Here are three factors to consider if you feel tempted by January’s ‘Divorce Day’

The first working Monday of the year (yesterday!) has been dubbed ‘Divorce Day’.and Hope Bonarcher gives some reasons why we shouldn’t give in to the temptation to throw in the towel.

There’s a nasty rumor afoot delineating poor January as  ‘Divorce Month’. While the divorce rate in the UK has been in decline since the 1970s (along with marriage rates), it wouldn’t be surprising if divorce lawyers did see an upswing in filings this time of year.

Couples, post Christmas, have been bare-knuckling it through the holiday crunch; stressors like striving to create homemade meal perfection, providing perfect presents for kids who have everything, and angst ridden travel arrangements, could find them entering the new year feeling like they need new (single) lives.