Divorce lawyer reveals how she knows whether or not a new marriage will last

A divorce lawyer has a special kind of sixth sense: The sense of when a marriage will or won’t last.

While it’s not as cool as being able to read minds or teleport, it’s sort of like a prediction power- which is very handy.

Having worked with couples in the process of divorcing for nearly two decades, she’s pretty clued up about the common signs they all share.

Kristen Farris, from New York City, US, has even come up with a way to expand her business to those she spots that are in the soon-to-be-divorced category.

She pops her business card in their wedding card as part of their present. Yep, really.

It all begins when she sees either a couple who are madly in-love or a couple who won’t stand the test of time.

With the first pair, they’ll get her well-wishes, and for the second couple, they’ll get her service.

That’s a pretty different approach to take to two couples, however, considering she knows what she’s talking about - it’s safe to say that she’s on the money about her assessment.

Farris claimed that she’ll know that a couple won't last when they have a ‘lack of communication’ and having different life goals.

“If they aren’t talking about their future choices early on, it’s a tell-tale sign they won’t last past 10 years,” she said.

According to the Office of National Statistics, the 2022 ‘divorce rates were 6.7 for men and 6.6 for women, per 1,000 of the male or female married population’.

So, it’s not like she’s presumptuous in handing out her card for business… But to Farris, handing her card out at weddings is more of a joke.

She explained to Newsweek: “Obviously, the people who invite me to their weddings know what I do for a living.”

But scarily, she confirmed that she has an eight out of ten success rate in guessing who will be divorced.

She added: “So, first I try to add a nice little note in their card with some advice in a joking manner.

“Then I would write something witty like, ‘Should things not work out and you ever need me in the future, know that I’m here for only one of you'.”

Farris said on TikTok: “If I truly believe that they’re going to need it, I will put my business card in my wedding card.”

Having posted a TikTok video for more than 700,000 viewers, she said that: “I don’t do it to people I think will last. I do it people that won’t last.”

Thankfully, people laugh about her card dropping antics, so it’s not like she’s being thrown out or barred from weddings in the future.

She explained: “I almost always get them to laugh, or they start to fight over who gets me first.

“That’s usually my favorite.

“I have tons of friends who tell their spouse they can’t have me in the divorce because they get me as their attorney.”