Hong Kong media: India's "silver -haired divorce" ratio rose, couples are more like "roommates rather than soul partners"

Hong Kong's "South China Morning Post" July 16th article, original topic: India's "silver hair divorce" ratio rose, couples are more like "roommates rather than soul partners" 50 -year -old Atkirihinan, who left married during the epidemic 30 The husband of the year. Although her two daughters stood on the side of their father, she decided to take risks after living with her mother -in -law and her partner who placed her mother on his wife for decades.

Kriganan said: "I got married very early, and I didn't even realize that I had the freedom to choose independently. I compromised for many years." She worked hard to "please everyone", but always felt that she was not valued and worked hard to maintain marriage and letting her marriage. She was exhausted. When she stopped working hard, everything was "separated from". After the divorce, she lived in a small apartment alone. "There are fewer wealth, but the heart is more calm. I hope my daughters can understand one day that if they are unhappy in a marriage, they can try to improve it. If it is still not, they should choose their own happiness." Kerry Hanan said.

"Silver hair divorce" or "gray divorce" refers to the separation of couples over the age of 50 in their later years. In Australia, the United Kingdom, the United States, and India, this trend is becoming increasingly obvious. Amtarton Patt, a 65 -year -old software expert in Pana, Western India, said: "Ironically, when the children grow up and leave their home, the economic situation improves, and the husband and wife have time to find each other. When some people really break up. "

There are many reasons for the increase in "silver hair divorce", including a longer life span, a financial independence in women, and a reduction of shame related to divorce. Many husbands and wives find that they are more like "roommates instead of soul partners", and many adult children who often see their parents quarrel are happier after their parents are separated. Celebrities have also joined this trend. 57 -year -old Bollywood actor Amir Khan ended 15 years of marriage.

In the book "Break Up: Divorce and Re -Start of Later" published in 2007, Dildi Bayer interviewed nearly 400 couples and their adult children, and found that women often broke up. A 80 -year -old lady has been married for 53 years. She woke up after surgery and told her husband that she did not want to live for the rest of her life together.

Men are also unhappy, from Mencius and 64 -year -old Rakash Bartra ended 35 years of marriage in 2019. He is "not afraid of getting old alone" because it means that he no longer needs to be a wife. He added that "only one life" is not just a mantra of the millennial generation. The 60 -year -old Schveta Kumar also divorced after 35 years of marriage. She said that the level of living may decline sharply, and you may "become the abandonment of your own family", but "you don't want to live in unhappy in the next thirty or forty years."

Kamina Chibabber, a psychological counselor and therapist in Gulgang, India said that couples are increasingly aware of the need to give priority to themselves. She said that if personal needs are not satisfied, the conflict between husband and wife is constantly increasing or emotional is alienated, even if he is older. She said that many husbands and wives are actually supporting each other. Although divorced, they "still try to be friends."

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