Because I’ve been known to have a one-track mind, I’m still thinking about what I wrote about last week: Should some people just stay single?

My partner and I have been talking about this a lot lately. We are two of the most compatible people I’ve ever known. We live together. We run a business together. We work in our home office together.

And we are completely and utterly sick of each other. Actually, that’s not entirely true. We’re not sick of each other, we’re sick of not being alone.

Here’s the thing: We’re both very independent people. We’re both people pleasers. We both go out of our way to make the other person desperately, completely, ragingly happy. It’s exhausting, and I don’t think we want to do it any more.

We want to eat what we want for dinner. We want to stop discussing the color of paint on the walls. We want to stop planning and talking and communicating. We both just want to be left alone.

I was reading one of my favorite columnists, Lisa Kogan from Oprah’s O Magazine. She and her — what? Husband? Fiance? Boyfriend? Non-domestic partner? — live in two different countries and have no plans to change that situation. They’re in love. They’re monogamous. They’re happy. They see each other once a month.

I wonder if that would work for us. I mean, separate continents might be a bit much. I’m not in love with the idea of schlepping the baby across the ocean on a monthly basis. But maybe separate places in the same city might work.

As we dished yesterday, British heiress Stephanie Allen is in the process of divorcing Tony because he and The Lohan allegedly got too close at the Cirque Lodge clinic in Utah last month.

This week, Stephanie — whose family makes billions making McDonald's boxes — filed an affidavit claiming the "defendant's conduct with another woman" has lead to the union being "irretrievably broken."

But, Lohan's people are screaming bull. "It's unfortunate Stephanie Allen is blaming the demise of her marriage on Lindsay," her rep told US magazine. "Stephanie needs to look at her marriage to determine the reason why things went wrong because it has nothing to do with Lindsay. Lindsay and Tony are friends and that's all. They are supporting one another through a similar experience. This is a friendship based on trust and mutual support and nothing else."

Officially, Tony is denying the rumors. "We're great friends. We share a common affliction, and we just talk about life sometimes."

Off the record, though, one report has the Tony bragging about the celebrity conquest in typical rock star fashion. "C'mon, it's Lindsay Lohan. Hell, yes! Wouldn't you?"

For the record, we have to point out how pandering handlers contribute to their celebrity client's addictions and general bad behavior. The solution? Get rid of the enabling reps, and let Stephanie and Lohan — uh — "talk" it out.

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Okay, let’s dig into these Census Bureau divorce statistics a little more before I get all numbered out for one weekend.

The New York Times ran an interesting piece on Thursday with one particular number that has received a lot of play in the press and here at FWW: More than half of all marriages don’t make it to 25 years.

Now, there are a ton of statistics in the story worth mentioning. I think it’s interesting to trace the numbers of marriages over the years that have lasted 25 years. If you got married in the 1950s, you might as well have been Ward and June Cleaver. You had a 70 percent chance of celebrating a silver anniversary, and an 80 percent chance of at least getting to 15 years.

But the number that jumped out at me was buried at the bottom of the story, most likely because it’s a stat that was initially reported earlier this year. But it’s still really significant: Just over 50 percent of women in the U.S. don’t have a husband. They’re either divorced, separated or have never been married. That says something about the divorce rate, of course. But it seems to me it also says something about women living independent lives. And I think that’s good.

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Country singer Sara Evans was in court yesterday to defend against allegations by her soon-to-be ex-husband, Craig Schelske, that she's been sleeping her way up and down the A-list. Schelske made headlines last week when he filed a 118-page manifesto with the divorce court, demanding that Evans admit to affairs with eleven other celebrities, including Kenny Chesney and Will Smith.

Attorneys for Evans denied the charges, noting that Evans has only met Smith once, and it lasted a mere five minutes. Chancellor R. E. Lee Davies, the presiding judge in the case, ruled against Schelske as well, finding the couple had already reached an agreement and no further hearings are required. Read more on Evans here.

Meanwhile, embattled pop-star-cum-disaster Britney Spears was in court Monday, facing a mass exodus of advisors and turncoat employees.

Spears' divorce attorney, Laura Wasser, appeared at a hearing to formally withdraw as counsel for the singer. Meanwhile, Spears' managers at Hollywood-based the Firm have dropped her as well, citing "current circumstances" as "prevent[ing] us from doing our job."

Adding to the damage was the surprise appearance of Tony Barretto, a bodyguard fired by Spears several months ago. Though Barretto didn't testify, sources reveal he was prepared to allege "nudity by Ms. Spears, drug use and safety issues involving the children." The Spears camp characterized Barretto as disgruntled.

The writer who brought us “The Starter Wife” is developing a comedy-drama series about divorce for NBC.

Novelist Gigi Levangie Grazer’s “The Starter Wife” was adapted into a mini-series that aired on USA Network earlier this year. A Reuters report on Levangie Grazer’s deal with NBC didn’t mention when the new show would air or what its title would be. But based on its premise, the show sounds like it’ll be worth watching.

It’ll tell the story of a 30-something couple with two kids that’s getting a divorce, but still living together. Levangie Grazer knows the subject well. She’s in the process of her second divorce, splitting up with Hollywood producer Brian Grazer. The show will deal with a lot of the issues we write about here at FWW, namely how to divorce in peace and how to co-parent through a divorce. As Levangie Grazer said in the Reuters story, acrimonious divorces are "so 1990s."

I’m interested to give this one a shot. Here’s hoping NBC doesn’t give it a quick hook and pull the plug on it before it finds its footing. A show like this could give a lot of people a little sense of comfort. Sometimes it’s nice to have a bit of a reminder that there are lots of people out there dealing with the same things you are.

