by Felicia Hodges We all know someone who knows someone who has been through a divorce. Add to that the number of people who lose a spouse to illness or accidents and it’s no surprise that there are an awful lot of folks out there who used to be some other person's spouse. If your Mr. Right had another Mrs. before you came along, some studies estimate that the divorce rates for your union are 70 percent or higher. What can you do to reduce your chances of being on the wrong side of that statistic? Barbara Kidney, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist in New Windsor who specializes in family issues, says that although there are so many different reasons why a person is no longer with his or her former spouse, much of the relationship with the new partner will depend on how well s/he has come to terms with the end of the first marriage. “It is an emotionally complex issue,” she says, “whether he was divorced or widowed or the relationship ended a ...
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