You can explore other types of relationships
Just because you believed in forever after and things didn’t work out, doesn’t mean you shouldn’t get back in the dating pool all over again. It might seem difficult at first, but it will give you the opportunity to discover other types of relationships and decide what works best for you. You might discover that marriage is no longer for you and that you like casual dating or an open relationship more.
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You can be sure it wasn’t a rash decision
In you’re 20s or 30s, you’re emotional and impulsive when making decisions, including the decision to break up with someone. In your forties, you’re more mature and don’t decide things on impulse. Your decisions, especially the ones involving a divorce, are rarely a spur of the moment thing. When you decide to divorce in your 40s, it’s after you’ve given it a lot of thought.
You and your ex can remain friends
When it comes to divorce, fury is as inevitable as flatware is to marriage, especially when it happens in your twenties. Divorcing when you’re younger might not bring out the best in you. More often than not, partners are angry and resentful and would like nothing more than to trash and hurt the former love of their life. On the other hand, at 40, you know it’s important to stay civil and get through with the divorce as clean and as fast as possible.
Avoiding a nasty divorce and keeping things civil can make co-parenting a lot easier and will not make you run for the hills if you see your ex on the street or meet at a mutual friend’s party. Speaking of exes, if you do run into them, these are the Top 5 Worst Things You Could Possibly Say to Your Ex.
