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When Amy Poehler and Will Arnett—arguably comedy's cutest duo—separated in 2012 after nine years of marriage, we were all a little sad (in the way you're bummed when something bad happens to someone you don't know, but feel like you do, because you watch a lot of Parks and Recreation). Though the two have been pretty mum about their split until now, Amy opened up about the separation in her forthcoming memoir, Yes Please (out October 28). She writes, "Imagine spreading everything you care about on a blanket and then tossing the whole thing up in the air. The process of divorce is about loading that blanket, throwing it up, watching it all spin, and worrying what stuff will break when it lands."

Although Amy describes her divorce as "too sad" and "too personal" to discuss in detail, in another excerpt snagged by Hello! magazine, she writes, "When you are a person going through a divorce you feel incredibly alone, yet you are constantly reminded by society of how frequently divorce happens and how common it has become. You aren't allowed to feel special, but no one knows the specific ways you are in pain."

Despite the sorrow that she so eloquently describes, Amy says, "I am proud of how my ex-husband Will and I have been taking care of our children." (They have two sons, ages four and nearly six.) "I am beyond grateful he is their father, and I don't think a 10-year marriage constitutes failure."

Amy even joked that fellow comedian Louis C.K. offered some comforting words. "Divorce is always good news because no good marriage has ever ended in divorce," he reportedly said. 

Though Amy pointedly says, "Getting a divorce really sucks," there is a new-ish love in her life. Since 2013, Amy has been dating Nick Kroll, another funnyman. "I have a boyfriend who knows how to settle me," she told E! "He puts his hand on my chest and tells me boring stories…. On one of our first nights together I woke up apologizing for my snoring and he pulled out two earplugs he had worn to bed so he could hear what I was saying. It was one of the most romantic gestures I have ever seen."

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