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.