EFFIE BATEMAN | Lifestyle | Contact
Recently divorced mums everywhere have discovered the ultimate cure for post-divorce blues: a dramatic photoshoot in a grassy field with their kids.
“It’s like, the moment the ink dries on the divorce papers, the universe hands you a floppy hat, a maxi dress, and the GPS coordinates to the nearest field,” said Maeve Plemens, 29, who recently finalised her divorce and immediately booked a photographer.
Field photoshoots, a rite of passage for newly single mothers, have become the go-to method for declaring, “I’m doing just fine, thank you,” without having to actually say it – the formula is simple: gather your kids, throw on a dress and pose dramatically in a field while pretending to gaze meaningfully into the distance.
“You’re not really divorced until you’ve twirled in slow motion with your children in a field of wildflowers,” said local photographer Claire Matthews, who has seen an uptick in business since she began advertising her ‘Post-Divorce Field Goddess Package.’
Social media has become flooded with these photos, each one indistinguishable from the next. Mums in matching denim and white linen run hand-in-hand with their children, staring lovingly into each other’s eyes as if the struggles of co-parenting and shared custody battles are nothing more than a distant memory.
The captions accompanying these photos are predictable: “New beginnings 🌸,” “Just the three of us 💕,” and, of course, “Thriving in the wild 🌾✨.
“It’s not about the photos,” insisted Karen Gronk, who recently completed her third field shoot since her split, “It’s about showing the world that you’re embracing your freedom and that you’ve mastered the art of pretending everything’s fine.”
Their kids, on the other hand, seem less enthused.
“I’m sad because mum and dad are getting divorced” said eight-year-old Emma, who spent most of her Saturday knee-deep in weeds, “but mum just keeps making me spin in circles and fake laugh.”
More to come.
