Penny Booth: What next, I wonder...

I was interested in the new stock soon to be available in WH Smiths which I heard about last week - do-it-yourself divorces in all but name - and not at all sure whether to be delighted at the ease or horrified at the empty-headed slickness of it all.

The former would be the response were I to be seduced into thinking that this meant that we have now got round to being sensible about divorce and are prepared to sit round the kitchen table talking calmly about the future and alongside what to put on the shopping list (low-fat cheese fresh fruit anti-cholesterol spread and oh yes a do-it-yourself divorce pack so that we can finish that job once we've done the bathroom ready to sell the house) we can consider our next steps. The latter reaction is ‘horrid fascination' which is my response to our acceptance of the inevitable in this instance - that we can deal with divorce through a purchased pack...

Read the full article here.