Bury the Ring

In this age, nothing is impossible! Every event, every moment in life can be commercialized! You just need to be creative and innovative. Starts the trend, registered the idea/trademark, market it..and there you go: a new fad is started.



What am I talking about? Well, there's birthday parties, graduate parties, wedding parties and the latest one: divorce parties. In the west, they say that divorce is now so common that a new industry has emerged to help celebrate 'the break-ups'. There are services online to help put together the 'new you', complete with 'Just Divorce Badges', Invitation cards to a 'Divorce Party' and T-shirts with 'Free Like A Bird' logo on it.



The Divorce Parties were thought up as to 'help' people to the other side of divorce: to put all the bitterness, shock, anger and venom to one side and get on with your life. It's also about making divorce less fraught.



There is even a site called weddingringcoffin.comwhere you can even buy a miniature casket with a little brass RIP on the side so that 'you can bury the past and move on to a new tomorrow'.



There's even Debenhams, a big retailer, that has launched its divorce 'gift list' last January. And there has been a number of people interested especially in requesting big ticket items such as furniture and TV sets. The company's spokesman said that ' It's getting popular because it's something practical you can do for someone you care about who is going through a tough time'.



And to finish, there are already cake shop selling special divorce cakes that includes a couple pointing shotguns at each other, a bride stabbing the groom in the back and a bride shoving the groom off the top. (smile)..There's even a job called 'divorce photographer' where the photographer takes photos of couples with their new families. It's about saying enough, letting the hair down, enjoying oneself and starting a new chapter. Hmm..hmm.. hmm..

Isn't life funny? No, it's rather..isn't people funny? Next, we will be having a commemorative day called 'Divorce Day'.