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I think these are people who were unhappy together during their younger years too but busied themselves with work, kids etc. to hide that and developed seperate lives. Then when it's time for retirement they can't stand to be around each other because they didn't like each in the first place anyway.
I agree these divorces are baffling. I don't get it. If you lasted for several decades, why divorce as grandparents? To sow some wild oats? Those oats are probably way too oaty to sow ... just let it go at that point.
I think these are people who were unhappy together during their younger years too but busied themselves with work, kids etc. to hide that and developed seperate lives. Then when it's time for retirement they can't stand to be around each other because they didn't like each in the first place anyway.
If you lasted for several decades, why divorce as grandparents?
And should people have to be miserable for the rest of their lives just because they managed to keep it together for decades? I think it's great this type of divorce is rising. People are now aware they don't have to stay married just because. It's frightening to see some people would voluntarily accept being miserable until their deaths.
I think these are people who were unhappy together during their younger years too but busied themselves with work, kids etc. to hide that and developed seperate lives. Then when it's time for retirement they can't stand to be around each other because they didn't like each in the first place anyway.
It's not uncommon for people who have to go to work everyday and have activities with their children as they grow their family to become annoying to each other when they retire and are on top of each other 24/7.
It's only a pity these people have waited so long to divorce. You can't take back 30 or 40 years of being miserable.
Why the assumption of misery?
My parents eventually divorced, but my dad always says that when we were kids and living as a family, that it was the best years of his life. Not everyone is as misery focused.
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