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Madonna and Gwyneth Paltrow went out for dinner in London last night, without their husbands. Apparently, this means that they are BOTH getting a divorce. Because, of course, we all know that dinner with the girls is a CLEAR sign of a marriage on the rocks.

We've heard the rumors about Paltrow and Coldplay's Chris Martin possibly separating, and we really don't buy them. Now Madonna and husband Guy Richie are rumored to be splitting up, for all the same reasons: her career has involved some travel, he hasn't been traveling with her because he has been working, and they haven't been photographed together in a really long time. Like since January.

The last time my husband and I were in the same photograph was Thanksgiving. Before that, who knows?

It is always possible that there is some substance to the rumors; after all, Ritchie's father John is quoted in Closer magazine as saying that Madonna and Guy are "not spending any time together. Madonna is busy in America with the children, and Guy wants to stay in the UK. They won't be spending Easter together either."

It is impossible to know what goes on in other people's relationships, honestly. Maybe the Ritchies are on the brink of divorce; maybe the Paltrow-Martins are too. What is most interesting to me is this: the best evidence we have so far for a split on either side is the fact that Madonna and Gwyneth ate dinner together last night, sans men.

Maybe they are leaning on each other in their similar times of need -- or maybe they just wanted to talk about their kids and their hair and how hard it is to be a working mom with a busy husband. You know, normal married woman stuff.

Or maybe they're exchanging divorce attorney's numbers. Hard to tell.