Shower power! New Yorker to host a divorce shower. By Jeffrey Cottrill Everybody loves a party. We mark many life events with celebration, including births, weddings, and bar mitzvahs. Even some funerals are accompanied by receptions or "wakes" to celebrate the deceased person's life. So if we have baby showers and bridal showers, why not a divorce shower? There are different ways to approach the idea: in one respect, you could be celebrating your new independence from an unhappy marriage; in another, you could observe the end of the agonizing, stressful court process. Or the party could just mark the transition between periods in your life. Either way, it might be a great way to get something positive out of a negative experience. On February 10, New York press agent Bruce Cohen will be celebrating his own divorce shower, which has been organized "by my good friend Mamie McDonough," he says. "Shortly after I gained control of my apartment," explains Cohen, "I found that a lot of my stuff was missing -- measuring cups, spoons, cutlery...I'm still discovering stuff gone. So I stopped in at [NY homeware store] Bed Bath & Beyond with Mamie to get stuff, and she just said to me: 'I'm going to throw you a divorce shower!' It made sense that she'd have the idea, since she has thrown parties in the White House." "In a divorce, the need for products is as great as -- or greater than -- when two people are getting married," says Divorce Magazine publisher Dan Couvrette. "A divorce shower, or party, is a great idea: psychologically, it's a good way to complete the past and start a new life; practically, it allows friends to offer moral support and/or gifts to help you through a difficult time." Cohen has even registered the shower at Bed Bath & Beyond -- listed under "brides". "They were a bit taken aback by it," says Cohen about the registration. "Obviously they were used to baby showers, wedding showers and even gay couples' showers. They'd never registered a divorce one." Cohen says that the shower will include "catered food, music, champagne, and a good deal of fun!" He and McDonough have even made a song list, which includes "Hit the Road, Jack," "The Best is Yet to Come," "D-I-V-O-R-C-E," and even "Take the Money and Run." "We just wanted to get together and say, 'hey -- it's over,'" says McDonough. "He's really had a tiresome divorce." Although this may be the world's first divorce shower -- at least the first recorded one -- divorce parties are nothing new. Ralf Boettger, the manager of Chicago's Dick's Last Resort nightclub, has thrown a few successful divorce parties, each featuring a "break-up cake" with a plastic bride and groom stuck in it upside-down. And some companies, like Plum Party, market Divorce Party kits (more on this next week). Link: http://www.divorcemag.com/news/012901.shtml

^^^ We may argue that FGM is wrong and should be stopped until were blue in the face...laakin honeslty I cant see it ever stopping. People are so attached to tradition and will continue it for along time whether its destructive or not. *** The Pessimist Has Spoken ***

idiotic violence Stop watching CNN and FOX news girl.

Looks matter of course. WHo came up with the ****** phrase "beauty is only skin deep? :eek: NO REALLY!!!! :rolleyes: How far in do you want? How much farther than skin can beauty go? 1. A sexy heart? 2. A gorgeous gall bladder? 3. A cute kidney? 4. A hunkalicious brain?

^^^I dont kiss. :eek: :eek: OH!!!! Maybe thats why he ran off to that ugly piece of rotten meat with fanaxda weyn iyo jeegada dheer :mad: . Men demand too much...I mean I was willing for the jerk to rescue me and he expects a kiss? :rolleyes: What else does he expect? Marriage? I mean what is the world coming to. Iyamahaan waaba yaabey.

:confused: I dont get it either. Please explian the meaning of the poem.

femme fatale tnx sis... p.s. why did you choose this user name? and please don't ask mind.. Well I was Damsel before..then I got sour because I found out that my prince double crossed me (and he wasnt even that charming after all :rolleyes: ). Damsel having suffient experience with princes, seeks frog ^^^jokes

^^^^Right on the money!! NO one is asking you to like her or accept her way of life........but to recognize that what she is bringing to attention is very important and worth discussing.

Do any of you read the Washington Post?

^^^ Some things are just not worth arguing about...waste of time and energy.

normal/decent ppl cant talk about FGM because it has been hijacked by Waris and her gang There is something wrong with that quote.

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^^^Im way ahead of all you guys. My first crush was with the baby next to my incubator at the hospital

Sheesh Classique ..looks like I need to be more clear next time. By SHEESH...i meant a great big SIGH with rolling eyes lol

"So what good is it to be white if you are a walking pile of dead skin"? :eek: :eek:

How do you know honesty is the best policy unless you have tried everything else?

This is so laughable I swear, if it wasnt so sad. Could someone please enlighten me on what makes Somalis superior than any other race? IF a tribe who had a PROPHET among them could turn out to have gay members.....you think its surprising in this day and age that something like this wouldnt come up? This phenomenon goes way way way back. ANd no culture is immune. Get that through your heads and move on. Its between them and Allah. looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool Hardy Har Har

^^^ Allah judges you on your intentions and just because some shiek cries out that its haram doesnt make it so. Whats gonna be haram next? Sheesh

:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: Why are you men so freaking paranoid? Trust me no one is after you. Dont freaking generalize and apply one damn meaning to the word feminism. Most women take women's classes or as you refer to "Feministic clases" or whatever to learn about their history, rights, and health as women. Issues and concerns of women that are not discusseed or validated in any other department. I dont know what the term feminist means... but I notice that im called that whenver I deferenciate myself from a doormat Anonymous

LMAO@ Bush But seriously, doesnt that dude remind you of a retarded chimpanzee everytime you see him? It has something to do with this thin lips and large ears Hes stupider than a retarded flea on drugs.

^^^ I didnt without your little side note

Sick :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

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I think thats a very, very bad idea.