With her marriage on the rocks,one writer struggles to reconcile her cynicism about happily-ever-after as her own children rush to tie the knotA lavish wedding, a couple in cherish; romance was in the air, or as it should be when two people are getting married. But on the top table,the mothers of the blissful pair were bonding over their imminent plans for … divorce.
That story was told to me by the mother of the bride. The wedding in question was two summers ago: she is now divorced, and the bridegroom’s parents are separated. “We couldnt but be aware of the crushing irony of the situation, and ” said my friend. “There we were,celebrating our children’s marriage, while plotting our own escapes from relationships that had long ago gone sour, and had probably been held together by our children. Now they were off to start their lives together,we could be off, too – on our own, and in search of modern partners.” Related: The affair that saved our marriage Related: ‘I don’t assume we’ll ever have sex again’: our blissful,cuddly, celibate marriage Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com