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"Ever since I became a woman on her way to divorce, I&amp;#039;ve seen and heard all sorts of stories about the way we express ourselves over it. Some women throw lavish divorce parties, or take wild vacations to exotic locals. Some have a special piece of jewelry made or hold a symbolic ceremony of their own (there&amp;#039;s a wonderful passage in the book &amp;quot;Split&amp;quot; by Suzanne Finnamore, where she details firing up the grill and grilling her wedding announcements and various other marriage memorabilia).  Others get a little more creative. I&amp;#039;ve seen stories about people having scrapbooking parties where they cut all their old pictures in half to remove the ex, &amp;quot;Cougar&amp;quot; parties (I&amp;#039;m not going into detail on that one folks, this is a family blog), some gather their friends to help them trash their wedding dress.  And then there&amp;#039;s this story about a woman who wrote a play about her divorce. Ruthe Ponturo was married to Broadway producer Tony Ponturo - that is, until he left her for another woman. Ruthe didn&amp;#039;t just get mad, she got even and wrote a show all about him, and then she sold the jewelry he&amp;#039;d given her to finance it. It was a success, and now she&amp;#039;s raised $700,000 and taken it off-Broadway. I&amp;#039;m not the kind that would go for that level of public humiliation (mainly because I have kids), but I do believe wholeheartedly that the best revenge is living well. I wish Ruthe every success in her endeavor. Did you do anything to celebrate or symbolize your divorce?  [Follow Ellie on Twitter and Facebook] "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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