Everyone loves a good party, and any old excuse for a shin-dig is usually good enough to get the drinks out, the music on and start drinking like you’re a teenager again. However, most people only tend to celebrate what they perceive to be ‘happy’ occasions, like birthdays, anniversaries and, dare I say it, weddings and engagements.

Isn’t a divorce just as much fun and cause for celebration as a wedding, if not more so? A wedding signifies the end of freedom, whereas a divorce marks someone being released from a custodial sentence. It’s becoming more common now to throw parties to celebrate divorce, in much the same way as people have parties to celebrate being released from prison. You can even by divorce party products such as a divorce cake, which is a wedding cake, but with a humorous twist.

Divorce isn’t a sad time, a time for reflection or a time for self pity. It’s a time to kick back and celebrate the fact that you’ve survived something that clearly wasn’t meant to be while you were young enough to do something about it.

If you’re getting divorce, or have just got divorced, have a divorce party to celebrate, and show your friends just how excited you are to be rid.

Clive Bellmore