hereandnow Posted December 20, 2008 Posted December 20, 2008 I've noticed that a lot of my friends have been dumped recently. Well 3 of my friends to be exact. All of them happened after mine. Maybe I'm just more sensitive to hearing about these things after what happened to me. It has been very good for me to talk to these guys, I even have a chance to help them out! One of my friends says he doesn't even know what he would've done without me to help him. He was thinking about pulling some "drive-bys" and I talked him out of it.
ATR Posted December 20, 2008 Posted December 20, 2008 Lol, yeah. Actually i heard on the radio last month that around this time is the highest for break ups - they said becaue people want cut down the costs on their christmas list...
Hersheys Posted December 20, 2008 Posted December 20, 2008 I had a terrible Christmas last year. This is the season I've been dreading and another one coming up...Valentines Day. Ugh.
Author hereandnow Posted December 20, 2008 Author Posted December 20, 2008 People wanting to cut down on their Christmas list. Nice. I was in a bookstore doing some reading a little over a month ago I think, pretty soon after the break, and they had a choir in their performing. Oh man, gut wrenching. This is the first Christmas I've felt depressed through, but I get it now!
LouiseC Posted December 20, 2008 Posted December 20, 2008 The good thing about it happened at Christmas though, is that the new year can be a fresh start. Yes it's a ****ty time for it to happen, but for me at least I'm looking at it as New Year, New Start. As for Valentines, I don't celebrate it anyway - I refuse to let the likes of Hallmark tell me when to be romantic.
Lizzie60 Posted December 20, 2008 Posted December 20, 2008 I heard on the radio this week that the Monday (I forgot which one, after xmas or NY) is called Divorce Monday.
againstallodds Posted December 20, 2008 Posted December 20, 2008 So the theme is what is your new year resolution? Let breakup and start fresh lol. So what is the reason behind Christmas and New year breakup? Start the new year with a Bang?
Capricciosa Posted December 20, 2008 Posted December 20, 2008 I think it is harder to fake happy feelings when big holidays and birthdays come up. It brings things to a head, IMO. There is already so much pressure to be happy around xmas & new years, and if you are unsatisfied in your relationship, it can become intolerable. I don't think it has anything to do with shortening your xmas list--that's just cheap.
Lizzie60 Posted December 20, 2008 Posted December 20, 2008 It's in UK.. and it's Jan. 8th.. Here's an article I find: (insidedivorce.com) Monday 8th January is Britain’s D-Day (Divorce Day) – more people embarking on the road to divorce today than any other day of the year. New research by InsideDivorce.com reveals the state of marriage and divorce in 2007 Britain. • One in five couples in Britain are on the verge of a break up & millions more trapped in unhappy marriages • Sex, infidelity, falling out of love and abuse are the primary reason for divorce in Britain • One in five women cite a serious incident of abuse as the reason for relationship breakdown • One in three men currently bored with their wife and marriage • Average length of marriage before it hits the rocks is seven years, three months • Worst example of divorce is Mills-McCartney and best is Fergie and Prince Andrew Today kick-starts the week when Britain’s divorce lawyers receive more enquiries from people contemplating a divorce than at any other time throughout the year, according to research conducted by new divorce website insidedivorce.com*. One of the UK’s leading divorce lawyers, James Stewart from Manches LLP, backs up this point: “A stressful Christmas can often be the final nail in the marital coffin. Extra time together can force problems that already exist in the relationship to come to a head. We are expecting this to be our busiest day and indeed our busiest week.” According to Relate, the UK’s largest provider of relationship support in the UK, the trend to kick-start the divorce process in January correlates with the surge (up to 50% higher than any other time of the year) in the number of calls its centres receive over the festive period. An independent research report, Marriage and Divorce in 2007 Britain**, commissioned to coincide with the launch of the UK’s most comprehensive divorce website insidedivorce.com gives the inside track on relationships. The research takes an in-depth look at modern love – the social, economic, sexual and psychological ups and downs that make and break Britain’s relationships. It questioned over 2,000 married, divorced and separated people living in the UK. A separate report questioned 350 children.
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