Belinda would boast to her colleagues how proud she was that her spouse didn’t have to work. She earned enough for the family and they lived well. Once the children were in full day school, that song changed. Her family company was bought out and staff redundancy planning was well underway. Belinda’s encouragement of her husband to find full time employment was falling on deaf ears. The chasm between her needing him to find suitable work to help support the family and his feeling entitled to continue to be a stay at home spouse continued to grow. Five years on, Belinda decided to separate.
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Silver Separations: The Social Stigma Slips Away
A recent cluster of new clients aren’t simply seeking information. They’re designing a new lifestyle, one where their interests dominate. They are choosing to downsize to a hipper part of town away from the suburbs. They are planning shopping trips for expensive items which they have always coveted. These older adults are finally, in their minds, doing it their way.
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