#DivorceSelfies: A New Ouch Trend On The Social Media

When we think of a divorce, the first few things that come to mind probably include fighting, cursing, bitterness, and basically everything else we would see in a movie.

However, the new trend is spreading among modern (un-coupled) couples as some social media users are proving that breaking up doesn’t always have to be a sad occasion. Using the hashtags #DivorceSelfies and #DivorceSelfie, these newly-divorced couples are putting an unexpectedly uplifting spin on separation. It is changing the way people view ending marriages.

Legally finalising a divorce is not exactly something people often care to photograph, but these former flames are all smiles in their divorce selfies.

Here are some of the best awkward, amazing, and kinda pure #DivorceSelfies:

#1

More excited than out our wedding day. #heresyoursign
#divorceselfie

A post shared by Carissa (@healthy_happy_mom_) on Sep 26, 2016 at 7:31am PDT

#2

#divorceselfie #whoworeitbest Typical us, we accidentally wore the same shirt to divorce court. Divorce final today but I'll always love this man.

A post shared by Layne Price (@laynenprice) on May 17, 2016 at 5:35pm PDT

#3

Got a #divorce today. Live tweeted about it, too, @hthrhllywd. So modern. Forever wasn't as long as we had anticipated but it was a beautiful trip we took. I think this is what unconditional love looks like. It didn't work for us but we are still hopeless romantics and I wouldn't change a thing. I trained him super well, but sorry ladies, he's already taken. As for me, I'm going cat shopping. #lessonsinlove #divorceselfies #transformationtuesday
#divorceselfie #happilydivorced #newnormal #ontheprowl #canwestillbefriends #idontevenlikecats

A post shared by Heather The Creator (@heatherofsparta) on Aug 18, 2015 at 6:09pm PDT

#4

Got a #divorce today. Live tweeted about it, too, @hthrhllywd. So modern. Forever wasn't as long as we had anticipated but it was a
beautiful trip we took. I think this is what unconditional love looks like. It didn't work for us but we are still hopeless romantics and I wouldn't change a thing. I trained him super well, but sorry ladies, he's already taken. As for me, I'm going cat shopping. #lessonsinlove #divorceselfies #transformationtuesday #divorceselfie #happilydivorced #newnormal #ontheprowl #canwestillbefriends #idontevenlikecats

A post shared by Heather The Creator (@heatherofsparta) on Aug 18, 2015 at 6:09pm PDT

#5

#divorce #divorceparty #divorced #freeatlast #noregrets #justdivorced #celebratelife #youhavecontrol #friendship #funtimes #newchapter #newbeginnings 💋

A post shared by @my.little.box on May 13, 2017 at 1:57am PDT

#6

#divorce #divorceparty #divorced #freeatlast #noregrets #justdivorced #celebratelife #youhavecontrol #friendship #funtimes #newchapter #newbeginnings 💋

A post shared by @my.little.box on May 13, 2017 at 1:57am PDT

#7

When the last of your divorce paperwork is finally, finally signed. Phew. It was still a sad day, but I'm very happy things ended closer to where they began. In the words of our wedding song, (Angels and Airwaves' "The Adventure,") "life's waiting to begin." ❤️

A post shared by Brittney (@slcitybritty) on May 26, 2017 at 5:12pm PDT

#8

To a new chapter #divorceselfie #cheers #changeisgood

A post shared by Carrie Washnock (@carriewashnock) on Feb 3, 2016 at 6:14pm PST

#9

We went to court and got divorced today, and then went out for a beer and a
selfie. Totally normal, right? Seems appropriate because nothing we've ever done is normal. I'm grateful to this guy for 25 sometimes good, sometimes not-so-good, years together. We raised each other from adolescence to adulthood and then made two beautiful children we love like crazycakes. Instead of being disappointed that our choice to be together didn't last forever, we choose to accept that sometimes good things fall irreparably apart, to be thankful for the adventures we had, to look forward to the new and exciting ways we will grow as individuals and in other relationships, and to commit to a lifelong friendship and coparenting partnership– not just because it's good for our little ones, but because it's also good for us. KB, thanks for making this day, and so many other days, easier. You will always be my family. "Your heart and my heart are very, very old friends." (Rumi) #divorceselfie

A post shared by Sara Olsen (@emilysaraolsen) on Aug 20, 2016 at 12:12am PDT

#10

#divorceselfie we still make a great team. Glad to be friends.

A post shared by rach100981 (@rach100981) on Aug 27, 2015 at 5:37pm PDT

By: Simran Dhingra