[Darren McCarty]

I wonder how often this coincides with the kids being grown up and out of the house, or someone taking an early retirement.

[Iowa Granny]

tagging for a later read

[wtd]

Birth control and feminism shifted social norms by presenting baby boomer opportunists (the 'me' generation) with 'all-too-convenient' relief from responsibility.

It should be no surprise then, that those very same baby boomers are seeking relief from 'sandwich generation' responsibilities by seeking relief yet again, through decades of 'socially-engineered-acceptance' of divorce.

As a 50+ year old boomer, myself, I witness the stresses of multi-generational households, where adult children move back home and compete with frail, elderly extended family members for their parent's support - be it emotional, financial, physical etc - within their household's baby-boomer-driven-support system.

With the economy being driven over the cliff by this administration, divorce is likely viewed as just another escape hatch by multiple generations socially molded to seek relief from any and all inconvenient responsibility.

[Rebelbase]

“I wonder how often this coincides with the kids being grown up and out of the house”

A lot.