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Silver Splitters
01/15/2025

Otherwise known as Gray Divorce, the rise in divorce rates of those 60+ has become known as the 'Gray Divorce Revolution' and science has something to say about it...

This study, conducted in Sweden with 40 participants, found the following:

"We identified four life phase typical narratives for divorce: 1) Lack of a common project for the third age. 2) Partners personality change due to age related disease. 3) Increased freedom after empty-nest allowing emancipation from a dominant partner. 4) A final romantic adventure as a form of rejuvenation. All these life-phase typical narratives are related to the third age as a time of self-fulfillment, where the partner can either be part of or an obstacle to that project."

Interestingly, they also note that many of these older adults, were also part of the divorce revolution in the 1970's as young adults, and this may have led to the normalization of divorce at any stage.

Link: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8679812/