Late-life divorce: Finito or fresh start?


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Men and women tend to want a late-life divorce for different reasons: Men suddenly discover sexual deficits in the relationship, while women suffer more from emotional voids. — Kniel Synnatzschke/Westend61/dpa

The kids are out of the house and you’ve nearly reached your career goals. What comes next? And who’s coming with you?

“When your kids have moved out, your marriage is suddenly under the microscope, ” says Hans Berwanger, a family and marriage therapist. “The end of active parenting can quickly lay inner estrangement bare.”

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