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- The gray divorce rate has doubled since 1990, but is still less common than divorce among those under 50. Many couples of our parents’ generation white-knuckled it through decades of unhappiness rather than endure the stigma of divorce.
- The biggest risk factor for gray divorce is not a life transition (like an empty nest), but one’s marital past. According to a recent study, those who have been divorced before are more likely to divorce again, and those in marriages of shorter duration are more likely to divorce.
- Relative wealth can be a protective factor against gray divorce. This goes against a long-held belief that a lack of resources keeps many unhappy couples together.
- When a long marriage ends, the seeds of marital failure may have been sown decades before. As my dear friend contends, long marriages rarely end on a whim.
- Early Life
- Rise to Power
- The Death of Wu's Daughter
- Wu Takes The Throne
- Reign & Reforms of Wu Zetian
- Wu's Decline & Abdication
- Conclusion
Wu Zetian was born in Wenshi County, Shanxi Province, in 624 CE to a wealthy family. She was the daughter of Wu Shihuo, a chancellor of the Tang Dynasty. Unlike most young girls in China at this time, Wu was encouraged by her father to read and write and develop the intellectual skills which were traditionally reserved for males. Wu also learned to...
Wu was given the privileged position of first concubine even though by lawshe should have been left in the temple as a nun. Gaozong's wife, Lady Wang, and his former first concubine, Xiao Shufei, were jealous of each other but even more envious of the attention Gaozong paid to Wu. According to Wu's own account, they conspired against her but, accor...
Lady Wu played the role of the shy, respectable emperor's wife well in public but, behind the scenes, she was the actual power. She carefully eliminated any potential enemies from the court and had Lady Wang and Lady Xiao killed after they had gone into exile. Although Wu's account claims that Lady Wang murdered her daughter, later Chinese historia...
Beginning in 660 CE, Wu was effectively the emperor of China. She did not hold that title but she was the power behind the office and took care of imperial business even when pregnant in 665 CE with her daughter Taiping. One example of her clout was in 666 CE when she led a group of women to Mount Tai (an ancient ceremonial center), where they cond...
The first thing she did was change the name of the state from Tang to Zhou (actually Tianzhou or Tiansou). It was customary, when a dynasty changed, to re-set history. Each dynasty was considered a new beginning and when Wu changed the name from Tang to Zhou she was following this tradition but went further to make it clear that she was the beginni...
In 697 CE, Wu's hold on power began to slip when she became more paranoid and began spending more time with her young lovers than on ruling China. Two brothers, known as the Zhang Brothers, were her favorites and she spent most of her time in closed quarters with them. This was considered scandalous because of her advanced age and how young the Zha...
After Wu's death, Zhongzong reigned but only in name; real power was held by Lady Wei who used Wu Zetian as a role model to manipulate her husband and the court. At the same time, another political faction formed around Wu's other son, Ruizong, who was supported by Wu's daughter, Taiping. In 710 CE Zhongzong died after being poisoned by Wei who hid...
- Emily Mark
As a divorced person, I was married to my husband for one year. Then divorced. Then we remarried a year later and then we’re married for 9 years. I was married 10 years but does it have to be consequtive years? We divorced in 1988 and he died in 2018. We were married and divorced in Pennsylvania but he moved to Myrtle Beach after that.
Sep 25, 2023 · The answer, according to the Mosaic Law, was “no”; a man who had divorced his wife could not later remarry her ( Deuteronomy 24:1–4 ). According to God’s metaphor, Israel seems to be in a hopeless situation: she has been divorced by God, and, according to the law, she can never be accepted back.
Divorce was denied two classes of husbands: (1) The man who had falsely accused his wife of antenuptial infidelity ( Deuteronomy 22:13 ), and. (2) a person who had seduced a virgin ( Deuteronomy 22:28 ). In addition, a heavy penalty had to be paid to the father of such damsels.
Feb 15, 2018 · If you are age 62, unmarried, and divorced from someone entitled to Social Security retirement or disability benefits, you may be eligible to receive benefits based on his or her record. To be eligible, you must have been married to your ex-spouse for 10 years or more. If you have since remarried, you can’t collect benefits on your former ...
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