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Divorce would be a relief

Going through a breakup is never simple, but when kids are involved, it can be very confusing and complicated. It was especially so when I was splitting up with the woman I had lived with for five years.

Visions of happily ever after

I am nearly 30 years old and I feel like I’m just now beginning to live the life I always dreamed I would. It took awhile to get here, but only because my life’s a little bit different and more wonderful than I once thought it would be.

Long-term relationships are here to stay

I’m 23 years old and have been in a committed relationship for almost four years. "My girl" has two daughters from a previous marriage. Both of them love me very much and tell me all the time how they think I’m as good as a daddy, or better.

The Andermills

In January 1998, Karen Anders and Dorrie Mills began a relationship that has turned out to be a remarkable adventure.

American Family and Marriage

We grew up with very similar values. The central value, for both of us, always, was family, created by marriage. We learned that marriage was the means to an enduring relationship of love within which you could share life, its happiness, as well as sorrow, struggle and all of its beauty. The value we placed on marriage did not change when we each discovered our lesbian identities as young adults. We both searched for such a relationship throughout our lives, until we found each other in our mid-30s.

Bobbie, Lelia and Me

Bobbie Bayless and I have been together for more than 27 years. My daughter, Lelia, was just 4 when we first met.

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