Marital status: Your ex must not be married to anyone else while claiming Social Security spousal benefits on your record.

You’ve done the hard part and initiated the "we need to talk" breakup convo. Though it was tough, you assumed that after the initial sadness was over, the two of you would go amicably on your separate ...

Spousal benefits are commonly called family benefits; benefits available to family members. Let’s start with spousal benefits in order to truly understand ex-spousal benefits. Current spouses are ...

After a relationship ends, many people still feel emotions for their ex-partners. Depending on whether someone wanted the breakup or not, it can be difficult to emotionally “get over” an ex-partner.

Breakup sex is one interesting way to approach closure. There are various reasons behind any breakup, but if sex isn't one of them, it can be hard to resist the temptation for one final hookup. Camila ...

Is there a foolproof way to get your ex back and get over them at the same time? Many on the internet seem to think so, but experts say there's more to the story. Often the intention behind no contact ...

The longing you feel for your ex is often less about love and more about unresolved feelings. Here's why you can't let go of them just yet. Sometimes, breakups are unavoidable and even more so is the ...

Q. My ex often says, “You never cared about me, and now you don’t care about our daughter.” We’re divorced, but this comes up repeatedly. When she says it, I find myself defending how much I care — ...

Q. I have been married to my husband for four years. My husband’s ex has an annoying habit of texting him on his birthday every year. They are flirty texts, not just “Happy birthday” and I find them ...

It’s a wildly common phenomenon, but when it happens to me, I invariably feel a little bit crazy: I go to sleep feeling perfectly fine about the end of my last relationship, then wake up confused and ...