Tag Archives: exes

Blowing Off Steam

Having an ex adds a lot of undue stress in your life; have children with that ex and the stress multiplies by about a hundred…thousand…ok, it’s more like an infinite amount of stress that never ends with the signing of the decree. You’d think it get easier now that you’re not together, but it’s actually a lot harder when neither one of you is trying to make things work anymore. My ex and I try to keep things as civil as possible when it comes to Logan. I don’t want him to ever feel caught in the middle of his … Continue reading →

Lauren and Jason: When “The” Ex Proposes to Someone Else

Last week I used Spencer and Heidi of The Hills fame to examine the pros and cons of living together. This week I’m going to talk about Lauren Conrad and her ex Jason, who came back into her life with a shocking surprise. A Little History Lauren and Jason have been on again/off again since the Laguna Beach days. (Laguna Beach was the predecessor to The Hills. That show followed Lauren and friends during high school.) At the end of the first season of The Hills, Lauren gave up an internship in Paris to spend the summer living with Jason … Continue reading →

Exes Don’t HAVE to Battle

We do not have to give in to the stereotype of the battling, disagreeing, misunderstanding exes with our child’s other parent. Sure, there may be plenty of hard feelings that need to be worked through and processed left over from our relationship, a separation, or a divorce. And, we are only human after all–but we don’t HAVE to be oppositional and sparring ex-partners, we can choose to be a different kind of exes… Okay, I fully admit that all exes and all parents are not created equally–there are plenty of dangerous, immature, annoying, irresponsible, or lazy parents out there–whether they … Continue reading →