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What divorce is really like: going from happily hitched to single again is harder than celebs convey. Shock, shame, dating dread ... we look at the emotional toll of a marriage meltdown.(The State of (Love) Unions: PART 2)
* If you were to accept celebrity reality as actual reality, you might assume that getting divorced is no big deal--or at least no tougher than splitting with a long-term guy. Think of all the reports we heard of how newly single Jessica Simpson was flirting with a string of adoring suitors. And then there's Heather Locklear, who hit the Hollywood party circuit soon after she filed for divorce from Richie Sambora.
Speak to any chick who has experienced a broken marriage, however, and you'll learn that it's actually one of the most devastating things to go through.
"For many women, the end of a marriage feels like a death, and they endure a similar ...
- DIVORCES ARE THE STUFF NIGHTMARES ARE MADE OF.(Local)
- Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) May 15, 1988 700+ words
...won't even discuss his own divorce. A nationwide dip in divorce rates has been matched by a...County alone, the number of divorces and annulments decreased by...litigation that follows. "A divorce lawyer just buries a dead marriage...
- Divorce in Japan: Family, Gender, and the State.(Book Review)
- Magazine article from: Social Forces Lee, Yean-Ju September 1, 2005 700+ words
...that the crude divorce rate (divorces per one thousand...links the high divorce rates in Japan...tradition of consensual divorces. When spouses...written grounds for divorce. Court cases...proportion of total divorces, no more than...
- Divorce's lasting effects; Children carry scars into adulthood, study...
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times September 27, 2005 700+ words
...book of that title. Divorce rates have been edging...there were 3.7 divorces per 1,000 persons...counselors accept widespread divorce as inevitable and focus...amicable or "good" divorces. "I think divorce looms large for all...
- Divorce in America - Part 1
- Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition April 15, 1996 700+ words
...over the causes of the increase in the divorce rate in America. BOB EDWARDS, Host...marriages that take place today will end in divorce. This well-known but shocking statistic...debate over what some have called `the divorce revolution.' NPR's Margot Adler explores...
- DIVORCE RECORDS CAN WED FAMILY RESEARCHER TO VALUABLE SOURCES.(Lifestyle)
- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) February 11, 1999 700+ words
...numerous wives sought divorces of bed and board. A bed and board divorce (a mensa et thoro) was...found not at fault for the divorce. Divorce records are found in diverse...19th-century and earlier divorces are often found in county...
- Divorce in America - Part 5
- Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition May 13, 1996 700+ words
...NPR continues its series on divorce in America with a look at states...moving away from no-fault divorces in an attempt to make it more...signed the first no-fault divorce law. Today legislators in...that would put fault back into divorce. At the same time, experts...
- Divorces not final.(A)(Culture, Et Cetera)
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times Wetzstein, Cheryl December 13, 2001 700+ words
...children are involved in new divorces, the site said. Federal data show that divorce was relatively rare in the United...until 1966, with two to 2.5 divorces for every 1,000 people. The only time divorce rates spiked was right after...
- Divorce a tradition that dates to before the American Revolution.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Greto, Victor May 3, 1999 700+ words
...marriages in the United States ends in divorce. Must be because of the pressures of...The fact is, the United States' high divorce rates weren't born from the evils of...considerably after World War II, but divorce has been a part of American life since...
Source: HighBeam Research, What divorce is really like: going from happily hitched to single...