North Carolina Woman Goes Viral For Divorce Photo Shoot
Divorce is hard, and I know because I’ve been through two! Even when you know it’s the right thing to do for your own sanity, it’s still stressful. My last divorce took two years and there was a lot of drama. I’m proud of the fact that I didn’t snap through that ordeal. A woman in North Carolina is going viral on TikTok for her divorce photo shoot.
Lauren Brooke and her now ex-husband married in 2012. The couple finalized their divorce in January of 2023, so she decided to celebrate. According to the New York Post, Brooke lit her wedding dress on fire in the photos. Many on TikTok are applauding her, but some are giving her a hard time for her actions.
Brooke’s TikTok video has over six million views so far, showing her burning her wedding dress. Many on the social media platform think she could have recycled the dress. Some say the dress could have been given away or given to Brooke’s daughter. Brooke says she didn’t want her daughter or anyone else to have a dress with ‘bad’ vibes attached to it. And I totally understand!
As Brooke explains, the burning of the dress was not done in anger, she burned the dress as a way to celebrate surviving the divorce. It’s a way for her to permanently end that part of her life so that she can begin fresh. I get it!
My last divorce was stressful and painful. The man I loved was leading a double life and wasn’t who I thought he was. There were numerous girlfriends, lies, and a lot of deceit. I was crushed. But after realizing he was not going to change, I had to save myself. I, like Brooke, got rid of many things associated with my marriage. I threw out my dress, my wedding album, and his wedding ring. Some of it was done out of anger, but part of it was done so that I could make myself realize that part of my life was finished.
The photographer for Brooke was her mom, so I’m sure that made the pictures even more special. If there’s one person a woman really needs by her side when going through something traumatic, it’s her mom. My mom was by my side throughout my long divorce. I’m lucky she was with me. She provided me with lots of moral support and stopped me from doing anything stupid. I have a temper and I’m glad my mom was there to keep me in check. A blog is not long enough to go through all the crap my ex put me through.
After my last divorce, I started boxing. For the first year, I’d imagine my ex-husband’s face on the bag and hit that thing as hard as I could. My boxing coach actually told me that I ‘hit too hard’ and that I needed to use less power when training. He also wanted to put me in a pro-fight, but when I explained that I was 42 years old, not in my early 30’s like he thought I was, he let that go. LOL! You have to get the anger and feelings out of you or it’ll eat you up inside. I choose boxing and therapy. This woman decided to burn her dress. Whatever helps!
I say ‘Rock ON’ to Brooke! You gotta do what feels right to you. And if you can get through a divorce without snapping or losing your mind, then you deserve to celebrate in whatever way you want to, as long as no one gets hurt.