A Divorce After 50 Years That She Soon Regretted

After fifty years of marriage, Margaret never imagined she would be sitting in a lawyer’s office asking for a divorce.

She and Thomas had met in the summer of 1968, married young, and built a life the old-fashioned way—through hard work, sacrifice, and shared dreams. They raised three children, weathered financial struggles, celebrated promotions, mourned parents, and welcomed grandchildren. Their love had changed over the decades, softening from passion into companionship, from excitement into routine.

And that routine was exactly what Margaret had come to resent.