Nora Ephron Talks Baby Boomers And Divorce (VIDEO)

"Senior Moment," a series on the "CBS Evening News" about baby boomers, took a look at divorce on Tuesday night. It's a familiar subject to the generation that makes up more than half of all divorces.

"When I was growing up, the word 'divorced' was practically whispered," Nora Ephron recalled while being interviewed by Richard Schlesinger.

Ephron, who edits HuffPost Divorce, added, "There's no question that a lot of women woke up during the women's movement and said, 'Who needs this?'"

Today, 35% of baby boomers are divorced.

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Comments

[LynneSpreen]

09:42 AM on 12/15/2010

Boomers' parents stuck it out regardless. Boomers divorced at the drop of a hat. Kids of Boomers are waiting longer, thinking about it more carefully. I guess we're in a better place now, but the shift came at a huge cost.
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[ttowse]

08:42 AM on 12/15/2010

Facelifts have gone up with the divorce rate I see. Boomers need to get a voice again. We need to fix the damage a few in Washington have heaped on our nation's children and grandchildren. Those few have ruined our retirement and the global economy through their incompetence to lead.

Don't vote for anyone over 30 is the new battle cry. I think we had it right not to trust them also.

[NYC-CatLover]

09:53 AM on 12/15/2010

Over 30? 30-45 is Generation X, not baby boomers. We're completely different.

[ttowse]

10:43 AM on 12/15/2010

I see nothing to support your claim.
I hope in the age bracket current fighting our two wars. Only the leaders are Gen X and they are more of the same.
I hope in those who haven't lost hope to make real changes. Your gen x is mortgaged to their eyebrows with children to support etc. Sorry, the boat left and you didn't jump on it.

[Tiff1977]

04:31 PM on 12/15/2010

Gen X most certainly DOES NOT go up to age 45!!

I am 33 and my husband is 36. I barely consider him to be a Gen X. Gen X to me are those who were teens in the 1990's.

[rabb046]

12:10 PM on 12/15/2010

When you say don't vote for anyone under 30, who are you going to vote for.
People under 30 don't even vote, much less run.

[PerryLogan]

06:37 AM on 12/15/2010

Someone is talking about us Baby Boomers? Just give me a minute to put on my helmet...

[jeanrenoir]

07:45 AM on 12/15/2010

The Boomers have been entirely in charge for the past twenty years of unexampled debacle for America. The Boomers have been narcissistic and hapless as charged, wrecking not just their own yellow submarine lives but also those of their innocent victims, their kids and grandkids, who will be paying for the Boomers' forty-five year pot party for the rest of their natural lives, financially as well as psychologically, as they watch America sink like a stone in the face of dominant China and India. Historians will be the ones who stone the stoned Boomers. It turned out that living only for ME, and spending decades "finding" ME, didn't pan out so well for society at large. "If it feels good, DO it," "all you need is love," "looking out for No. 1," "don't worry, be happy," and (my special favorite), "don't sweat the small stuff, and it's ALL small stuff" turned out not to be very effective mantras for replacing the wisdom of Aesop, starting with the grasshopper vs. the ant. Reality always brutally wins, even over drugs and the Beatles.

[MyNameIsJames]

07:59 AM on 12/15/2010

Case and point - President Obama - A baby boomer who was pretending to be of the younger generation- False. He displays the same self-absorbed qualities - the greatest quality being DENIAL of reality - especially the reality of his campaign promises and what he has actually done to render them trivial. "Change we can BELIEVE in?" Not so much.

I am not sure that the kids and grandkids will be willing pay for the Boomers Party - they may just take it directly out of the Boomer's hide in terms of Medicare - Social Security. That would only be FAIR!

[celeritas]

08:05 AM on 12/15/2010

Oh, get a life.

[dcoverley]

08:39 AM on 12/15/2010

You got that helmet on just in time! ;-)

[OnTheCusp]

06:04 PM on 12/17/2010

Yeah, go ahead and stifle the voices. I didn't say anything that was not true.