When my ex-husband married someone with a similar first name to mine, I finally decided to change my married name

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The author changed her name after her divorce.

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My brother drowned trying to save someone else on the Fourth of July. I dread the holiday every year.

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Janet Funk wearing a hat and sitting on a beach.
Janet Funk has dreaded the Fourth of July ever since her brother Robbie died in 1990.

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My partner and I started a non-alcoholic drink brand together, and it made our relationship stronger. Being sober doesn't hurt, either.

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Tawny Lara and her partner Nick drinking their non-alcoholic beverage, (parentheses)
Tawny Lara and her partner Nick started a non-alcoholic beverage brand together called (parentheses).

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My husband and I went to an all-inclusive resort. He drinks, and I'm sober, but I didn't feel like I was missing out.

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Terri Peters and her husband wearing sunglasses. He is drinking a cocktail and she is drinking a diet soda. They are outside in a bar and it is sunny.
Terri Peters and her husband got closer while vacationing together.

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I'm a hair health expert, and I want men to stop blaming their fathers for thinning hair. Genetics is only half the story.

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Giorgos Tsetis sitting next to his father and son on a chair
The CEO of Nutrafol, Giorgos Tsetis, left, says thinning hair shouldn't be blamed on our fathers.

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After my husband and I stopped wearing our wedding rings, we tried polyamory. 3 years later, we're happily nonmonogamous.

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Sara Ali and partner, Sean. They are standing outside in a park and looking at the camera.
Sara Ali stopped wearing a wedding ring and felt more comfortable trying nonmonogamy.

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I had my mom and sisters wear their wedding dresses for my 40th birthday. People stopped to take photos of us.

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Hailey Myers with her sisters and mom on her way to her 40th birthday dinner.

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My partner gifted me a dog that became like a child to us. When we broke up, custody of the dog got complicated.

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Rashi Goel holding her dog in her arms
The author's boyfriend gifted her a dog.

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My grandmother is one of the most important people in my life, but political disagreements have driven a wedge between us

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The author, left, with her Halmoni and two younger sisters.

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I gave my daughter an uncommon name. People always pronounce it wrong but I still love it.

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Mom holding her baby by a dimly lit window.

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