Gray divorce… more common than you think!
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Last week’s news that Al and Tipper Gore are splitting up after 40 years of marriage got us thinking about late in life divorces. What happens to couples who decide to go their separate ways after surviving decades of marriage? And what can people do to keep a marriage alive after so many years? We talk with marriage researcher Stephanie Coontz and Wharton economics professor Betsey Stevenson.
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