More Marriages End This Way Than People Realize. The Hard Part Is Admitting It.

A guest writer recounts her 33-year marriage ending over a 10-minute Zoom hearing during the pandemic, describing a divorce free of courtroom drama, bitterness, or scandal. She writes that the hardest part was disappointing people, particularly in her church community, who had invested emotional stock in the marriage lasting.

The essay reflects on how peaceful divorces get little cultural space compared to dramatic ones, and how grief and relief coexisted for her after 33 years together.

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