My friend (and cleaning lady) Peggy is dating a guy she really likes, and she we as telling me about the trials he is going through with his ex.  They had been married for 15 years, had 3 kids together, and a few months before she left him she had major cosmetic surgery done – the whole nine yards – breasts, lipo, tummy tuck.   The worst of it was, as Peggy explained:

“He spent $20,000 on her – and he didn’t even get to benefit.  Before she had even healed, she was gone!”

It made me think – I often noticed before a couple announces their divorce that the wife suddenly starts looking really good.  We called it the “Divorce Diet.”  I guess this is just a new take on that!

PS.  I just googled the term “Divorce Diet” and it seems that it really refers to the weight people lose after their divorce – often unintentionally, because of the stress.  Here’s an example:

I’ve heard people jokingly refer to the weight you lose when your marriage breaks up as “the divorce diet,” so it seems that losing weight is really common in these circumstances. It’s been really dramatic for me…I lost almost 25 pounds in the 5 months since my husband left me, and I didn’t have that much weight on me to begin with: I went from about 135 to about 110, and I’m 5’4″.

I’m just grateful that my body responds to stress the way it does: when I’m truly stressed out I can’t eat, but I can sleep like a champ…I use it as an escape. The opposite reaction– not being able to sleep, but wanting to eat everthing in sight–would have been *much* worse, and I know that happens to some people….

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