Thumbelyna Quick Hands wrote:
Was perusing some stuff and came across
this.
I've seen this come up time and again in family law and I've always heard the standard "I couldn't leave until the kids were older" or "I can't just throw her off my insurance."
I guess the amicable un-divorce is the new black. Granted, I'm sure that one spouse would be awfully upset if after a few years of an un-divorce situation, the other spouse wants a divorce for whatever reason.
Marriages used to be arranged for business and other non-love reasons (and still are in some parts of the world). Divorces can be approached the same way as well.
The new black? Maybe I'm not understanding your meaning.
Living separately while legally married may work for some older folks that are well situated dependently of each other. I don't think it's a new idea. Many older folks
live together but separately - separate rooms, separate schedules that leave them not crossing paths, separate social lives etc. The phenomena is probably as old as marriage itself.
For most however, if they decide they no longer want to share their lives with one individual, they probably want to remove themselves both physically and legally (and emotionally) from the union.
Edited, Aug 10th 2010 4:16pm by Elinda 
