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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]After 21 years of marriage, she and Angelo are calling it quits. Daughter started college two years ago. [b]Bummer.[/b] [/quote]

Why?  It is better to be happy than married forever but, not happy, don't ya think?[/quote]

They successfully raised their child together, she’s an adult now.  Maybe they want different things I. Their empty nest stage of life.  I think 21 years is something to be celebrated.  Why stay together just because?[/quote]

I would consider it a successful marriage. [/quote]

This is so sad. I would consider a successful marriage one where you want to stay married to the person after raising kids and move onto the next stage together. Because you still like each other.

When I’m old, I want to sit next to my person and say remember when we went to … [/quote]

I agree with you.  Can someone explain the dynamic of getting divorced when the kids leave home? So many celebrities do this. Off the top of my head I can think of Marg Helgenberger, Christiane Amanpor, and Jennifer Grey.  They all filed for divorce when their kid graduated high school.  Is the point of this that you are just too lazy to file for divorce when your kid is in school? Or you really don't understand that you have nothing in common anymore until the kid leaves?

I have been married for a long time but don't have kids. I understand everyone has good and bad days with their SO, but I don't understand how you just flip a switch when your kid leaves home.[/quote]

They were sticking it out for the kids, which isn't always the best solution. I'd guess things were fairly amicable, so it was worth not disrupting their lives. However, other young adults say that felt duped and hurt when they realized their parents' marriage was a sham all along. You can't win either way. If you can really live as roommates, why not, if you can bear it? I couldn't.[/quote]

I’m not planning on being an empty nest divorcer but it’s hard to judge people’s situations. What if the marriage wasn’t a sham all along? It’s possible some of these couples were happy when the kids were little and then the marriage slowly deteriorated as they got older.

I read Jennifer’s Gray’s memoir and it certainly seems like they had many years of a happy marriage. And they’re very close friends now. So I wouldn’t say that their daughter necessarily thinks the whole marriage was a sham. [/quote]

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