Forget pawn shops. These two freshly-divorced women threw caution (and jewelry) to the wind in observance of the Reno, Nevada custom of tossing their rings into the Truckee River. What I don’t get is why they wouldn’t want to sell them since it was 1932, amidst the Great Depression. At least get enough to buy a celebratory whiskey! And why were they wearing Hawaiian leis in the middle of the dessert? And what did their husbands do to warrant such a dismissal of vows?
In 2013, The Huffington Post shared this image, with Nevada still #5 in a list of Top Ten Divorce Capitals.
Any of these hotspots look familiar?
I remember seeing an episode of “Mysteries at the Museum” when they explained how it all started getting a divorce in Reno. Quite different today!
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Oh, because of the loophole in their law! You live there 6 months and then file. Surely SOMEONE changed their minds during that 6 months, though. Divorce is so sad. 😦
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They made so much money on being the divorce mill, they didn’t want to change the law. In fact, it was how Nevada survived the Great Depression. As sad as divorce is, the plight these women were in back in the early 1900’s could be even worse.
As far as I know, the law was never changed, they simply lost the title because other states’ divorces laws lightened up and Nevada revenue became casinos.
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Medford, Ore.? Wonder what’s up there, Kerbey?
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All I’d checked out so far was the Florida ones. People think sun and sand and beach will fix a marriage and then they wind up divorcing. Now Oregon I can’t fathom.
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How deep was that river? It would seem like a good idea to wait under the bridge for that special moment.
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You are cunning indeed! Oh, and hey, Benson–we just got 15 min of rain. Hooray!!
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That is wonderful. Did you recognize what it was?
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Not for the first 5 seconds.
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Odd places to be divorce capitals.
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