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On Friday, we heard from Thomas W. Weeks III, the minister accused of attacking his wife, televangelist Juanita Bynum. Apparently, he’s decided not to contest the couple’s impending divorce, as we previously wrote about here at FWW.

You don’t get much more bizarre than a man of God abusing his wife.

Weeks said all the right things, denying he’d assaulted his wife and denouncing the abuse of women. But there’s still the little matter of that police report where Bynum claimed that he choked her, threw her to the ground and stomped on her. And regardless of what actually happened between them, Bynum is still seeking a divorce.

This whole thing is a little bit of déjà vu. We all remember the many televangelist scandals of yesteryear. As someone who’s happily non-religious, I always think it’s funny when these things happen to religious leaders. But it’s also a reminder that real-life situations, like marriages that don’t work, can happen to anyone.

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It appears - at least during Shaq's engagement to his soon-to-be-ex-wife Shaunie - the NBA star was spending some serious quality time with Karinne Steffans, the infamous "Video Vixen" who's been indulged by a list of celebs, including Jay-Z and Usher.

"On the first date, he gave me $10,000," Steffans told The New York Daily News. "Over four months, [he spent] more than $40,000 on me, as far as I can remember."

Coming out swinging, Shaq is accusing Shaunie of being "secretive about her assets," according to a petition filed by his lawyer, Ira Elegant, in Miami-Dade Circuit Court on Tuesday.

The petition also requests that the court require Shaunie to give a "correct accounting of all money, funds, stocks, bonds, and other securities (including bearer securities)" obtained during their marriage. An existing pre-nuptial already "contains extensive provisions providing for confidentiality and non-disclosure," according to the petition.

We're dying to see what comes to light tomorrow. We're just hoping that Shaunie's lawyers are as well prepared to deal with whatever new revelations should service in the coming day and months. Particularly with Steffans now involved, we know which team we're rooting for. Go, Shaunie! Go!

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By the looks of it, Shaq, 35, was well prepared for his eventual spit from Shaunie, 32 who was his long-term girlfriend before the two made it official in late 2002. The couple's home, on Miami Beach's exclusive Star Island, was already up for sale for $32 million.

An existing pre-nuptial "contains extensive provisions providing for confidentiality and non-disclosure," according to a petition filed by O'Neal's lawyer, Ira Elegant, in Miami-Dade Circuit Court on Tuesday.

Ready to play hardball, Shaq — who makes a cool $20 million a year playing for the Miami Heat — said in the petition that Shaunie has been "secretive about her assets ... particularly with respect to certain properties owned or titled in either [her] name alone or in other entities." The petition requests that the court require Shaunie to give a "correct accounting of all money, funds, stocks, bonds, and other securities (including bearer securities)" obtained during their marriage.

Personally, we wouldn't want to tangle with someone of Shaq's superhuman girth, but Shaunie is obviously a tough cookie. A lesser woman would never have made it this far with the O'Neal. Either way, Shaunie and the kids will be well cared for. The fight, if there is one, will likely be had over the terms of that care.

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There was an interesting piece yesterday in the Hartford Courant about classes aimed at couples who are remarrying.

The gist is that most divorced people — even the ones who might have participated in marriage-preparation counseling the first time around — don't avail themselves of that help as they head into a second marriage. Since remarriages end in divorce at a higher rate than first marriages, it seems like second marriage classes might be a good idea.

The story does a good job of pointing out the fact that many divorced people consider themselves "experienced" — they don't expect to fall into the same traps as their first marriages because they've "been there and done that." The problem is, though, that most divorced people probably don't know much about what it takes to have a successful marriage. Sure, there's that segment of jilted partners who had their happy home-life destroyed by a cheating spouse, but for most of us, the road to divorce was a two-way street. Sitting down to talk with someone about the issues unique to remarriages sounds like a good idea.

The problem I have with the concept is that it seems like most classes are happening within churches. If you're not religious, or if you're opposed to pre-marriage counseling from that perspective, you don't seem to have many options.

Perhaps there's an untapped niche for the marriage counseling market here: Secular second-marriage counseling. I question how much benefit someone who doesn't know you or your soon-to-be spouse can provide by meeting with you a few times. If it's geared specifically toward second-marriages, without religious dogma attached, it might just be worthwhile.

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The latest jab in the high-profile split comes from a so-called pal of the anchorwoman who says it was Cohen's cold sexless ways that alienated Zahn. "She and Richard weren't having sex for some time," the friend "confided" to the [New York] Daily News.

Friends of the real estate developer, meanwhile, are pointing to Zahn's sex diary, which Cohen himself discovered, that paints in "lurid" detail his wife's affair with Fribourg, who's been a friend of the couple. Reportedly, the Fribourgs, Zahn and Cohen vacationed and socialized together. "Richard felt like he'd been stabbed in the heart twice when he found out his wife had been cheating with one of his best friends," one of Cohen's buddies tells the News.

According to Cohen's friend, Zahn's claims of a sexless marriage are designed to "undermine their prenup." Last week, Zahn filed suit in Manhattan Supreme Court alleging Cohen mismanaged the $25 million she invested with him. Zahn also claims Cohen is trying to gain "some sort of tactical advantage" by withholding financial information from her.

Neither Cohen, 59, nor Zahn, 51, has filed for divorce, but Zahn has already left the Fifth Ave. co-op the two once shared with their three children--daughter Haley, 17, and sons Jared, 13, and Austin, 10. Fribourg and his estranged wife Josabeth are in the middle of a divorce. Zahn and Fribourg's affair allegedly began a year ago.