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"Divorce is a tumultuous time. Even the most &amp;quot;amicable&amp;quot; split still leaves behind a wake of raw emotions, fallout with your children (if you have them), and the task of redefining your newly single life. You need to make sure you&amp;#039;re not making any rushed decisions based on fear or loneliness that might get you in trouble later.  These are just a few of the things you don&amp;#039;t want to be in a rush to do once the ex is out the door:  Date. I don&amp;#039;t recommend you wait as long as I have (and if you&amp;#039;ve been following this blog, you know I&amp;#039;m dragging my feet, here) but I do recommend you take some time to really think about what you want out of your dating experience. You shouldn&amp;#039;t be dating just to prove you&amp;#039;re still attractive, or because you&amp;#039;re terrified of being alone, or to get back at your ex. You should be dating because you want to have some fun, meet some interesting people and enjoy going out. If all that lands you in a solid relationship, that&amp;#039;s even better. Dating should wait until you&amp;#039;re doing it for the happy and positive reasons - not out of fear. Introducing your dates to your kids. I think a good rule of thumb is that you don&amp;#039;t introduce your dates to your kids until it&amp;#039;s a long-term, mutually exclusive relationship. The last thing your kids need is a chain of people they&amp;#039;ve grown attached to moving in and out of their lives. Some couples have a six-month clause written into their parenting agreement to cover this very thing.  Make large financial purchases. Sure, it&amp;#039;s tempting once your ex is gone to remodel the whole house or take that big, dream vacation, but your post-divorce finances aren&amp;#039;t going to be what they once were, and it may take a few months for the dust to settle (or the debt to accumulate). You may be kicking yourself for spending all that money. Give yourself some time to acclimate to your new financial situation before you do anything big. Get a tattoo. Unless you&amp;#039;ve been contemplating one for a while already, give it some time before you do any permanent body modification. It might seem like a fun, impulsive thing, but it might end up being an &amp;quot;oh-my-God-why-did-I-do-that&amp;quot; moment. Tattoos can be a great way to express yourself, but as with any permanent thing, it needs some thought beforehand. Sharing every sordid detail of your split. Its easy to want to vent after a marriage has gone bad, but limit it to private conversations with a few close, trusted friends or family members. Shouting your outrage out on Facebook, or spilling the juicy, scathing details to the neighbors can end up getting back to your kids, potentially hurting you in court (if you&amp;#039;re still litigating), and most of all, it keeps you in a bad headspace and fosters animosity. You want to move forward, so vent if you have to (and only to the few you trust to keep it quiet), lift that chin up and keep on going. Eventually, you won&amp;#039;t feel the need to vent much at all - you&amp;#039;ll be too busy living your life.  Divorce can rock the entire foundation of your world, and while your head is still spinning, you need to be sure you&amp;#039;re not making any knee-jerk, reactionary decisions that can come back to haunt you.  Did you do anything after your divorce that you wish - in hindsight - you hadn&amp;#039;t done so quickly? "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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