A Divorce Party is a ceremony that celebrates the end of a marriage or civil union. Types of divorce parties vary greatly, and can involve either one or both members of the separating couple. Divorce parties have been called the final frontier in the wedding industry complex, and often involve a toast that emphasizes the couple beginning new chapters in their lives.
Similar to weddings, divorce parties take on many tenors and serve different purposes. Divorce parties that couples have independent of one another are often an announcement of newfound singledom. These divorce parties are often equated to bachelor or bachelorette party and involve tongue-and-cheek items such as divorce cakes, wedding ring coffins, just-divorced banners, and divorce rings (a notched, or broken, circle). Shanna Moakler hosted her now-infamous divorce party in Las Vegas, complete with a cake-topper of a dead groom. Las Vegas being widely considered as the divorce party capital of The United States.
Divorce parties that couples co-host often have a serious tone, and are aimed at healing the rifts among family and friends that divorces may cause. The idea is to acknowledge the good, even as the marriage is ending, and to let go of the accompanying anguish. When a couple co-hosts a party, they often celebrate what they?ve shared and ask friends and family for support as they separate from each other. A recent CNN article on the subject of divorce parties noted that divorce parties are growing exponentially in popularity, and helping alleviate the stigma surrounding the end of marriage.
The Divorce Party by Laura Dave is the first novel to center around divorce parties.
The Wedding Ring Coffin was created by Jist Enterprises, LLC in 2007 to help bring closure to a divorce. Placing the ring in the coffin, then physically and symbolically closing the lid on a marriage can be a cathartic and uplifting ceremony to be included in a divorce party.
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