It sounds too good to be true. Doesn’t it?
Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin once coined a new term to explain how a ‘loving’ separation works – they called it consciously uncoupling. A lot of people looked on this with wide eyes – it was new, it was different.
I think the biggest shock to everyone was the fact that two grown adults (with children) could separate their lives from each other with maturity and no drama. Hollywood actors were proving that it was possible to keep the peace and stay friends with someone during and after divorce, even when joint custody was involved.
So now the question is more prominent than ever – can you really have an amicable divorce?
A husband and Reddit user, SeriouslyUniqueName has literally put the question to the internet. He asked, "Is the Amicable Divorce' a myth?"
After being married to his wife for 19 years, this husband admits that he's not happy in their marriage and that his wife has offered him a way out. He opens up about having been diagnosed with depression and that his wife would rather see him happy. The husband also says that they've got an eight-year-old son between them.
He explains what his wife has said about his options.
Those without kids found the experience easier.
Here are some of the other answers about amicable divorces - it seems Gwyn and Chris may have been on to something a lot more common than we first thought.
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