U.K. Divorce Lawyers Expect Busiest Week ‘Ever’
If 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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first, but who cares
NAILING SHEEP
Elie - any chance you will start proofreading your posts in this new year? Your amateurishness is grating.
Bet you didn't know that 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.
It's called proofreading. Try it sometime.
nobody, thats who
This might be the most poorly written post that I have read on this website. I have never before commented on this subject, but this is too bad to let pass by.
Horror.
Horror.
Not much of a story, but I appreciate a break in the monotony of XYZ firm reducing bonuses/freezing wages/putting a 10-incher in a young associate's 2 spot.
Psychiatric counseling to cope with divorce and your kids suddenly hating you? $3,000
Attorneys' fees? $500,000
Taking your ex's $300,000 house out of pure spite? Priceless.
gotta jump on the angry bandwagon. It's not even like it's breaking news that needs to get out there quickly...
Hey guys, stop being racist and criticizing Mystal.
Affirmative action beneficiaries get to have one instance of accidental quote duplication per blog post. It's the least we can do, since their ancestors were enslaved by some other people 150 years ago.
What, I'm confused, what do they call today, the day "kick-starting their busiest week of the year" again? Could someone repeat it for me?
Elie is a FAT FUCK.
Elie is so fucking incompetent that I am actually ashamed that I too went to Harvard. How the hell did MysTTTAl get in???
Calling commenters racist = racist
12: I criticize Elie all the time, but you are racist. Have some class.
18, you are a racist for criticizing Elie (a black person) and admitting that you do so.
Who gives a sh*t about the UK? All I care about is how much money I have in my pocket at the end of the day. And trust me - I count it all. Every day.
Mystal to pride in work: Drop Dead. And this must bother his co-workers Lat and Hill. Of course, they decided to have readers pick a new editor - what could go wrong? Hey, maybe let's reanimate a collection of dead body parts next time. What's worse, you can almost picture this guy telling his friends and acquaintances what a great job he has - "Yeah, I just role out of bed and surf the web. Can you believe they pay me to do it?" But he certainly fails to mention that he can't even do that right. Regurgitating articles from other websites sure must be tougher than it looks. I
20 - bigger retard than MysTTTal.
19: in a long line of asinine comments, that may be the most asinine.
I wonder what they call divorce day in the UK.
I wonder what they call divorce day in the UK.
I wonder what they call divorce day in the UK.
What?
What?
What?
Echo?
Echo?
I liked the post except for the stupid proofing error. Elie is black, but so what? he sucks at proof reading or perhaps is too busy eating to notice the redundancy of the D Day comment. He has on occasion posted some pretty good posts. However, his proofing is typically shit.
23 needs to stop his high-tech lynching. Racist.
Elie, don't you have anyone in the office to proofread your posts before you post them?
Elie is single-handedly tarnishing the great reputation of Harvard...
New Year, same MsyTTTal
Elie, in general you are a nimwhit.
I just wanted to point out that the message of the Lexus commercial is NOT that getting a Lexus will "make you feel like a klid again." The message of the commercial takes you on a cute, subconscious journey into the mind of the recipient, showcasing a battle between the "best Christmas memory" of that person's past, against the current unfolding memory that is now vying to lay claim to that title (i.e., the Christmas gift of the Lexus).
Did you duck when watching that commercial, because it went completely over your head.
~Marketing Guy
That chick in the picture is hot.
The girl in the picture is racist.
I'm confused. Someone has the time to delete comments in this thread (leading to such gems as post #20: "20 - bigger retard than MysTTTal.") but he is unable to fix the problem in the actual post?
What surprises me is that after an hour of comments that blast the piece Elie still has not re-read it. (I assume a cursory re-reading would pick up the error he did after all go to Harvard).
"The Brit's feudal obsession..." Wait, so Britney Spears has a feudal obsession? Note to abovethelaw.com: when deleting comments, please mark the comment as deleted so as to avoid changing the numbering. Of course, firing Elie should take priority.
Mystal is hungry. Somebody feed him that young girl to appease his evil appetite and get our blog back up to snuff!
I was wishing I was with someone else this holiday season.
My guess is divorces are up everywhere, including the US of A. We had 8 new client calls today alone.
Worst post ever.
Thanks to my ambien hallucinations and euphoria, all of this seems significant.
37 -
Worst post ever?
Second-person rocks, not awkward in the least.
Keep up the great work, Elie!
- 39
I can't understand what on earth is wrong with people today? Talk to your partner and discuss your problems together Think back to what it was first attracted you to your partner. The only winners in divorce are lawyers.
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kavin
Divorce Lawyer