So remember how, over the summer, Kim Kardashian was on the cover of every magazine in existence, going on and on about how excited she was to get married and how this was going to be the best decision she ever made and how it didn't matter that it was costing millions of dollars because she was going to have her happily ever after?

Well, it didn't take.

This week, after only 72 days of marriage, Kim Kardashian filed for divorce from her husband, Kris Humphries. Within minutes of the announcement, #thingslongerthanKimsmarriage became a top trending topic on Twitter, with examples like "R. Kelly's ‘Trapped in the Closet' video," "Michael Jordan's baseball career" and "that pause Dora the Explorer does after she asks us a question." You get the idea—it was a really short marriage.

Now, while I make it a habit to pass judgment on celebrities (you don't get to write a weekly gossip column by being a nice person), I do think that the Internet in general is being pretty mean to Miss Kardashian, who fortunately did not take the time to change her name. That being said: Girl, you spent $10 million on your wedding, and you're not even going to give counseling a shot? Maybe sit down and talk to a therapist? Maybe, I don't know, turn off the cameras for five minutes and work on your marriage?

Understandably, the population that seems to be most upset about the divorce is the gay community, with gay celebrities and their allies taking to the Twitterverse to express their annoyance that Kim can meet a guy, marry him and divorce him in less than a year, but in most of the country, gay couples who have been together for decades still cannot marry. "Kim Kardashian files for divorce after 72 days. Another example of how same-sex marriage is destroying the sanctity of the very institution," George Takei (Captain Sulu of Star Trek) tweeted sarcastically on Monday, starting the tweet wave. Perez Hilton, Kathy Griffin and many others all followed Takei's example.

I won't say whether Kim's farce of a marriage has anything to do with the sanctity of the institution of marriage. But I will say this: If there's anything sacred about marriage, it's the love between the people involved, not their genitals, that matters. Kim didn't care enough about her marriage to even try and make it last, but my best friend's parents had to wait years for their wedding to be legally recognized in their home state? That's just seems a little backwards to me.

And Kim, for all of our sakes: next time you're thinking about getting married?

Don't.