Word Origin Comics: The End of Marriage as We Know It

All good things must come to an end; so too with marriage. And it ain't cheap people. As Robin Williams once noted, "Divorce is expensive. I used to joke they were going to call it 'all the money,' but they changed it to 'alimony.'
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All good things must come to an end; so too with marriage. And it ain't cheap people. As Robin Williams once noted, "Divorce is expensive. I used to joke they were going to call it 'all the money,' but they changed it to 'alimony.' It's ripping your heart out through your wallet. Rita Mae Brown concurred, noting how divorce is the one human tragedy that reduces everything to cash. Follow the beginning of the end-- in all its sordid details-- unfold before your eyes, right here. Just read on...

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