From marriage to a divorce - how your circle of friends changes!

Have you noticed, how your circle of friends changes when you move from the "married" category, to the "divorced" one?
Whoever I'm talking to agrees, that after they have divorced their partners, the number of their close friends have...shrinked significantly. Yes, just when the common perception tells you that having a "freedom" will make your circle of friends expanding, the opposite is true.
Whether it's due to the divorcee being a bit shy, less trusting and intrivert, or because others seem to perceive him or her as a threat to their existing friends, you'll find that on average, a divorced person feels often very lonely.

Is there any solution for it? Can anyone who left the ranks of married people and entered the divorcees, find honest friendship? My opinion is, you must to do it slowly. Let the time be your ally. This will help you avoid more life disappointments...