Why Couldn’t I Stop Telling People About My Divorce? | Vogue
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Divorce may be almost as common as childbirth, and marks another massive change. But it’s less clear what you’re supposed to say about it.
Some Personal News August 6, 2026 TALK THERAPY “I didn’t want to be an oversharer,” writes Karni, “I was a journalist!”Photos: Getty Images. Collage by Vogue. During the first summer after my separation, I didn’t mean to tell the people running this country that I was getting divorced— it just kept coming out. I’ve always been a fairly open book. But when my marriage ended abruptly in the summer of 2025, I felt a frantic need to tell everyone what had happened. Maybe it was a bid for sympathy. Or I was in shock. I wondered if this was my way of putting it out into the world that I was…
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