Divorce (Irreconcilable Differences, HOLLYWOOD or FACEBOOK?)

As a newlywed, the thought of divorce makes me sick to my stomach.  My husband and I were on day 1 of our honeymoon when we heard about Kim Kardashian splitting from Kris Humphries. Despite the fact that we all saw it coming, I still felt a twinge of sadness because to me, marriage is so sacred and special.

Hollywood has really facilitated the deterioration of what marriage means. Hollywood is only partly to blame for the prevalence of divorce. Our beloved social network, Facebook, has been cited as the cause for one in five divorces according to the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.

In Hollywood, the likelihood of your marriage last more than 3 years is slim.“The divorce rate among celebrities may be as high as 80 percent,” said celebrity divorce lawyer Raul Felder. This week in LA, divorce seems to be contagious! Katy Perry and Russell Brand and more shockingly, Heidi Klum and Seal (my go-to couple for beating the Hollywood odds) are trending on Twitter today because they are getting a divorce. I doubt the cause of their separation has anything to do with Facebook but it’s certainly fueled social conversations.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Facebook connects people, therefore, it’s great for businesses, it connects my clients to their customers. On the contrary, from a personal side Facebook can offer temptations that would not be present otherwise. People that have been married for 20 years join Facebook and reignite with old flames and this destroys their marriage. I believe that the people that succumb to Facebook temptations would find another outlet for their infidelity if Facebook did not exist.

#ThingsLongerThanKimsMarriage

#ThingsLongerThanKimsMarriage- This blog post.

While our very own Jacqui was off getting hitched last weekend, Kim Kardashian was busy signing her divorce papers.  Her 90-some day engagement lasted longer than her 72 day marriage and now Kim’s mom, Kris,  is telling the media that Kim should keep the supposed $2 Million dollar ring. I can’t wait to see if this girl who makes $10,000 per tweet and is part of a multimillion dollar empire will keep a $2 million dollar,  20.5 carat engagement ring. A lesson I have learned here is that you should never marry a man that has the same name and spelling as your mother.  What are the chances that your fiance Kris, spelled K-R-I-S has the same name as your mother, KRIS, spelled K-R-I-S.  It’s just bizarre. The most shocking report I’ve read so far? Kim Kardashian reportedly UNFOLLOWED Kris Humphries two days after filing for divorce.

GASP!

A Kardashian Marathon

Sadly, the second person in 5 years died while running the 2011 Chicago marathon yesterday. Happily, the first person EVER  gave birth immediately after the 2011 Chicago marathon yesterday.  Here is what people had to say about the pregnant runner:

Funeral, birthday…what’s missing that comes to mind? WEDDING! Last night, I spent 2 hours, multi-tasking (see previous post by Laurel entitled, Are you suffering from “Popcorn Brain”?) by doing the laundry, packing my condo, organizing, sorting and purging (we are moving on Friday – I know, what bride moves 2 weeks before her wedding?) AND watching the E! special Keeping Up with the Kardashians: Kim’s Fairytale Wedding: A Kardashian Event. Similar to its title, the show was elongated to include so many irrelevant parts that  I kept forgetting what I was watching. Kris Jenner documented her facelift as a main story line for the episode and at one point, I thought I was watching, Untold Stories Of The E.R. because the camera crew actually recorded Kris’s procedure from slice to sew. I was quite surprised that I didn’t see more of a hate-filled response to the show’s content on Facebook and Twitter.

Of course, I will be watching the second half of the 4 hour Kardashian event tonight – Keeping Up with the Kardashians: Kim’s Fairytale Wedding: A Kardashian Event 2: Electric Boogaloo. Maybe people weren’t tweeting about it because the title is more than 140 characters!