Given what money-spinners weddings can be, I guess it’s not surprising that divorce is now big business too. I didn’t see divorce gift registries coming, but I can see how they make sense.
In I Didn’t Want Wedding Presents. But Gifts Helped Me Survive My Divorce, Leslie Jamison writes about how she didn’t need a gift registry when she married: combining two households necessitated getting rid of stuff, not acquiring it. But people still gave gifts, and she still treasured them.