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Ask Dr. Helen: Dating the Divorced

May 15, 2008 - 12:30 am - by Helen Smith
Joel
2008-05-15 13:42:12

Divorced twenty years ago. Raised my daughter on my own from age 7 onward. I haven’t dated, won’t date and I don’t even joke about it. The fact that marriage is a bad deal for men was clear to me the first time around – no need to stick my hand on that burner again.

The best advice I heard at the time of my divorce was not to date for at least a year. The reason being that you are not anywhere close to being right in the head until some significant time has passed. Good advice but I took it up a notch.