Terms and Conditions

These Terms contains an arbitration agreement and class action waiver that apply to all claims brought against Standing Spouses in the United States. Please read them carefully.

Welcome to Standing Spouses. The Standing Spouses website and coaching services (the “Site”) is comprised of various web pages, written materials, and online coaching programs operated by Standing Spouses. This Site is offered to you conditioned on your acceptance without modification of the terms, conditions, and notices contained herein (the “Terms”). Your use of the Site constitutes your agreement to all such Terms. Please read these terms carefully, and keep a copy of them for your reference.

Standing Spouses is primarily an education and coaching blog for women on managing their thoughts to get through their husband’s midlife crisis without losing their sanity. Our team consults, educates, develops, shares, promotes, and advocates for women facing life changes related to their husband’s midlife crisis.

Privacy

Your use of the Site is subject to the Standing Spouses Privacy Policy. Please review our Privacy Policy, which also governs the Site and our coaching services, and informs users of our data collection practices.

Electronic Communication

Visiting the Site or sending emails to Standing Spouses constitutes electronic communications. You consent to receive electronic communications and you agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures and other communications that we provide to you electronically, via email and on the Site, satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing.

Your Account

If you use this Site and set up an account, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account and password and for restricting access to your computer, smartphone or other devices, and you agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your account or password. You may not assign or otherwise transfer your account to any other person or entity. You acknowledge that Standing Spouses is not responsible for third party access to your account that results from theft or misappropriation of your account. Standing Spouses and its associates reserve the right to refuse or cancel service, terminate accounts, or remove or edit content in our sole discretion.

Standing Spouses does not knowingly collect, either online or offline, personal information from persons under the age of 13.  If you are under 18, you may not use the services Standing Spouses provides through the Site.

PURCHASE POLICY

Standing Spouses and its affiliated products and services are non-refundable and non-transferable unless stated in the cancellation policy.

CANCELLATION POLICY

Cancellation of Service – Coaching Calls & All Other Subscription Services

You may cancel your Standing Spouses coaching call or membership and all other subscription services for a full refund within 3 days (72 hours) of the initial payment received by Standing Spouses. If you do not cancel your coaching call, membership or other subscription product/service, it will automatically renew each year, week, or month (based on the product selected at the time of initial purchase). Recurring or renewal payments will not be eligible for a refund. Still, you may cancel future renewals as outlined in the following process: Cancellation Process: Send an email to Standing Spouses requesting a cancellation of your account or requesting a refund (applies to 72-hour window of initial purchase only).If you have scheduled a coaching call that is within the 72 hour cancellation window, once the call begins the purchase becomes non-refundable.

Links to Third Party Sites/Third Party Services

The Site may contain links to other websites (“Linked Sites”).  The Linked Sites are not under the control of Standing Spouses, and Standing Spouses is not responsible for the content of any Linked Site, including, without limitation, any link contained in a Linked Site or any changes or updates to a Linked Site. Standing Spouses is providing these links to you only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by Standing Spouses of the site or any association with its operators.

Certain services made available via the Site are delivered by third-party sites and organizations. By using any product, service or functionality originating from the Standing Spouses domain, you hereby acknowledge and consent that Standing Spouses may share such information and data with any third party with whom Standing Spouses has a contractual relationship to provide the requested product, service, or functionality on behalf of Standing Spouses users and clients.

No Unlawful or Prohibited Use of Intellectual Property

You are granted a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access and use the Site strictly in accordance with these Terms of Use. As a condition of your use of the Site, you warrant to Standing Spouses that you will not use the Site or information obtained from the Site for any unlawful or prohibited purpose. You may not use the Site in any manner which could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the Site or interfere with any other party’s use and enjoyment of the Site. You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available or provided for through the Site.

All content included as part of the Site, such as text, graphics, logos, images, as well as the compilation thereof, and any software used on the Site, is the property of Standing Spouses or its suppliers and protected by copyright, trademark and other laws that protect intellectual property and proprietary rights. You agree to observe and abide by all copyright and other proprietary notices, legends, or other restrictions contained in any such content and will not make any changes thereto.

You will not modify, publish, transmit, reverse engineer, participate in the transfer or sale, create derivative works, or in any way exploit any of the content, in whole or in part, found on the Site. Standing Spouses content is not for resale. Your use of the Site does not entitle you to make any unauthorized use of any protected content. In particular, you will not delete or alter any proprietary rights or attribution notices in any content. You will use protected content solely for your personal use and will make no other use of the content without the express written permission of Standing Spouses and the copyright or trademark owner. You agree that you do not acquire ownership rights in any protected content. We do not grant you any licenses, express or implied, to the intellectual property of Standing Spouses or our licensors except as expressly authorized by these Terms.

International Users

The Service is controlled, operated, and administered by Standing Spouses from our offices within the United States. If you access Service from a location outside the United States, you are responsible for compliance with all local laws. You agree that you will not use Standing Spouses Content accessed through other websites (that are not Standing Spouses), in any country or in any manner prohibited by any applicable laws, restrictions, or regulations.

