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"First, we had Gwyneth Paltrow and her &amp;quot;conscious uncoupling.&amp;quot; Now singer Jewel has decided on a &amp;quot;tender undoing&amp;quot; with her husband of sixteen years, rodeo star Ty Murray. What&amp;#039;s next? Beyonce and Jay-Z with a &amp;quot;cognizant disjoining&amp;quot;? Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles and a &amp;quot;sensible disengagement&amp;quot;? The news is full of celebrities and everyday people painting their divorce in flowery terms and even throwing lavish divorce parties, all to acknowledge or even celebrate this life-changing event. Why do we try to make it sounds so pretty and exciting? There&amp;#039;s nothing lovely about getting a divorce. Not at first, anyway. It takes a while for the rawness and the discord to subside, and if all goes well, you may actually be able to be friends again, after a fashion. But none of it is easy, or rosy, or full of rainbows and butterflies. There&amp;#039;s just no easy way to say, &amp;quot;Hey! How about we destroy this life we built together?&amp;quot; especially if the life has already been destroyed or worn down past the point of retrieval. It doesn&amp;#039;t have to be horrible and ugly, but at the same time, I think there should be acknowledgement that no matter how pretty you dress it up, it&amp;#039;s still a divorce. Still not ideal for anyone concerned. I admire these celebrities for putting it out there in a respectful manner and making an effort to focus on their kids, especially since those kids are likely to see their parents&amp;#039; divorce splashed all over the news and the internet. So many of these celebrity divorces are so contentious and ugly, it&amp;#039;s kind of nice to see someone say &amp;quot;Hey, we&amp;#039;re doing our best to keep this civil. Please respect that.&amp;quot; But it&amp;#039;s still a divorce, and there&amp;#039;s nothing warm and fuzzy about it. What do you think of this new trend in flowery divorce terms? Do you like hearing it sugar-coated? Or do you think it&amp;#039;s a bit much? [Follow Ellie at SingleMomtism.com or on Facebook and Twitter] "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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