Divorce Day: January 6 Is When Couples Split Or Start Cheating On Each Other

Just when most of us thought of ways to wade through the first working Monday of the year, here’s another reason to dread it—January 6 is now being pegged as “Divorce Day” owing to the surge in the number of people who’re looking to split from their spouses and start afresh. So beware, and reflect upon how good you've been to your partner-you never know, you might just get dumped!

Incidentally, the news of January 6 being dubbed as “The Divorce Day” comes soon after new portals revealed how January 5 was fast becoming “dating Sunday”—the best day to get on a dating app and find a potential partner. It has also been stated that roughly about 120,000 people start extra-marital affairs in January.

As weird as it may sound, but google searches for divorce lawyers hit an all-time high on this day of the year. There are reasons leading up to this, though. For most couples, divorcing on Christmas or New Year’s isn’t a great idea owing to the fact that it’s the holiday season and an official break-up might spoil the festive cheer. It is also reported that couples might want to give their partners that one great holiday before leaving them for good.

“It's the day where couples who were tolerating each other during the intense holiday season decide that they want to start the new year afresh,” said breakup coach Cherlyn Chong to a media outlet. “Resulting in a surge of divorce inquiries to Google search and divorce lawyers alike,” Chong added.

“Sometimes, they are doing it so that the children will have one last holiday season together,” she said. “Other times, one spouse feels guilty about ending the relationship over the festivities.”

Looking at things from another perspective, the holiday season might just aggravate the need to leave a troubled partner, suggests research. The holiday season equals more time being spent with the family thus making the differences and flaws in the marriage a lot more evident.

While divorce might be frowned upon and isn’t perceived as a great start to the year, in all honesty, it isn’t as bad as it seems. In fact, relationship counselors believe that a divorce is sometimes just one another shot at happiness—something you’ve comprised while sticking around in an unhappy relationship.