If your girlfriend is getting a divorce

Sometimes things can go very differently than planned in love. Not just for you, but also for your girlfriends.

They always thought they would stay together with their great love, but they end up breaking up. And then your friend suddenly gets a divorce. From that nice guy. Or from that loser you always had the sneaky feeling that ‘he wasn't really the one for her’. The life of your best buddy suddenly turns upside down. How you deal with that in a nice way is incredibly difficult, but you can help her.

And we know how.

1. Make sure your house always has an open door. She needs to feel at home more than ever now that she doesn't feel at home in her own house. Open that door for her, constantly invite her, and say that she can always stay over. Your house, her house, so to speak.

2. Keep listening. Don't judge, just listen.

3. Help her with practical matters. Paperwork is more fun when you sift through it together over a cup of coffee (or a nice glass of Chardonnay).

4. Watch her kids if she has any. Just do it without her asking.

5. Don't take sides and don't immediately speak badly about The Ex. Don't say right away that you never liked him or her. Who knows... They might get back together someday and then she knows that you think that person is a total jerk.

6. Make extra time for her and surprise her with something nice, do something active together. A massage together, a day at the spa, a night away at the beach. That will lift her spirits, a little break from the daily grind.

7. Send a card to let her know you're thinking of her. It means more to someone than a text.

8. Don't talk too much about your partner and your sweet love life. She's not waiting for that, for the love happiness of others.

9. Don't talk about ‘the other fish in the sea’ either. She's not waiting for that right now.

10. Cry along with her. Tell her that she always has you, no matter what happens.