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[quote=Anonymous]My marriage is 110% better since the kids left home for college. Truly. We went to marriage counseling twice (once as newlyweds and again around years 18-19 when things were hard with teens, 2 careers, elderly parents= Stress).

We are at Year 25 now and things are better than they were during our dating, engagement, and entire married life. The empty nest can be a quietly restorative thing for some couples. It was hard earned. We arrived exhausted when the last one left home.

Now, i think we will go to our graves with a love for each other that truly grew with the passing of time and outgrew the hard years of child raising. I am so glad we stuck it out. The pilot light never went out, but there were some dark times when it barely flickered.

It's a journey. But I truly recommend the empty nest years, and for those who are close to it, waiting  to separate/divorce until you have experienced the empty nest together. Those  child rearing years can be hard on a marriage.  The empty nest  could be the most surprising thing to revive a marriage  that you never imagined could be revived.

Long marriages are made up of several different marriages, each lasting for a season of 5-8 years. DH and I are  now in an entirely different season and different marriage and it's the best one so far.

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