Reuters reports that Debenhams, a British department store chain, has established a divorce registry where people going through a divorce can list items they need.
"A divorce means that one partner will be leaving the marital home and therefore be left without any essentials in their new house," Debenhams head of retail services Peter Moore said in a statement.
"Divorcing can be an expensive time and registering for a divorce gift list means that family and friends can help the newly separated begin their new life."
London law firm Lloyd Platt & Company said before Christmas that it had been swamped with enquiries after it started offering gift vouchers for divorce advice.
Reuters says items on the items on the Debenhams divorce gift list include cookware, cutlery, linens, towels, appliances, clothes and electronics. People divorcing may need things after splitting up home products with their partner but having an official divorce registry seems odd.
