divorce registry?

[moshquerade]

A retailer has put forth the idea of having a "divorce registry" so people can buy the newly divorced gifts just like if they were getting married and had a "wedding registry".

What do you think? Good idea or dumb idea? Don't people who are newly divorced need household things to get them back up and going too?

U.K. Retailer Launches Gift List Registry For Newly Divorced People

January 18, 2010 4:53 a.m. EST

London, England, United Kingdom (AHN) - Top British retailer Debenhams will make available beginning Monday a gift list registry for newly divorced people. The new service is similar to wedding registries designed to help newly married couple with their needs.

Peter Moore of Debenhams explained that when a divorce occurs, one partner may end up with no house appliances and basic kitchen ware when he or she moves out of the conjugal home and starts a new life.

He said the retailer expects items such as cookware, cutlery, crockery, glasses, bed linen, towels, toasters, microwaves, shirts, TVs and computer games to be high on the list of gift items that friends and relatives of a newly divorced person would give to their friend.

The high rate of divorce in the U.K. has led to a new industry that caters to the special needs of divorcing couples. Last year, a Starting Over Show was held in Brighton. The event had life coaches, introduction agents and even mystic healers offering their services to Britons who recently became or would become single again.

Late last year, British law firm Lloyd Platt and Company made available divorce vouchers, which some well-meaning friends and relatives gave to as a Christmas gift to couples on the verge of splitting legally.

Law firm founder Vanessa Lloyd Platt said she came up with the idea of divorce vouchers after she observed a 60 percent hike in inquiries for divorce proceedings during the first week of January.

Read more: http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7017550832#ixzz0cyF8yBY6

 

[IronWing]

I need one gamebox controller.

 

[Terzo]

I thought this was going to be an auction type thing where we could line up to buy the possessions of the newly divorced couple. I think the idea as proposed is unnecessary. If a newly divorced person was screwed over and really in need of help, I figure they would be able to get help from friends. If they couldn't get help from friends, then I doubt anyone would buy them items from a divorce registry.
That said, whatever floats your boat. It's no skin off my back if someone sets one up, but I certainly wouldn't participate in one.

 

[preCRT]

So many questions...

Does someone go sign up for the registry before or after calling a lawyer? Or even before telling their spouse they want out?

Do couples sign up together or separately? How do friends know who got the toaster from the wedding & who didn't? Do you give the same gift you gave when they were engaged or got married? Is it tacky to give the same gift [years/months/weeks later]?

Does the registry include condoms & gift certificates for STD testing?

If you give a divorce gift do you get your previous engagement/wedding gift back?

 

[moshquerade]

So many questions...

Does someone go sign up for the registry before or after calling a lawyer? Or even before telling their spouse they want out?

Do couples sign up together or separately? How do friends know who got the toaster from the wedding & who didn't? Do you give the same gift you gave when they were engaged or got married? Is it tacky to give the same gift [years/months/weeks later]?

Does the registry include condoms & gift certificates for STD testing?

If you give a divorce gift do you get your previous engagement/wedding gift back?

Here you go. Ask away.



http://www.debenhams.com/webapp/wcs...d=10001&langId=-1&userType=R&categoryId=18698

 

[seemingly random]

Great idea... some people will be needing prostitutes.

Some people have no shame.

 

[preCRT]

Here you go. Ask away.



http://www.debenhams.com/webapp/wcs...d=10001&langId=-1&userType=R&categoryId=18698

Thanks! I'll let you know what their response is.

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[wwswimming]

it makes more sense in the case of divorce than when you get married.

when you get married you have 2 household's full of stuff. then you get a bunch of gifts, so you have 3 households full. all combined into one household.

then you throw a bunch away (old porn mags) ... if, 7 years later, you get divorced, you might need the stuff back.

maybe we should have a storage service where guys can donate their old porn mags. now there's an idea for a dot com start-up.

 

[Hacp]

I think a real divorce registry needs to be created. The men should report women who divorce them so we can avoid them at all costs.

 

[FoBoT]

What do you think? Good idea or dumb idea?

i'll go with dumb

 

[F1N3ST]

Dumb, final answer.

 

[meltdown75]

sure, sign me up

i'll take a case of beer for starters

 

[TheNinja]

Woman's registry:
New relationship with someone who loves me for me
All of ex's money
Furniture
China set



Man's registry:
Women
Booze

 

[meltdown75]

LOL Ninj. nice

Women's registry:
someone perfect, because he exists, obviously

Man's registry:
hookers and blow!

 

[JulesMaximus]

Nah, screw 'em. They've done nothing but help destroy the sanctity of marriage...why reward them for that?

 

[HardcoreRobot]

stupid stupid stupid

but i also think normal registries are stupid

 

[MovingTarget]

Seems to be in bad taste. In many cases, divorce is necessary, but the fact that a marital situation has devolved to that point isn't something to celebrate.

 

[surfsatwerk]

Don't see the need for this. It was well worth losing half my cash and stuff to be rid of the devil's whore that I married.