Wild Divorce Parties a Growing Trend

Wild Divorce Parties a Growing Trend
Celebrate a new beginning by getting a bit crazy.

Updated: Thursday, 19 Nov 2009, 10:50 PM PST
Published : Thursday, 19 Nov 2009, 10:50 PM PST

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Video Story Producer:
Martin Burns
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Reporter:
Mark Thompson

Posted by: Scott Coppersmith

Los Angeles - Half of all marriages end in divorce... and maybe the divorce party is the reason why!

Nothing helps end a bad marriage like a good and wild party with your friends.

We hooked up with some women curing their heartache with big doses of man medicine.

Angel:
"I'm divorced now, i can do that."

Mercy:
"You gain your heart back and the sexiness."

Dancer:
"They've been with Joe Schmoe. Finally, they've got someone they actually like in front of them. They go crazy."

Some say parties like these send a message to ex-husbands.

Angel:
"See what you missed out on?"

Divorce parties are becoming big business. There are books to help you plan them... sweet designer cakes with bitter themes... and even custom coffins for your wedding ring.

Mercy and Katherine invited us along as they took their newly-divorced friend, Anya, to The Highlands Hollywood ... home of the Hollywood Men , LA's hottest male revue.

Mercy:
"I wanted to get her out of what she was going through and show her a good time."

Smokin' hot firemen... sizzling old west cowboys... steamy bare-chested soldiers... and hot cops, in and out of uniform.

The kinds of guys that really get these women's horns up.

Mercy:
"It really made me feel good to show her what it's like to be single."

The boom in divorce parties has sparked a whole new industry.

Janet Morante LaFauci runs a party planning and decoration business called Party Over Here . She's been swamped with requests for decorations... for divorce parties!

Janet:
"I had to custom make them because there wasn't a lot of party supplies out there."

So she came up with divorce party sashes, divorce diva necklaces, and all kinds of party favors... and expanded her business to cater to ladies returning to the bachelorette pool at DivorcePartySupply.com .

The top seller? The "ex-husband voodoo doll."

Janet:
"Life is too short not to have fun and celebrate."

Home divorce parties are another new trend.

Angel had hers two days after her divorce was final. No sense in wasting time getting on with a new life, right?

For her and her friends, this is their fourth divorce party... and their fave dancers from West Coast Hunks say they get wilder every time.

Dancer:
"We're being bitten up. We're being scratched. I've got scars!"

Divorce parties may seem like a guilty pleasure, but the women we talked to had no regrets.

Anja:
"It's all about getting out there. New doors opening."

Angel:
"So much fun, i recommend it to everyone, it was amazing."