The divorce rate is currently 3.5 divorces per 1,000 people (married and unmarried). Still, evidence suggests divorce rates are falling. It’s difficult to find statistics to support that – the US Census Bureau only recently began tracking divorces, and the statistics rarely take into account how long a couple has been married. “Divorce rates have been falling for most groups, but they’ve been rising for those 55-and-older,” she says. In fact, says Coontz, “gray divorces” – divorces among those 55-and-older – are up. You get to a point where if a marriage is unsatisfying, you’re not talking about sticking it out for a couple more years.” Coontz, a marriage and family studies expert and author of “Marriage, A History.” “It is now possible for someone to hit 65 and expect to live another 20 years…. “People are living healthier lives, longer lives,” says Ms. Divorce after decades of marriage is common, says author Stephanie Coontz, and will become more common as people live longer.
In fact, the Gores are not that unusual in splitting up after 40 years of marriage. The long, uncomfortable smooch in front of millions of people at the 2004 Democratic National Convention.
In the world of politics where new dalliances are reported every week, theirs was a rare, successful marriage.
Theirs was the faithful, steady counterpoint to Bill Clinton’s philandering. After lasting four decades through a deployment to Vietnam, four children, the near-death of one child, a vice presidency, a presidential election, and a Nobel Peace Prize, Al and Tipper Gore’s separation after 40 years of marriage came as a shock to Americans.
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