Divorce budgets tend to have some obvious line items: attorneys, court costs, housing, insurance and perhaps the cost of selling or refinancing a home. Then someone moves into a new apartment or house and realizes she doesn’t own a can opener.
Suddenly, the shopping list includes a bed, sheets, towels, cookware, dishes, lamps, cleaning products, a vacuum, trash cans, shower curtains, tools, furniture and dozens of other things accumulated almost invisibly during years of marriage. Individually, most don’t look like major expenses. Together, they can turn starting over into a surprisingly large bill.
