When a term appears in the publication world that really says it all, I stand up and listen. That is what happened when I read about “Grey Divorce”. According to Deidre Bair, author of Calling it Quits: Late-Life Divorce and Starting Over, this term is very appropriate. The author reports:
The catalysts are as varied and complicated for older couples as they are for anyone else. But Ms. Bair did find that one common motivator was simply the steady buildup of the same kind of behavior over a long period of time until one day, one of the partners snaps.
Ms. Bair spoke to a woman who was getting ready for Passover when she realized her marriage was over. “As she put it, she was up to her elbows in chopped chicken liver. She needed a spatula she couldn’t reach and she asked her husband to get it for her, and he yelled at her to be quiet because he was watching television. And she said ‘that’s it.’ There are these little things that push people over the edge.”
I’ve included the link to the complete article from the Financial Post, published April 5, 2008, as a starting point for more discussion about Grey Divorce. What applies at 60 in this article can be applied downward…say to 50…my own age of calling it quits.
http://www.nationalpost.com/todays_paper/story.html?id=423205
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