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<p>As the poet Taylor Swift once said, &quot;So it&#39;s gonna be forever, or it&#39;s gonna go down in flames.&quot;</p><p>A woman Texas went with the latter.</p><p><a href="https://www.independent.ie/videos/entertainment/watch-texas-woman-celebrates-divorce-by-blowing-up-wedding-dress-37526047.html">Kimberly Santleben-Stiteler</a> made sure her marriage ended with a literal bang, and hosted a &quot;divorce party&quot; that could be felt from 15 miles away when she made her wedding dress explode.</p><oembed>https://www.facebook.com/csantleben/videos/pcb.10156691070211083/10156691064641083/?type=3&amp;theater</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div> <p> </p> </div><p>The newly liberated woman invited 40 friends over to her place in La Coste, Texas, where she attached $200 worth of Tannerite on the dress. Don&#39;t worry&mdash;she consulted a friend who is a bomb expert on the safest way to make the symbol of her marriage go down flames.</p><p>&quot;I wanted to remove all things from our marriage from our house,&quot; the new divorc&eacute;e told <a href="https://www.centredaily.com/news/nation-world/national/article221527670.html">McClatchy. </a>&quot;Photos in the attic, ring in the safe (but probably going to sell it) and the dress I wanted to burn.&quot;</p><p>&quot;I had a lot of advice and suggestions from friends and family, like donating it for premature babies and baptism gowns. However, to me, the dress represented a lie. I wanted to have a divorce party to burn the dress.&quot;</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div><iframe allow="encrypted-media" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="502" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fphoto.php%3Ffbid%3D10156691065041083%26set%3Da.421334721082%26type%3D3&amp;width=500" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" width="500"></iframe></div><p>She loaded her dress up with explosives and shot it with a rifle from 200 miles away, saying farewell to the dress she wore that one time 14 years ago as her friends and family cheered.</p><div><iframe allow="encrypted-media" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="503" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fphoto.php%3Ffbid%3D10156691065001083%26set%3Da.421334721082%26type%3D3&amp;width=500" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" width="500"></iframe></div><p>The party looked epic, and was complete with a &quot;I&#39;m Not with Stupid Anymore&quot; fascinator.</p><div><iframe allow="encrypted-media" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="502" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fphoto.php%3Ffbid%3D10156691064806083%26set%3Da.421334721082%26type%3D3&amp;width=500" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" width="500"></iframe></div><p>Kimberly&#39;s sister, Carla, posted pics with a hilarious string of hashtags, including, &quot;<a data-ft="{&quot;type&quot;:104,&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;*N&quot;}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/ourfamilyandfriendsareawesome?source=embed" target="_blank">#OurFamilyAndFriendsAreAwesome</a> <a data-ft="{&quot;type&quot;:104,&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;*N&quot;}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/yousuck?source=embed" target="_blank">#YouSuck</a> <a data-ft="{&quot;type&quot;:104,&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;*N&quot;}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/yourgirlfriendsucks?source=embed" target="_blank">#YourGirlfriendSucks</a>.&quot;</p><oembed>https://www.facebook.com/csantleben/posts/10156691070211083</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>&quot;On the one hand, it was like being on set of some action movie. The explosion was huge,&quot; Santleben-Stiteler told the<a href="https://www.centredaily.com/news/nation-world/national/article221527670.html"> <em>Centre Daily Times.</em> </a>&quot;It was liberating pulling that trigger. It was closure for all of us.&quot;</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Watching this divorcée blow up her wedding dress is break-up porn.

As the poet Taylor Swift once said, &quot;So it&#39;s gonna be forever, or it&#39;s gonna go down in flames.&quot;A woman Texas went with the latter.Kimberly Santleben-Stiteler made sure her marriage ended with a literal bang, and hosted a &quot;divorce party&quot; that could be felt from 15 miles away when she made her wedding dress explode.https://www.facebook.com/csantleben/videos/pcb.10156691070211083/10156691064641083/?type=3&amp;theater   The newly liberated woman invited 40 friends over to her place in La Coste, Texas, where she attached $200 worth of Tannerite on the dress. Don&#39;t worry&mdash;she consulted a friend who is a bomb expert on the safest way to make the symbol of her marriage go down flames.&quot;I wanted to remove all things from our marriage from our house,&quot; the new divorc&eacute;e told McClatchy. &quot;Photos in the attic, ring in the safe (but probably going to sell it) and the dress I wanted to burn.&quot;&quot;I had a lot of advice and suggestions from friends and family, like donating it for premature babies and baptism gowns. However, to me, the dress represented a lie. I wanted to have a divorce party to burn the dress.&quot;She loaded her dress up with explosives and shot it with a rifle from 200 miles away, saying farewell to the dress she wore that one time 14 years ago as her friends and family cheered.The party looked epic, and was complete with a &quot;I&#39;m Not with Stupid Anymore&quot; fascinator.Kimberly&#39;s sister, Carla, posted pics with a hilarious string of hashtags, including, &quot;#OurFamilyAndFriendsAreAwesome #YouSuck #YourGirlfriendSucks.&quot;https://www.facebook.com/csantleben/posts/10156691070211083&quot;On the one hand, it was like being on set of some action movie. The explosion was huge,&quot; Santleben-Stiteler told the Centre Daily Times. &quot;It was liberating pulling that trigger. It was closure for all of us.&quot;

As the poet Taylor Swift once said, &quot;So it&#39;s gonna be forever, or it&#39;s gonna go down in flames.&quot;  A woman Texas went with the latter.  Kimberly Santleben-Stiteler made sure her marriage ended with a literal bang, and...