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Five kids, crushing child support payments, and barely any take-home pay left

A snapshot of a Kenyan father’s payslip recently went viral because it revealed a devastating reality about how punishing child support payments can be in other parts of the world. It revealed that his remaining take-home pay, after child support deductions, was the equivalent of a whopping $100.

Suddenly, divorces in America, many of which typically involve fights about who gets to keep the La-Z-Boy, feel less catastrophic.

No one bounces back after a divorce quite like Nicole Kidman

If divorce had a style icon, a survival guide, and a patron saint all rolled into one, it would be Nicole Kidman.

Few public figures have turned post-divorce reinvention into such an art form. One minute, the tabloids are feasting on her heartbreak. The next, she’s gliding down a red carpet in something sleek, collecting awards, headlining prestige dramas, and reminding the world that the end of a marriage is not the end of the story.