Late divorces: Till an empty nest do us part

Women have long put up with unhappy marriages for any number of reasons, but they are increasingly voting with their feet, dumping unloved husbands and putting matrimonial misery behind them.

A steadily growing number of unions that have lasted for decades have broken up in the past 20 years, as women become more emboldened to bail out after their children have grown up.

According to the latest 2010 statistics, 1,390 couples who were married for 20 or more years ended their marriages – four times more than the 346 pairs who did so in 1990.

Read More: The Sunday Times