Why More Older Couples Are Divorcing More couples in their 50s, 60s, and even 70s are choosing to end their marriages after decades together. These so-called “gray divorces” or “empty nester divorces” often occur after children have moved out, leaving spouses to reevaluate their relationship and future. For some Rhode Island couples, the absence of…
Rise of the Gray Divorce While short-lived marriages are the stuff of tabloid articles and morbid curiosity, the public tends to think of twenty-year or thirty-year marriages as unshakeable. With advances in medicine and an overall increase in lifespans from our parents’ and grandparents’ generations, there has come about a new social phenomenon: the “gray”…
A ‘gray divorce’ refers to a split that happens between an older husband and wife, often after many years of marriage. With more and more couples over fifty, or even over sixty-five, choosing to part ways, the phenomenon has also earned the names, ‘silver splitter’ and ‘diamond divorce.’ While it might be unsettling to think…