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U.K. Divorce Lawyers Expect Busiest Week ‘Ever’

Monday, January 5, 2009 3:06 PM - By Elie Mystal

December to remember.JPGIf you think about it, it kind of makes sense. You’ve just been through the holidays, which is nothing more than an annoying reminder of all the love and happiness other people pretend to have. Meanwhile you’re sitting there trying to choke down a forkful of stuffing while your spouse drunkenly tells the exact same story you’ve heard on the order of 1400 times before, not counting the time you actually witnessed the described events.

So you try to zone out in front of the tube, but the Television God has determined that if you purchase a new Lexus you’ll feel like a kid again. As if some girl who is so rich her family could afford a real live pony is going to go all weak in the knees over a freaking SUV. But whatever, the economy is so bad you can’t even afford a canister of “new car smell.”

Holidays and poverty, they’re murder on marriages. In the U.K. the lawyers are prepared:

And with 17 per cent of divorced men blaming financial problems for the end of their marriage, the credit crunch is putting extra pressure on relationships in trouble.

The report doesn’t discuss how American divorce lawyers deal with the first full work week after Christmas, but in Britain they apparently call it “D-Day.”

The traditional New Year rush to end marriages after the stress of Christmas means divorce lawyers brand today D-Day, or Divorce Day, kick-starting their busiest week of the year.

After the jump, we’re reminded that divorce rarely if ever helps anything.

Of course, “impulse divorces” are about as effective as impulse purchases. Life’s problems are rarely the fault of somebody else:

Yet divorce creates its own financial problems, with one in three divorcees falling off the property ladder or having to downsize as a result.

The Brit’s feudal obsession with property ownership aside, it’s important to remember that marriage is a mutually beneficial economic arrangement on top of everything else.

Two in five reported increased levels of happiness following their split - though just 29 per cent of men said they were happier, compared with 49 per cent of women.

I should have changed my stupid lock. I should have made you leave your key.

Where is Arnie Becker when you need him? You can’t tell me that the British are more prepared for divorce season than Hollywood.

Divorce lawyers braced for busiest week ever [Times Online]

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