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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are three hot spots. 
a) immature first marriages. We know two couples that broke up in this window. One bc wife found out husband didn't want kids ever. Other bc of affair. 
b) 10-15 years. Kids become a drag and life gets monotonous. Again we know two couples in this band. One the wife cheated and other husband cheated. 
c) 22-25 years. These are usually marriages where the parents stuck it out until the kids left home but marriage was already dead. Haven't gotten to this peer group yet. [/quote]

I've observed a new hot spot:

d) 25+ years (50+ crowd).  Parents were relatively happy, or worked through unhappy moments while raising kids, and while their kids were in their 20s.  They didn't divorce once the kids went to college, but further down the line toward retirement.  Example: husband retires, but still doesn't want to spend time with his wife.  Each person has completely separate interests, activities, and views on how to spend money and retirement funds.  Wife ends up filing for divorce so that she can receive part of the retirement funds, or husband files for divorce, because he wants more time to pursue activities without having his wife around.

This is when my in-laws divorced.  Age 66 - right after retirement.  In their peer group three other close friends have also divorced. Money differences plus "I'm tired of putting up with your shit" attitude. [/quote]

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