Overview
- The term refers to separations after children leave home and overlaps with what is widely called grey divorce.
- Articles this week in Indian lifestyle media describe a growing pattern among couples in their late 40s to early 60s who have been married for decades.
- Longer life expectancy is cited as a reason some partners reconsider staying in unfulfilling relationships.
- Greater financial independence, especially for women, and easing stigma around divorce reduce barriers to separation.
- Some couples pursue counselling to reconnect and renegotiate roles, while others frame the shift as a chance for a second act apart.