Divorce parties reached an all-time high last year: It’s celebrating ‘one of the bravest choices I’ve ever made’

From CNBC News:

Two weeks after Beth Levine filed for divorce she invited 30 of her friends to one of her favorite Houston bars. The celebration theme was “Beth isn’t married anymore f–k yeah!” 

Levine, a 53-year-old executive assistant, tied the knot in 2014 and broke the union a little less than two years later.

For a slew of Lifetime movie-like reasons – infidelity, secret children, green cards, and her own general unhappiness – she knew she didn’t want to be married to her then-husband anymore. 

While the decision to leave was difficult, the action itself was liberating, she says. That’s why she wanted to throw a “divorce party.” 

“Filing for divorce is an act of freedom,” Levine says. “Why should I not celebrate one of the bravest choices I’ve ever made for myself?” 

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