MamaJD: Divorcers Don’t Decide Friend Custody

Usually, friends decide custody of which friendship to maintain (when a couple divorces) by applying one of the following rules:

1. The Friendship Prior To Marriage Rule. A simple test based on which came first chronologically - the friendship or the marriage? This seems to be the most common rule to apply unless #2 takes precedent.
2. The A-Hole Rule. Another simple test regardless of who knew who first. You decide custody by determining who in the marriage was the biggest A-Hole. Sometimes, your bestest friend of many, many years just deserves what they get, ya know?

Then when all else fails:

3. The Separate But Equal Rule. This rule allows for joint custody of each person in the divorce. Friendship will be maintained but on a separate but equal status.

MamaJD

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