First Wives World is a place for women to find divorce support through social networking, forums, discussion groups, best-in-class resources, relevant news and entertainment. Our goal is to provide women the resources, experts, mentors, tools and communities (both online and offline) required to support them at any stage of divorce and assist them in moving their lives forward through smarts, friendship and laughter.

First Wives World was created to help redefine the divorce experience for women contemplating, navigating or moving beyond divorce. By redefine, we mean we are trying to help change the perception of divorce in today's society and therefor make it easier for women to navigate the life challenges of divorce. Through new tools, easier and more organized resources and the first social network uniquely designed for divorced and divorcing women we hope to create new ways for women discuss divorce more openly with others going exactly what they're going through.

(div-vors’ , -vors) v. A verb from the Latin divortium coined circa 1350 meaning “to separate or cut off.” Much has changed in 657 years. Women got the vote, birth control, a say in who they said I do to, careers, water-proof mascara, and today, over 50% of those who tie the not, get it untied. It’s been over half a millennium since divorce was defined. It’s time the word divorce was redefined. If not the word, then certainly the experience.

Devastated. Relieved. Catatonic. Ecstatic. Angry. Giddy. In desperate need of a nap? We experience a multitude of feelings when going through a separation of any sort. Sometimes one at a time. Often all at once. But we all feel for each other. And whatever sounds that little voice in your head is making, you can voice it hear, and it’ll be heard.

Divorce hurts. Like a bitch. So go ahead — scream, yell, cry, sob, or bang at your keyboard until your fingers hurt. You’re not alone, and, most importantly; you’re not the first to feel this way. So, let it out, and know you can always find someone here going through exactly what you’re going through.

Divorce is no laughing matter. Until it is. We respect and understand the former, but hope to get you to the latter. Whether it's through some of the musings of our featured bloggers, or fictional entertainment, we hope to reveal that the best healing can come through a smile, or better yet, laughing 'til it hurts!

We’re trying to take the misery out of commiseration. Even if your divorce wasn’t ugly, and you couldn’t be happier, divorce isn’t something anyone gets past easily. But together we can get past it, eventually. So if you’re diving head first into firstwivesworld, or just dipping your toe, we hope you’ll find many truths — above all that life does go on.

Divorced women don’t have to be a part of a broken couple. They can be full-fledged members of a community. We’re all different, but in many ways exactly alike – Rich, poor, black, white, younger, older, Baptist, Buddhist, orthodox Jewish, Irish Catholic women dealing with old, new or possibly imminent divorces. Right now, in this space and time that one fact has brought us together to support, hear, inform and inspire each other. And transform us into one strong sisterhood.