Quiet Quitting Your Marriage

The Cut recently spotlighted a growing trend among midlife women who remain in their marriages while “subconsciously uncoupling” or even “quiet-quitting” the relationship. Instead of pursuing divorce, they pull back emotionally, scale down intimacy, connection, and everyday involvement, all while continuing to share a home and a life with their partner.

The shift isn’t happening in a vacuum: Divorce rates have steadily declined since their 1980s peak, partly because people are marrying later. But another reason, the Cut notes, is that many women no longer see the stress, cost, and upheaval of divorce as worth it, so they stay, but step back.
I get it but how depressing!

Lana Backman