Okay. You just filed for divorce and if this is your first one, you are probably wondering what is going to happen next. If you are using a divorce attorney, they may have provided you with an overview of the process, or perhaps they just listened to your complaining (here’s a free divorce tip: never complain to your lawyer; they are not a therapist, and they charge a lot). But, they may not have. You’re clueless and confused about what will come next.

Over and over again, people going through a divorce make the same huge mistakes that cause them additional frustrations and even tens of thousands of dollars. Yet, they continue to make them. If you are determined to get through your divorce with your emotions as well as your finances in tact, you must avoid at all cost these 3 divorce mistakes:

We all know that divorce happens. The divorce rate in the US is over 50%. But what you may not realize is that while more women initiate the divorce, its the men that lose the most. It’s by design, too.