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Standing Spouses, its officers, directors, employees, agents, and third parties, for any losses, costs, liabilities, and expenses (including reasonable attorney’s fees) relating to or arising out of your use of or inability to use the Site or services, any user postings made by you, your violation of any terms of this Agreement or your violation of any rights of a third party, or your violation of any applicable laws, rules or regulations. Standing Spouses reserves the right, at its own cost, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you. In this event, you will fully cooperate with Standing Spouses in asserting any available defenses.

Dispute Resolution-Arbitration/Mediation

In the event the parties are not able to resolve any dispute between them arising out of or concerning these Terms or any provisions hereof, whether in contract, tort or otherwise at law or in equity for damages or any other relief, through friendly negotiations, then such dispute shall be resolved by binding arbitration.

Binding Arbitration

In the event there is a dispute between the individual user and Standing Spouses that cannot be brought to an amicable mutual understanding, the parties understand and agree that such dispute must be resolved by final and binding arbitration pursuant to the Federal Arbitration Act, conducted by a single neutral arbitrator and administered by the American Arbitration Association. The parties understand that they will be bound by any decision rendered by the arbitrator and/or arbitration proceedings. The arbitration itself will be held in Ada County, Idaho. The arbitration may be held in person or through electronic or telephonic means. If the arbitration is unable to move forward in the designated jurisdiction, the parties agree to choose a neutral location for the arbitration. The Parties will equally share in the costs and expenses of arbitration and any related proceedings.

The arbitrator’s award shall be final, and judgment may be entered upon it in any court having jurisdiction. The parties agree to arbitrate all disputes and claims regarding these Terms or any disputes arising as a result of these Terms, whether directly or indirectly, including tort claims resulting from these Terms. The parties agree that the Federal Arbitration Act governs the interpretation and enforcement of this provision. The arbitrator shall determine the entire dispute, including the scope and enforceability of this arbitration provision. This arbitration provision shall survive the termination of these Terms.

Class Action Waiver

Any dispute resolution, including binding arbitration, conducted under these Terms will take place individually. Class arbitrations and class/representative/collective actions are not permitted. The parties agree that a party may bring claims against the other only in each’s individual capacity and not as a plaintiff or class member in any putative class, collective, and/or representative proceeding, such as in the form of a private attorney general action against the other. Further, unless you and Standing Spouses agree otherwise, the arbitrator may not consolidate more than one person’s claims and may not otherwise preside over any form of a representative or class proceeding.

Liability Disclaimer

The information, software, products, and services included in or available through the Site, may include inaccuracies or typographical errors. Changes are periodically added to the information herein. Standing Spouses and/or its suppliers may make improvements and/or changes to the site anytime.

Standing Spouses and/or its suppliers make no representations about the suitability, reliability, availability, timeliness, and accuracy of the information, software, products, services, and related graphics contained on the site for any purpose. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, all such information, software, products, services, and related graphics are provided “as is” without warranty or condition of any kind. Standing Spouses and/or its suppliers hereby disclaim all warranties and conditions with regard to this information, software, products, services and related graphics, including all implied warranties or conditions of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, and non-infringement.

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, in no event shall Standing Spouses and/or its suppliers be liable for any direct, indirect, punitive, incidental, special, consequential damages or any damages whatsoever including, without limitation, damages for loss of use, data or profits, arising out of or in any way connected with the use or performance of the site, with the delay or inability to use the Site or related services, the provision of or failure to provide services, or for any information, software, products, services and related graphics obtained through the site, or otherwise arising out of the use of the site, whether based on contract, tort, negligence, strict liability or otherwise, even if Standing Spouses or any of its suppliers has been advised of the possibility of damages. Because some states/jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages, the above limitation may not apply to you. If you are dissatisfied with any portion of the site or with any of these Terms, your sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue using the Site and related services.

Termination/Access Restriction

Standing Spouses reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate your access to the Site and related services or any portion thereof at any time, without notice. To the maximum extent permitted by law, this agreement is governed by the laws of the State of Washington, and you hereby consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of courts in the State of Washington in all disputes arising out of or relating to the use of the Site. Use of the Site, is unauthorized in any jurisdiction that does not give effect to all provisions of these Terms, including, without limitation, this section.

You agree that no joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship exists between you and Standing Spouses as result of this agreement or use of the Site. Standing Spouses’ performance of these Terms is subject to existing laws and legal process, and nothing contained in these Terms is in derogation of Standing Spouses’ right to comply with governmental, court and law enforcement requests or requirements relating to your use of the Site, or information provided to or gathered by Standing Spouses with respect to such use. If any part of these Terms is determined to be invalid or unenforceable pursuant to applicable law including, but not limited to, the warranty disclaimers and liability limitations set forth above, then the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision and the remainder of the agreement shall continue in effect.

Unless otherwise specified herein, these Terms, together with any other policies, disclosures, disclaimers, or agreements constitutes the entire agreement between the user and Standing Spouses with respect to the Site, and it supersedes all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral or written, between the user and Standing Spouses with respect to the Site and related services. 

Changes to Terms

In its sole discretion, Standing Spouses reserves the right to change the Terms under which Standing Spouses products and services are offered through the Site. The most current version of the Terms will supersede all previous versions. Standing Spouses encourages you to periodically review the Terms to stay informed of our updates.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about these Terms, please contact us through our contact page.

Last Update: July 15, 2024