Status: Single?

So, you're splitting up, you're spitting feathers and you want to get your own back?

It's very tempting to let rip on Facebook or Twitter about your soon-to-be-ex, but it's really best to maintain the higher moral ground and at least some of your dignity...

Here are some of the do's and don'ts of divorcing on social media:

• Don't use social media to get personal.  Yes, we know you want to.
• If you lie, you could have a libel action against you.
• Don't make negative comments about your ex.  Again, we know you want to...
• Don't post pictures of yourself at social gatherings - even if you do look stunning.
• Avoid 'checking in' to any locations - your ex may well be watching.
• Remember you and your ex may have mutual friends so watch what you comment on.
• Don't change your relationship status to 'single' until your divorce is finalised.
• It's best not to interact online - use private emails or texts instead.
• If you're in any doubt about using your social media accounts, close them down!

And remember, if you want to talk to someone and let off steam, you could just pick up the phone or meet them for a coffee!

Love me, love my film?

A woman in Japan has reportedly asked to divorce her husband of six years because he doesn't share her love of the movie Frozen.

Photo:  Disney

The un-named man, aged 31, recently posted on the Japanese marriage advice forum 'Kikonsha no Hakaba" ("The Gravesite of Married People") that his wife has recently become obsessed with the film and made him watch it.

His view was that it was an OK movie but said that he didn't really care for it personally.

His wife, however, felt that if he couldn't understand how great a movie it was there must be something wrong with him as a human being...

The man claims there were no pre-existing issues in the marriage, with the couple apparently living comfortably, with no children and no financial worries.

He said his wife has since moved in with her parents and refuses to speak to him.

Now I can understand an obsession with football getting between a couple - but the film Frozen??

Divorce parties becoming all the rage

Many people, on gaining their decree absolute, may go out with friends, have a few mates round, or even splash out on a weekend away.  But how about a full 'reverse wedding' party?

Apparently, in a craze sweeping the divorced citizens of the USA, the bride comes in backwards, while her father will be there to 'take her back'.  She then gets her bouquet tossed back from one of her former bridesmaids, and puts photos of the original wedding gifts into nice frames to give them back to their givers.  Of course, they don't get the gift back, but they win a lovely frame!

Divorce cakes are becoming big business too - either black, or showing the wife/husband in their split.  I've even seen a picture of an upside-down wedding cake, with the small tier at the bottom - although I wouldn't like to have to transport it very far!

One of my colleagues made this cake for a divorced friend (to his specification).

In case you don't recognise it, it celebrates The Great Escape....

And yes, those are slices of 'bitter' lemon round the edge...

How many??!

Linda Wolfe (nee Taylor, if she can remember that far back) is the world's most married woman, with a staggering 23 marriages now behind her.  She first married in 1957 at the age of 16, and that one lasted 7 years which remains as her longest marriage.  Her shortest marriage was just 36 hours (really, is that possible?) when she said "the love just wasn't there".

She married Mr Wolfe in 1999 as a publicity stunt as he was the world's most married man, with 29 marriages.  He died a year later, at which time she said she was on the lookout for number 24.

In common with some celebrities, she married one of her husbands three times.  You'll probably know that Elizabeth Taylor married Richard Burton twice in her eight marriages, but did you also know that Lana Turner married one of her seven husbands twice, also meaning eight marriages in total?  Other much married celebrities include Zsa Zsa Gabor, who has married nine times and, more recently, Geena Davis who has been married four times.

Many cases of hope over experience?!