Our Son review – Billy Porter and Luke Evans are gay dads in poignant custody battle
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by Leslie Felperin
1w ago
This impeccably performed, engaging take on Kramer vs Kramer delivers a subtly shaded portrait of current gay lifestyles This poignant drama is practically a remake of Kramer vs Kramer from 1979 – though this time with two divorcing New York-based dads fighting for custody of their kid instead of K2’s traditional pairing of a husband and wife. And like the older Dustin Hoffman-Meryl Streep vehicle, Our Son is a bit soapy and middlebrow, but impeccably performed all-round, led by a trio of terrific turns from Luke Evans and Billy Porter as the two fathers, with winning, winsome support from Chr ..read more
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Missouri law bars divorce during pregnancy – even in cases of violence
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by Lizzie Tribone
1w ago
The statute, which can lead to reproductive coercion in a state that has banned abortion, has recently gained nationwide attention At six months pregnant, H decided enough was enough. She had endured years of abuse from her husband and had recently discovered he was also physically violent towards her child. She contacted an attorney to help her get a divorce. But she was stopped short. Her lawyer told her that she could not finalize a divorce in Missouri because she was pregnant. “I just absolutely felt defeated,” she said. H returned to the house she shared with her abuser, sleeping in her c ..read more
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True romance: how to keep the love alive when you retire
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by Joanna Moorhead
1M ago
Over-65s are splitting up like never before. But what if you still love each other and want to hang on to what you’ve built together? It used to be that, if you were still happily coupled into your 60s, you would be together for ever. But that has changed: now, mine is the group ever more likely to be splitting up. Between 2002 and 2022, the number of over-65s getting divorced each year in England and Wales more than tripled, according to estimates from the Office for National Statistics. What has happened? Partly, it’s about life expectancy increasing and life opportunities expanding when we ..read more
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‘It was time to start afresh’: readers on love in an empty nest
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by As told to Doosie Morris
1M ago
From feeling like teenagers again to calling it quits, readers tell us how their relationships evolved after their children left home Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email After years in the trenches together raising a family, couples whose children have flown the coop face a very different looking future. Like all major life transitions it can be a fraught time, especially for relationships. It even has its own syndrome. While the complicated feelings of loss and pride aren’t a clinical diagnosis, the fallout from the shift in family dynamics can be significant. According to readers ..read more
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Post-divorce, I’m isolating myself at home alone. How do I get out of this funk? | Leading questions
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by Eleanor Gordon-Smith
2M ago
Sometimes screens and nothing time can be exactly what we need, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith, but long term they can set a trap I recently got divorced after 30 years. My choice as we weren’t happy. We parted on good terms. No kids. And while I was once very sociable and enjoyed working in an office – socialising with work friends – the pandemic has made me feel even more isolated. I have a stressful job and I work from home and, since I now live alone, it’s so easy to just isolate myself with a home dinner, Netflix and early to bed. How do I get myself out of this funk ..read more
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We prepare for Christmas, Easter, Halloween and even Bonfire Night. So why are we so terrible at planning for January? | Zoe Williams
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by Zoe Williams
2M ago
The failed resolutions and bleak weather this time of year are just as predictable and immovable as every other yearly event. Maybe it’s time we did more than ‘gratitude journal’ Yesterday was Blue Monday, officially the most depressing day of the year, according to an idea that has long been debunked by everyone, including its creator – but somehow still strikes a chord. When you’re still paying the price for Christmas excess, indebted, hungover, sickened by the very things that previously were your joy (pigs in blankets), the last thing you want is the fresh humiliation of new year resolutio ..read more
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The secrets of a healthy divorce: ditch blame, put kids first – and avoid lawyers as long as you can
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by Interviews by Sarah Phillips
2M ago
Nine people who managed to break up without hostility or bitterness tell us how they did it My parents had the most acrimonious divorce of anyone I know. Years of rage culminated in a decision to live on opposite sides of the world. I never heard my parents speak well of each other. The unexpected silver lining of this experience was that, when my marriage of 15 years was coming to an end, I knew how not to do it ..read more
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This year, women said ‘enough’ to modern marriage
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by Scaachi Koul
3M ago
The institution has progressed from its earliest, brutal form. But Marriage 3.0 still hands men the lion’s share of benefits It sounds absurd, but the most compelling display of the collapse of modern American marriage in 2023 is happening on a show about Mormon polygamists. For 18 seasons, TLC’s Sister Wives has followed Kody Brown and his four loudly Caucasian wives, who share 18 children and several houses in Arizona. The show started as a saccharine docu-soap about an unorthodox family trying to fit into an increasingly modern world. Now, I watch with rapt interest, practically foaming at ..read more
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Divorce doulas: ‘like having that best friend you’ve always wanted, but you’re paying for’
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by Madeleine Aggeler
4M ago
Divorce doulas guide clients through the brutal, byzantine legal process of separation, giving emotional and practical support Divorce is complicated and expensive. There are convoluted legalities, logistical headaches and financial restructuring. Lawyers help with a lot of that, in exchange for nosebleed-inducing sums. But what about the various emotional quandaries that arise as you dissolve a marriage? How do you handle attending your kid’s tee-ball game if your ex will be there? What do you do when your estranged spouse is texting so much you can’t use your phone? If you send that angry em ..read more
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‘I think I was relieved’: life on the other side of mature age divorce
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by Vicki Milliken
5M ago
The instance of mature couples divorcing is on the rise. Are over 50s less inclined to stay together than their parents, and what makes a ‘good uncoupling’? “I went through this process of feeling like my future had been stolen from me,” says 53-year-old Kate Christie about the end of her 22-year marriage. “He said to me, ‘I don’t love you any more. I want to leave our marriage. I want the chance to meet and fall in love with someone else while I’m still young.’ And that was that.” “I felt really blindsided. I was angry, upset and resentful ..read more
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