Late Life Divorce
Increased health, more disposable income, living longer, and increased expectations for happiness... has spurned a new trend: The late life divorce.
Deirdre Blair's new book, "Calling It Quits: Late Life Divorce and Starting Over," explores why people are increasingly getting a divorce after decades of marriage.
Infidelity, falling out of love, and growing apart are just a few of the reasons why couples are increasingly calling it quits as they approach their golden years.
More details on this growing trend can be found in an article in the Hartfort Courant and an AARP report on divorce.
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At 56 years old, 30 years married, 5 daughters, grandchildren, post-grad degree, and cut low by a chronic autoimmune illness (characterized by husband as my "deciding to go crazy"), I was lured to husband's office to repair a computer. However, I was met by a process server handing me dissolution papers and a restraining order; tossed out of my home, fired from my job (husband and I worked together in his litigation practice), and my historically robust health down the drain.
That was 18 months ago and I continue to find myself asking, "Who is this person?" "How did this happen?" "Have my heretofore keen perceptions been erroneous or self-deceptive?" "What do I do now?"
In short, I'm looking for a way out of the (what feels like) trauma of betrayal. Quick and dirty process preferred. ;~)
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