Divorce

I was 25 years old and had been married less than a year when I fell pregnant. Stuart and I had been together for 3 years and were married in a small ceremony early in 2002. We had always talked about having a family together and we both came across as ‘kid people’. Stuart had […]

Investigative journalist Ian Halperin writes exclusively for Woman’s Day about Sandra Bullock’s private hell…and the growing fears for her safety. Life has not been particularly kind to Sandra Bullock since winning the world’s most coveted trophy – the Oscar – but the realisation that her biker husband Jesse James was cheating on her was only […]

As more women claim affairs with her husband, Sandra Bullock braces herself for her biggest shock yet. It is the picture that could push Sandra Bullock over the edge – the second mistress of her cheating husband brazenly flaunting a home pregnancy test. Already reeling from the news Jesse James had been unfaithful throughout their […]

Oscar-winning actress Kate Winslet has split up with her husband of six years, director Sam Mendes. In the statement released through their lawyers, the pair said they were “saddened to announce their separation”, People magazine reported. “Kate and Sam are saddened to announce that they separated earlier this year,” the statement read. “The split is […]

My husband Richard and I had been married for seven years and I thought we were reasonably happy. I won’t say we hadn’t experienced our fair share of rocky patches but then who doesn’t? I was first attracted to Richard because of his dark good looks, his charisma and his silver tongue. He had slick […]

Was Leanne Edelsten just a pretty trophy bride who soaked up “millionaire medico” Dr Geoffrey Edelsten’s money and fame, but left him when the going got tough? Michael Sheather reveals a very different story. There are two Leanne Edelstens. One is a beautiful 21-year-old woman draped across the bonnet of a bright pink European sports […]

Research has shown that divorce and widowhood are detrimental to people’s long-term physical health, and getting re-married won’t help much. A study led by Professor Linda Waite of the University of Chicago examined the health histories of 8652 people aged between 51 and 61. Results showed that divorced people in the sample experience 20 percent […]

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