How the pandemic has changed our love lives

This is the time to heighten your communication skills, not just by being clear about what you're looking for in a relationship, but also taking it slowly and discussing things. Photo: TNS/Dreamstime

Divorce is hard. Add a global pandemic and it may cause you to rethink some things. That was the reality for three couples whom attorney Susan Myres counseled on divorce. At the beginning of the pandemic, they all decided to step back and reconsider going through with separating in the midst of a global crisis.

"I think Covid, for people with a kindness and generosity in their heart, made them kind of sit up straight and think about, 'Is this really what I want to do?'," said Myres, president of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, which is based in Chicago.