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Read the latest on the Lionel Richie divorce:

• The Smoking Gun - Five months after filing for divorce from Lionel Richie, the singer’s
  estranged wife has just weighed in with a whopping–and remarkably
  detailed–demand for at least $300,000 in monthly support payments.
• Divorce Magazine - “[Lionel] and I had an extraordinary, extravagant lifestyle,” Mrs. Richie, a former waitress, dancer, and clothing designer, wrote in the income declaration. She says that they “regularly spent in excess of $300,000 a month. We could comfortably afford to spend unlimited sums of money on everything and anything we chose. I had no limit on what I could spend.”

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Read the latest on the Hulk Hogan divorce:

• E! News - Apparently, Hulk Hogan doesn’t know best when it comes to his marriage.  The retired wrestler was reportedly blindsided by the news that his wife, Linda Marie Bollea, had filed for divorce after 24 years together.Court documents show that Bollea, 48, filed a petition for dissolution of marriage on Tuesday.
• SoHood Magainze - Last fall Hulk Hogan learned about his pending divorce from a reporter. Now he’s being accused of trying to pull a fast one on his future ex-wife.  Linda Hogan has asked a judge to freeze her future ex-husband’s bank accounts, according to Perez Hilton. She hopes to keep him from spending the proceeds from the recent sale of the couple’s $10 million home.

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Between the time that your wife announces the end of the marriage, and the time when you’ll find new happiness, you’re going to hurt like you’ve never dreamed possible. You’re going to go through a number of mental and emotional phases - all of which are perfectly normal and necessary in order for you to “heal yourself” of this great hurt. You’ll never be able to enjoy love or attain true happiness until you have discharged the past from your system, and healed yourself.

Think of all you’re going through as a wound similar to a gash on your arm or leg. It’s going to hurt, and you’re going to bleed, but with the proper care and time, you will recover. You must understand that divorce is quite common - you’re not alone nor going through anything that a lot of other people haven’t experienced - and that in order to “get well,” you must understand the nature of the wound, what to do in order to heal it, and as much about the pre-requisites to total recovery as possible.

At first, you’ll probably deny that this is happening to you. You may pretend that it’s just a bad dream or some sort of bad joke she’s pulling on you. This type of thinking is normal, but it only prolongs the agony of your hurt. You must face the reality of the situation - accept the fact that your marriage is over - and get on with the task of finding happiness for yourself, immediately.

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Whether it’s a Shaq divorce, a John Denver divorce, or any other celebrity, there is no greater emotional pain that can be inflicted upon a man than the announcement by his wife that she wants a divorce. Even if both parties have “seen it coming” for some time, and the announcement really comes as no big surprise, the actual announcement is quite similar to a bomb exploding in your face.

Such an announcement is “out-in-the-open” admission that the person you held hands with so many years ago, and promised to love - honor - and obey - to be supportive of, to stand beside in good times and bad -through sickness and health - for richer or poorer - no longer wants you or your love. And whether it’s a Shaq divorce, John Denver divorce, or any other person, you have been rejected, and such a blow to a man’s emotional equilibrium is just about the most damaging illness you’ll ever have to face in your lifetime.

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