The Cut - How Rich People Get Divorced in Secret

In the summer of 2018, a stay-at-home mom in Los Angeles, whom we’ll call Julia, and her husband, a talent agent, decided to hire a mediator for their divorce. Their split was acrimonious — she’d caught her husband bringing women back to their home, and in retaliation, she broke a few items in the garage — and both partners wanted to avoid having their marital issues aired out in family court. The stakes only compounded when her husband got a DUI. “If we had been in court, it would have been really embarrassing,” she told me.

We knew the Nordic countries saw their fair share of snow, but Norway has taken it to a new level. Promising new research suggests that getting an endometriosis diagnosis doesn’t have to be painful or drawn out over years. How Americans became workaholics who don’t take their PTO. The women’s NCAA tournament is overshadowing men’s March Madness and smashing records. For some refreshingly low-stakes international tension, catch up on the battle over pasta carbonara. The sight of single dad (and eagle) Murphy is at once the saddest and sweetest thing we’ve ever seen. Actually, this story about plants crying is the saddest. And if you’re going to drunk-cook this weekend, do so responsibly.

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