Why So Many Midlife Women Are Saying: Enough, I am getting a Divorce!

In my 40s, my periods started going haywire—heavier, more erratic, and totally draining. But what I didn’t realize then was that something deeper was shifting: not just my hormones, but my entire view of my marriage. I was drained from constantly giving everything, being blamed for everything, and the constant lies. I was in a marriage with a high-conflict personality.

However, at the time that my periods were starting to act funky, I didn’t connect the dots between perimenopause and my growing desire for a divorce. My hormones were shifting, so were my emotions, my patience was decreasing, and my tolerance for a relationship that had long taken more than it gave. Can I blame my divorce solely on perimenopause? Absolutely not, but it definitely influenced my decision.