Nobody wants to see marriages fail. And what kind of person would actually cheer as the number of divorces rise? (Divorce lawyers and Wedding Ring Coffin salespersons excluded.)   But I’ve noticed an interesting trend.  This past month there has been a higher level of celebrity divorces; Pete Townshend and Karen Astley, Robyn and Mel Gibson, and most recently Sean Penn and Robin Wright Penn.

When times are tough, as they have been now for the past couple of years, divorce levels seem to go down.  It’s too expensive to breakup!  So then, could the inverse be true?  If the economy is improving, do more people file for divorce?  Is financial stability the last straw that empowers the broken-hearted to break the chains of a bad marriage?

Maybe this trend is a signal that the worst is behind us and we can look forward to a better tomorrow.

As you may have already heard, “Real Housewife” Countess LuAnn de Lesseps and her husband are divorcing.  This news came out just as LuAnn was beginning her book tour for her new book, “Class with the Countess.”  Lucky for me, her tour included a stop in my town and I had the privilege of hearing her speak and then got to meet her.  She is a lovely, classy woman and she has very good taste—-she loved the Wedding Ring Coffin I presented to her.  She also has a good sense of humor.  She laughed out loud when she read the engraved plaque on the front of her Wedding Ring Coffin.  It said, “Marriage…you can’t “count” on it.”

Countess LuAnn de Lesseps accepting her Wedding Ring Coffin

Countess LuAnn de Lesseps' dedication

We wish LuAnn success with her book and lots of happiness as she begins a new chapter in her life.

Mad Mel has lost the passion for the Robyn. Twenty-eight years and seven kids later, Mel Gibson and his wife, Robyn, are calling it quits. The relationship seemed to fall apart after Mel’s DUI and anti-Semitic rant in July 2006. They say the split is due to irreconcilable differences, but is it really because his “lethal weapon” was where it shouldn’t be?

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There is nearly $1 billion up for grabs in the Gibson settlement and it will take a “brave heart” to part with half, as is required under California law. You can be sure that there will be a lot of ranting over that as well. But what we are ranting about is this…Who Gets The Coffin?

Cast your vote and we will send a Wedding Ring Coffin to the spouse with the most votes.

After being separated for 15 years, “The Song is Over” for Pete Townshend and Karen Astley.  They are getting a divorce.

The couple was married in 1968 and have three grown children. They separated in 1994 after Townshend admitted to having an affair.  Several world tours and a questionable kiddie-porn incident later,  Astley has tired of asking “Who Are You?” and has filed for divorce.

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At the rockin’ age of 63, can we be sure that Pete “Won’t Get Fooled Again” and marry his latest girlfriend or will he break it off and see “Who’s Next?”   There is approximately $58,000,000 at stake, and when the proceedings are over you can be sure that one of the parties will not “call that a bargain, the best I ever had”.

So now all “Join Together” and tell us Who Gets The Coffin? We’ll send a WRC to the spouse with the most votes.