How to know it’s “a go” when dating someone who is divorced…

1. The former marriage has been amicably settled, and at least a full year has passed after the divorce has been final.

2. He/she takes appropriate responsibility for the breakdown of the former marriage.

3. He/she wants a healthy spiritual, emotional, and intellectual relationship with a diverse range of people before he/she wants to become sexually involved with any one person.

4. He/she is involved in his/her children’s lives, and is paying his/her share of child support.

5. He/she places a very high priority on rearing his/her own children, while at the same time is respectful of your children and your relationship with your children.

6. He/she can conduct meaningful conversations with the former spouse regarding matters pertaining to the children.

7. He/she is very respectful of marriage, sex, and the opposite sex, despite the breakdown of a previous marriage.

8. He/she is not threatened by your occasional encounters with his/her former spouse or persons associated with the former marriage.

9. He/she has deep regard for the process involved in establishing relationships, and is willing to take time to allow intimacy to properly develop.

Posted on October 30, 2006 at 4:17 pm in Affairs, Anger, Attraction, Divorce, Re-marriage   |  RSS feed |   Reply   |   Trackback URL