The happy divorce film is here to (maybe) stay. As you likely know, Julia Roberts has brought smash hit Eat, Pray, Love to the big screen. But is it just another in a long line of films lionizing the divorcee and glossing over the dirty parts of splitting?
A long-divorced friend was at a dinner party recently and raised her glass to a woman who'd been separated for a month. "Is it okay to do that?" the separated woman asked. "To toast to the end of my marriage?" My friend assured her it was. Many of us, given enough recovery time, eventually toast our divorces. And we do it with gusto. Beth Jones celebrates her new life after divorce; here's why she's glad her husband left.
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Single and wish you weren't? Taken with trouble brewing on the home front? Have you tried everything: blaming your parents, your job and the ex-boyfriend who destroyed every last shred of romantic functionality you had in you? When all other relationship diagnoses fail, blame your friends! That's right. The besties, frenemies, family members and other so-called "friends" in your life might be toxic for both you and your relationship. Think your friend's a speed bump in the road to true love? Check out these nine telltale signs.
A British woman divorcing her fourth rich man is getting nothing in this one. She managed to get roughly $36 million from her first three husbands but had her most recent prenup upheld. Can't win 'em. And this may make others think twice about getting a divorce in the so-called divorce capital of the world, the UK.
