Good for you! They say that happiness lies just past doing the one thing you fear most. I predict that your life will change in great ways.

Not long after Al and Tipper split up, I saw an older couple at a restaurant on what was clearly a first or second date, and it just made me feel so tired. I mean, my parents got divorced, obviously I know it happens, but thinking about going through an entire multi-decade marriage and then having to start all over…

Well, as someone who divorced after 30 years, I can tell you that there’s a fuckload of living yet to do and if your partner of those 30 years has been making you miserable for the last, like ten anyway, the freedom feels AMAZING.

Exactly this. Sleeping next to someone who despises you, cordially or otherwise, is lonelier than sleeping alone.

Thanks so much. The wonderful people here really do help me find strength with their kind, intelligent, humorous, and supportive presence! I appreciate you and all the others here who are so encouraging more than I can say. This is my safe place.

You can do it! It will be tough at times, but if you have the strength to endure that bullshit for so long, you have the strength to build a happy life for yourself. It’s never too late.

Thank you for this. I am about to end my 26 year marriage, and it is terrifying, sad, and so overwhelming.

My parents divorced after 39 years. Even later in life, you’re allowed to want to be happy. And if your relationship isn’t accomplishing that—and, in the case of these later divorces, likely hasn’t been for a long time—standing up and saying so is actually incredibly brave. It’s not easy to walk away from something…

I know this is a way more serious response than is probably appropriate, but I have strong feels about this. The point is that it is NEVER too late to seek happiness in your life, that you should never hesitate to leave a relationship that isn’t working for you.

My parents split up after 35 years together, probably 30…

Not to mention that pulling off a three decade marriage is a bona fide success. This is not sad. Congratulations to them for their long relationship.

Does anyone else think that nun actually looks like Mitch McConnell in disguise?