The Love Value Chain

This is the Love Value Chain. (Click on image to enlarge.)

• The orange chain is what you seek.
• The pink chain is the pitch which businesses and 'society' throw at you in different stages. E.g. At the marriage stage, businesses and 'society' remind you that a wedding is a 'once in a lifetime' experience, and so get the best. It's ok to spend more. 
• The green chain shows you which businesses are involved at the various stages. Some businesses appear quite often and/or throughout the chain, e.g. credit card companies, lawyers etc.

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Given this value chain, would you rather be

A wedding planner

OR

A divorce party planner?

I read from separate reports that divorce parties are taking place in China and Japan. In Japan, the couple invites family and friends to their divorce party (like they did for their wedding), and smash their wedding bands with a frog-shaped wooden mallet (frogs symbolise change in Japan). No details on the divorce parties in China.

I think every such ceremonial parties need solid rituals and practices... just like those of a wedding, e.g. wearing of the white gown, pre-wedding album, grand walk-in with loud music, flower boys/girls, exchange of rings, the champagne pyramid/toast/yum seng, cake-cutting, speech etc.

For the divorce party,

• Wearing black gown/suits and veil
• Grand entrance of couple... but from separate entrances. if the couple has children/pets, they can double up as the flower petal dispensers. if not, the couple can borrow the same kids they used for their wedding. the kids probably have not grown that much anyway.
• Powerpoint/video of couple from baby to pri sch to sec sch to jc to uni to wedding to honeymoon to baby/pets' arrival (if any) to divorce.
• Returning/smashing/smelting of rings (imagine a huge portable fire lighting up on stage to melt the rings on the spot)
• Ripping/burning of wedding pics, gown/veil and wedding certificate
• Smashing of other symbolic stuff, such as a pinata in a human form or heart shape. Anyone, apart from the couple, who has suffered during this unfortunate union, can join in at this stage.
• Toast and crying
• Speeches by couple and 'brothers' and 'sisters' etc.
• Returning of ang pow money to wedding guests, if they turn up for the divorce party with another ang pow.
• Due to anticipated violence and emotions at the party, those below age of 18 are not invited.
• A lot of booze, skip the banquet.