Category Archives: Romance

Relationships of all types are thought to make or break a person and The Broke Wives’ Club recognizes that and brings solid steps and peer-related stories of success from despair, in the world of romance and relationships of all kinds.

Breaking Out of Prison | Real or Imagined

When you are feeling stuck and have found yourself locked up behind bars you've put up around yourself, real or imagined, then this is the show to listen to. An amazing account straight from Billy Hayes, who was sentenced to life in a Turkish prison …

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This Week’s Caption | Looking Back

Many thanks to Cynthia MacDonald, Pampered Chef Consultant from Ontario, Canada for captioning this image. Come to The Broke Wives' Club Facebook page – click here,  and caption images we post and perhaps your caption will be chosen to be highlighted on this website. To …

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Suzanne | Where Will the Next Storm Come From?

Health, stress, shortage of time. It's all ganging up on me. I feel like I am on the verge of a major break down, or break through. Or perhaps both. I feel it. It's like the feeling before a storm. The air is heavy, there …

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Suzanne | Struggling To Keep Up

15 weeks. Only 15 weeks? It feels like a life time ago. Yet just yesterday he was walking out. HE has his new home. Kids go every weekend. HE calls every night. We have a polite relationship. Nothing has been discussed. It just is. I …

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Tales of a Hollywood Housewife

We have the incredible honor of working with Betty Marvin, first wife of Oscar winner, Lee Marvin. She wrote a book about her life in Hollywood. You will hear Betty reading a passage from her book, Tales of a Hollywood Housewife. Donna will share with …

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SUZANNE | Failed as a Wife Now Failing as a Mother

Once again my world has been turned upside down. Just 8 weeks and 3 days ago, it was made official that I had failed as a wife. Now I have also failed as a mother. She left last night. A long day of constant struggles. …

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SUZANNE | Dying Alone

It's been 8 weeks, since he left. The anger is subsiding, and the hurt is manageable. I will never, not love him. But the pain will never allow for a future. I know we both made terrible mistakes. I know this is for the best. …

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I Do…Not! Marriage Rejected With People Over 50

I admit that some of the issues this New York Times’ article brought up have crossed my mind over the last few years of being single. Sure, it’s a bit frightening thinking I’ll be this elderly woman without a partner to help me with a …

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SUZANNE | Whew I Can Make it Through

It's almost been 7 weeks. I have faced new challenges, and found I can make it through just about anything with the love and support of my friends and family! I am still struggling with some fear of the future, and anger towards him. He …

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CAROL | The Hopes of a Twenty-Year Old

I got married August 16th, 1975 on a day when the sky was a cerulean blue, the weather warm in the Upstate New York landscape. Even though I was just 20 years old, I was ready for this thing called marriage. Or at least I …

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