I have yet to meet anyone who walks away unscathed: even those who choose to end a marriage must grieve; for it is, after all, a loss of hope, as well as a kind of bereavement, haunted by the living, however deadened they seem. We live in an age in which people use tidy phrases such as “no-blame divorce” or “by mutual agreement”. But despite the level language of legal mediators and family law specialists, the feelings that arise are primal, savage, and especially if infidelity has been involved (which it usually is) clouded by rage, shame, humiliation and jealousy. Link to read the article
Justine Picardie
Justine Picardie describes the agony of separation after a 16-year marriage in The Times, Divorce and separation: a woman’s view
Source: The Times