As a newlywed, the thought of divorce makes me sick to my stomach. My husband and I were on day 1 of our honeymoon when we heard about Kim Kardashian splitting from Kris Humphries. Despite the fact that we all saw it coming, I still felt a twinge of sadness because to me, marriage is so sacred and special.
Hollywood has really facilitated the deterioration of what marriage means. Hollywood is only partly to blame for the prevalence of divorce. Our beloved social network, Facebook, has been cited as the cause for one in five divorces according to the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.
In Hollywood, the likelihood of your marriage last more than 3 years is slim.“The divorce rate among celebrities may be as high as 80 percent,” said celebrity divorce lawyer Raul Felder. This week in LA, divorce seems to be contagious! Katy Perry and Russell Brand and more shockingly, Heidi Klum and Seal (my go-to couple for beating the Hollywood odds) are trending on Twitter today because they are getting a divorce. I doubt the cause of their separation has anything to do with Facebook but it’s certainly fueled social conversations.
Facebook connects people, therefore, it’s great for businesses, it connects my clients to their customers. On the contrary, from a personal side Facebook can offer temptations that would not be present otherwise. People that have been married for 20 years join Facebook and reignite with old flames and this destroys their marriage. I believe that the people that succumb to Facebook temptations would find another outlet for their infidelity if Facebook did not exist.
