MAKING A LONG MARRIAGE WORK IN A NEW PHASE

Somewhere after twenty, thirty or forty years together, most marriages arrive at a phase nobody prepared you for. The children have gone, work has wound down, and the daily structure that used to hold the days together has quietly disappeared. What's left is the marriage itself. This guide takes an honest look at the specific challenges of this stage and gives you practical, grounded ways to work through each one, chapter by chapter. It doesn't assume anything has gone wrong, and it doesn't pretend there's a single formula that fits every couple.

• What actually changes when the scaffolding of work and children disappears
• How to talk honestly without it turning into the same old argument
• Rebuilding closeness, affection and intimacy at this stage of life
• Handling health, money and retirement as a team rather than opponents
• Separate interests and shared life, and how to get the balance right