We’re excited to have Mary Jo Eustace, author of Divorce Sucks: What to do When Irreconcilable Differences, Lawyer Fees and Your Ex’s Hollywood Wife Make You Miserable join us as our guest on the next “Co-Parenting Matters” show. Eustace is an actress, singer, chef, mother, author of two bestselling cookbooks and was formerly married to Dean McDermott, Tori Spelling‘s current husband and reality show co-star. Rather than write another tell-all, Mary Jo Eustace used her divorce as inspiration for a guide to help readers regroup after their own.
Want to win a copy of Divorce Sucks? Enter our giveaway contest by leaving a comment below telling us why, in your opinion, divorce sucks. Whether you are divorced, a grown up child of divorce, have contemplated divorce, or know someone who is divorced, we want to hear from you.
TWO winners of the book giveaway will be announced on this week’s show. We’re thrilled to have Mary Jo share her insights with us and with you. So, tune in Sunday at 9:30 PM EST. You may call in to 646.378.0580; send in questions in advance to: contact AT coparentingmatters DOT com; or of course, you can always tweet us. We’re @coparentingshow.
Divorce sucks because of the bad feelings that are created…not only between you and your ex, but with the kids as well.
Divorce sucks because your kids won’t get their eggs sunny side up except every other Saturday.
Divorce sucks because my ex was told to prove i was an unfit mother to dss and lie with false allegations and have my children taken out of my home yesterday for absolutely no reason at all! Divorce sucks and i hate my ex with a passion!
Although my parents were never married, I group up in a single parent household. I remember when my parents were together and after they seperated, it was the worse experience for myself and my mother. I use to get mad at my mother when my father would not come to get as promised. It wasn’t her fault but I took it out on her. So I would say divorce sucks because it puts a lot on the parent who has the child(ren) majority of the time if the other parent does not perform upto their responsibilities and it definitely can have a bad affect on the child(ren) which is never good.
@Momma Sunshine: Yes, the ill-will is so painful, for everyone. In the book, Mary Jo talks about her own struggle to move forward from that place of bad feelings.
@Seth: I checked out your Twitter feed. You’re offering some excellent advice to co-parents. We’re following you!
@Becky: That goes well beyond sucking! I hope you have resources at your disposal to regain custody. If we can, we’re happy to make a referral/ recommendation.
Hey, Jazzy! Your dad sounds like my dad with the disappointments/ not coming as promised. My parents never married either. I didn’t take my frustrations out on my mother; I internalized a lot of it. *sigh*
divorce sucks because co-parenting with someone you hate is HARD, and the kids are the ones that suffer when you don’t co-parent well.
Divorce Sucks because the truth is most people grow up with an image of what a happy family entails: 2 people committed to each other in a marital relationship. When there is a divorce, whether we admit it or not it destroys that notion of the ideal romance. And while it may sound naive, there is something to be said for believing in the dream.