[Drew68]

the best way forward for us as a family is to separate as a couple.

This statement makes no sense.

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Over the past few months we've come to the conclusion that the best way forward for us as a family is to separate as a couple.

One or both of them could have a great career in politics.

They both had hippie/rocker/artsy parents, so you could expect stuff like this from them.