Boomers and "Gray Divorce" - Only women (most affected?) interviewed: “I was an artist. I lived on the edge financially. I didn’t have a 401(k) … I always thought that I would be married. That was the big surprise,” she says.

Fuzzy_Department2799 · 2023-08-05T17:25:12+00:00

So they lived off the husbands income for decades and thought they would be able to live off alimony for the rest of their lives....got it

chiboulevards · 2023-08-05T17:19:41+00:00

They use the term "gray divorce" ten times in that article. It feels like CNN is really trying hard to jump on the trend piece trend by owning some new term... Kind of like "quiet quitting" and "rage applying" and all of that other garbage.

Futureman999 · 2023-08-05T15:56:05+00:00

Especially on this topic I would have liked to hear from some men.

Did CNN interview a bunch of men, and (assuming they survive the divorce) their lives were easier and happier without an 'adult child' living in their house spending money constantly?

That's what happened with the documentary Divorce Corp several years ago. Producers said they tried and failed to find some women who had not made out like bandits from their divorce settlements. What these women in the CNN article are complaining about is the loss of the ex-husband's income, not his property. They already got a big chunk of that.

Mountain_Collar_7620 · 2023-08-05T17:02:21+00:00

Meh.. get a job. Zero sympathy. 🦵🏻

ehWoc · 2023-08-05T17:11:04+00:00

It's interesting to see that both sides see the other as "adult child", but usually for different reasons

neveragoodtime · 2023-08-05T19:50:01+00:00

Boomers got divorced when they were young, boomers get divorced when they’re old. Shocking. And divorce doesn’t cut your nest egg in half, it doubles your expenses. It’s an important difference because people think they will have the same lifestyle after divorce since it’s the same amount of money per capita. Only now that money has to pay for two households and it doesn’t last as long.

AgentOrangeMRA · 2023-08-06T01:43:56+00:00

Oh those poor fucking women. Maybe they can die sooner just like the men! Then they won't be living life alone anymore!

matrixislife · 2023-08-05T22:26:48+00:00

That woman who got the income adjusted senior space.. I wonder what the m/f split is on that?

T-rex_with_a_gun · 2023-08-06T02:47:34+00:00

Whores no longer allowed to mooch off for free...so sad.

If I marry my wife for no other reason than her amazing dick sucking skills, and she marries me for nothing more than a walking wallet. So be it, the government doesnt get to dictate WHY i get married.

so why is it that after divorce, I am still forced to uphold my obligations, but she would not?

are these leechers arguing for sexual slavery? force the government to to enforce weekly BJs from my "ex-wife"? and if she doesnt suck my dick, send her to jail?

Probably not right?

anillop · 2023-08-05T20:09:04+00:00

Good for them. People change and life plans change. No one should have to spend their life with someone who make them miserable. Like the old attorney saying goes "Why is divorce so expensive? Because its worth it."

Stinky_Stephen · 2023-08-06T11:13:50+00:00

What is a grey divorce? that term is brand new to me

Major-Donkey-6058 · 2023-08-05T16:02:25+00:00

When the people in this article got to working age, very few good jobs were open to women. It was the 70s. They didn’t have much of a choice but to rely on their husbands back then. Luckily things have changed and women can make their own money now.

Downtown_Can8186 · 2023-08-06T14:09:51+00:00

Yup...not smart with money. I went no contact with her,so I had no idea what she was doing except what I heard through our mostly-grown kids. I have to see her at birthday parties for grandkids, but that's about all. I'm much happier not knowing what she's doing and I really don't care.

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