Nov 10 2009
Divorce fair
[ABC7]
The city of romance got a lesson in love’s hard knocks Sunday, as thousands flocked to the French capital’s first divorce fair.
The fair’s organizer, Brigitte Gaumet, said she had the idea for the event after President Nicolas Sarkozy divorced his second wife months after taking office in 2007.
“For me, that crystalized that divorce has lost its stigma and is really a commonplace thing,” Gaumet told The Associated Press.
“Lots of people going through divorces – and also people getting separated or who are widowed – are looking for information on how to bounce back and how to reconstruct.”
“We have long had the Marriage Fair,” a massive annual trade fair in Paris catering to brides-to-be, “and I thought, ‘why not a fair for people going through separations?,”‘ said Gaumet, adding that some 4,000 people visited the event over the weekend. “That’s a real success for a first-time exhibition.”
At the fair, held at a conference hall in northwestern Paris, the stands offering legal advice attracted the biggest crowds.
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[From me]
Why not have non-divorce fair? People seem to be divorcing without the help of experts. Why not offer help for people who are struggling with their marriages?
What do you think?
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One of my Brothers has a ministry to help people in struggling marriages, to attempt at all costs to avoid divorce (a disaster for everyone).
I also take issue with mentioning the widowed. We had no choice in the matter, and being lumped in with divorced, etc., in my mind, confuses the issue.
Br. James Patrick
† servi servorum Dei