Financial Divorce Tips For Women: Five Pointers For 'Grey Divorcees'

Forbes:

The divorce rate is beginning to tick upward for couples who have been married for several decades or longer.

Recent headlines tell the tale, and it's easy to point to the break-ups of long-time couples like Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver, Al and Tipper Gore and others for evidence of what many now consider a growing trend.

Dubbed "grey divorce," the phenomenon is attributed to a number of different factors, including:

The increase in life expectancy
The cultural values of today's Baby Boomers (divorce is more socially acceptable, e.g.)
Women's increasing financial independence

Read the whole story: Forbes

Comments

[Cinder Girls]

04:25 PM on 07/06/2011

Love the article...so true! Especially important to see the Divorce Planner BEFORE the divorce is final!

[Erinaleks]

08:22 PM on 06/28/2011

My biggest concern is how big to make my mausoleum. Should I be cremated or stuffed leather preservative.

[snaggle2th]

08:58 AM on 06/23/2011

Forbes... I should have guessed.... just another form of asset stripping....

[TheParson]

01:52 AM on 06/23/2011

"Women's increasing financial independence"? Sure, as long as the ex is paying the bills.

[ArtMaggot]

05:06 AM on 06/23/2011

True

[Libertarian5]

09:30 PM on 06/22/2011

Looking at several old ladies I know who divorced easy-to-live-with old men, I just hope they have lotsa cats when the kids start calling less and less often, and loneliness sets in. Several did not expect that. Much better to have poly relationships within the marriage, or other arrangements, than to split.