The 1st lesbians to marry in NY last year are the first to divorce
Gay couples impulsively rushed to get hitched when New York passed the Marriage Equality Act on June 24, 2011. It wasn’t the matrimony or the sanctity of marriage that they were after, for some it was the fame or the bragging rights that comes with being the first to do anything, like owning the newest iPhone.
In their haste to marry the woman of their dreams, Katie Marks and Dese’Rae Stage danced in the streets, then rushed up the steps of the courthouse to say “I do.”
Katie wearing a magenta dress and Des dressed in skinny jeans and pink Chuck Taylors joined 23 other couples at the Pop Up Chapel, a one-day wedding event in Central Park, according to TheAtlanticwire.com.
By January, the newness of marriage had worn off, and a stark reality had set in: they really weren’t made for each other after all. By March, Katie moved in with her new lover, a woman she met on Instagram. Now Katie and Des are among the first gay couples — if not the first — to get a divorce in NY.
“I’m trying to find the most loving way to get us through this practically,” Des told a reporter, “but I do believe we never should have been anything more than friends.”
Naturally, Des is not as enthusiastic about her upcoming divorce as she was when she spoke to reporters last year, and when contacted by a reporter, Katie declined to discuss her brief marriage.
Unlike gay marriage, gay divorce doesn’t have that same ring to it.
“Most people aren’t checking with their lawyer before they get married,” says Elizabeth Schwartz, a lawyer practicing in Florida. “They’re doing what straight people do: ‘I’m excited, let’s get married, and work out the problem later.’”
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So Dopamine runs rampant in the
community too huh? 
HOW IS THIS NEWS.. PEOPLE DIVORCE ALL THE FAWKN TIIME.. SOMETIMES LESS THAN 6 MONTHS LATER
the dude jumping to the left look like jack black lol
EVRYBODY AROUND THE ESSITED THEY JUST POSING LIKE “YEP”
The drill is gone. Just like a lot of heterosexual couples. After all the glitz and glam of the wedding, you realize it was about the wedding and that you really don’t like your spouse.
Sandra, how do you feel about being a lesbian?
Dopamine and other brain chemicals are responsible for that “high” you feel when you think you’re in love. A lot of people don’t get that the “high” doesn’t last, but true love does. So wait until the high, ie Dopamine, wears off before you rush to get married. Sometimes it takes years. If you don’t have the patience to wait, then you won’t have patience in your marriage either.
@ eastpointvet, he sure does!
LAKES
Sandra Rose says:
Dopamine and other brain chemicals are responsible for that “high” you feel when you think you’re in love. A lot of people don’t get that the “high” doesn’t last, but true love does. So wait until the high, ie Dopamine, wears off before you rush to get married. Sometimes it takes years. If you don’t have the patience to wait, then you won’t have patience in your marriage either.
True!
GM Auntie & Roses!!!
@ lovezoe: I feel great. I love women. I wouldn’t have it any other way, if you know what I mean.
Oh! Sounds like sh!t that happens everyday
lovezoe says:
Sandra, how do you feel about being a lesbian?
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Same question…Always wondered….
Eastvet
i had the same thought
Wait a couple got divorced?? What is the world coming to???
Gm all!
*rubs eyes* Fox E!
hey girl 
where u been?
ZoeZoe
#17 funny, kei ! ! btw, keylime anything is my favorite
Soooo she met her new lover on Instagram?! Wooooow
FAYLA, Kei (where you been guhl) MAN, MANNIE, FOX
SASSY MOTHERFCUKING SASSY if you’re lurking don’t nobody care about your lush braid out and beautiful face…always showing off and whatnot hmpf
Look at Sandra trying to share some knowledge to us folks!
But what u sayin is true, cuz I was over my ex & his routine after 2 years
I NEED SOME ENERGY.. I SOOO SLEEPY
NO BUENO!
Morning Yall
popups
BiBi
@Naija
Been hella busy getting stuff together for our new arrival.
Wait who are u on twitter??
ehhhh, morning…
KEI – awwwww you’re having a baby? too cute…do you know what you’re having…congratulations
BiBi – I’m not on twitter
FeFE – check out them long sexy gams…go head ma
Hey fayla!
Girl Big Brother been 
me…
@Naija
I ain’t having shyt.. One birth was enough.. Adoption girl due in August.
KEI CONGRATS
KEI well you’re still having a baby
…congrats…girls are awesome before 13 and after 25, I kid I kid… *tosses confetti*
@Naija & Lakes thanks!
Fefe
EERRRRRYTHING I SAY COMES TO PASS
FOLKS CHANTING FOR THE RIGHT TO MARRY AND ELUDING THEY COULD DO A BETTER JOB AT IT THAN HETEROSEXUALS COULD
IN ALL RELATIONSHIPS, DIVORCE OR AN ENDING IS ALWAYS POSSIBLE
I’LL SIT BACK AND SIP
CAUSE I ALREADY KNOW MOST DON’T WANT TO HEAR I TOLD YOU SO
THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING, CAN’T WAIT FOR DIVORCE COURT TO START CASTING SAME SEX DIVORCES-I’M CERTAIN THE PROCEEDING WILL BE VERY ENTERTAINING AND MAKE FOR GREAT TV
If you don’t have the patience to wait, then you won’t have patience in your marriage either.
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Excellent Point!
Sandra ever since you first put up your post on the Dopamine high people feel when they first meet someone, I have been in total agreement. I have a friend that I know this is going to happen to in about 5-4-3-2-…In the beginning I told him you’re head for trouble, but now I’ve decided to keep my mouth shut. Anyway, the dopamine experience totally makes since to me. I always try and step back a little from relationships, just a little to try and see what it may be down the road.