Insight: Season 2024 Episode 17

Silver Splitters

Silver Splitters is a term coined for people over 50 who are calling it quits on their long-lasting marriages. In Australia, the rate of these divorces has increased steadily over the past four decades, bucking the trend of overall divorce statistics which are falling. This episode of Insight explores the impacts of and reasons why older couples are parting ways- like empty nest syndrome, retirement plans not aligning, infidelity, ‘conscious uncoupling’ or so one partner can come out later in life.