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Empower Yourself!

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As a long-time practicing attorney in “Family Law,” I have seen so much pain and devastation with separation and divorce. It has always been a priority for me to help people and their children through the process with the intention of giving clients the tools to maintain their dignity throughout the proceedings. What happens though after families are changed? Often new…
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Are you “Partners?”

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Having few serious relationships in my past, I recently started dating and becoming serious with my girlfriend. Although we are merely girlfriend and girlfriend right now, we agreed early on that neither of us liked the words ‘life partner’ or just ‘partner’ in general. It DOES sound like a business related phrase. No sooner had we discussed this when, a few days later, I got a call

Might As Well Be

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I don’t know what to call her
the mother of my son’s three children.
Nothing sounds right; all the words
too awkward. Not a wife. Not a lover.
Significant other, too cumbersome
partner unfitting for their union.

Para-wife, I reply.

Why Me?

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WHO IS THIS WEB SITE FOR?

Men and women who are in serious, committed relationships with a domestic partner, spousal equivalent, significant other, or same-sex union, where the “traditional marriage” between the couple is not an option. These committed and loving relationships may or may not include children from a previous union. To be called one’s “Para-Wife” or “Para-Hubby” is a loving alternative to the more traditional designations of the relationship.

Origin of Para-Kin

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Welcome to My Para-Kin. What’s this all about, you might ask? It’s about holes in the English language. Let me explain.

It was quite by accident that we stumbled into this word dilemma. A few years back, my partner and I went to the ER at a local hospital. On the intake form, he was given three choices as to who had accompanied him. His choices were “acquaintance,” “friend” or “spouse.” None of those applied and as a typical man, he checked “friend.” Months later, this sweetheart and life partner resolved some household catastrophe and I turned to him and said, “Honey… you are as wonderful as any Para-Hubby could be!