There are three main reasons for the increase in divorces after retirementDusk disperses
The marriage of Li Ming and Wang Fang is like an enduring landscape painting, calm as water on the surface, but in fact there is an undercurrent. Their pre-retirement lives are filled with work and family chores, making the friction between each other quietly fade in the busyness.
However, with the arrival of retirement, the two began to live together for a long time, and the differences that had been ignored began to become more and more apparent. Li Ming, a former engineer, has strict plans and requirements for life, and is keen on early morning jogging and international current affairs discussions after news broadcasts.
And Wang Fang, a retired teacher, her world is full of literature and art, and she loves gardening and the leisurely afternoon tea. A chance dispute caused a subtle change in the relationship between the two.
It was a sunny afternoon, and Li Ming was flipping through engineering magazines in the living room, while Wang Fang carefully pruned her potted plants on the balcony. When Wang Fang asked to go to a new art exhibition, Li Ming insisted that he should organize old objects that had not been touched for many years at home.
The verbal disagreement gradually escalated into an argument, and both of them revealed their dissatisfaction with each other's way of life.
Chapter 2: "The Drifting Mind" Retirement life is not the warm harmony that Li Ming and Wang Fang expected, but an unknown journey that needs to be rediscovered. As time passed, the rift between them gradually manifested itself and could not be concealed.
Li Ming is passionate about spending time with his old colleagues, participating in card games, chess games, and even the occasional technical exchange meeting. Wang Fang, on the other hand, reveled in her own literary world, reciting poems against her friends in the poetry club, or showing her colors in the painting class.
When night fell, the two returned to their quiet home, Li Ming sat alone in the study facing the computer screen**, and Wang Fang was in the bedroom flipping through his beloved poetry collection. Their conversations are becoming less and less, and even when they are discussed, most of them are trivial matters of life, and they lose interest and passion for in-depth conversations.
One day, Li Ming inadvertently reveals Wang Fang's secret - she meets a friend of the opposite sex who understands and appreciates her in an art club. This discovery made Li Ming fall into deep thought, and he began to question whether their marriage was still necessary.
And Wang Fang also noticed the changes in Li Ming, she found that he often received ** from a female colleague, and the content of the call between the two made her feel uneasy. They began to weigh silently in their hearts whether they should end this marriage, which had lost its passion and understanding.
But every time this thought comes to mind, they think back to the years they spent together, the promises and dreams they once had. This contradiction and confusion made their feelings even more complicated.
Chapter 3: Li Ming and Wang Fang's daughter, Li Xiaoli, keenly captured the tension between their parents during a weekend family dinner.
She saw her father Li Ming's brows tightly locked, and her mother Wang Fang's expression was melancholy, and she couldn't help but feel worried in her heart. Xiaoli tries to lighten the mood with light-hearted conversations, but finds that the conversations between her parents are always superficial and polite.
As time goes on, Xiaoli begins to silently observe her parents' behavior, and she discovers that her father has frequent contact with a woman named Zhao Jing, and her mother seems to have found someone to confide in in the art community.
Xiaoli's heart is full of doubts and uneasiness, and she fears that this family will be torn apart by her parents' potential affair. One night, Xiaoli decides to talk to her parents about her concerns.
At the dinner table, she cautiously brought up the topic, trying to understand what her parents really thought. Li Ming and Wang Fang were directly moved by their daughter's direct move, and they exchanged a complicated look, and then fell silent.
There was an indescribable embarrassment and heaviness in the air. Finally, Li Ming spoke, his voice low and tired: "Xiaoli, you have grown up, there are some things you may not know very well.
The problems between us cannot be explained by a simple affair. Wang Fang also added softly: "Yes, there are many deep-seated problems between us that need to be resolved. ”
Xiaoli listened to her parents' words, and the stone in her heart did not fall to the ground, but became heavier. She knew that her parents' marriage was on the brink of danger, and there was nothing she could do about it.
She began to wonder if the home would really disperse quietly at dusk. Chapter 4: "Scattered at Dusk" At Xiaoli's insistence, Li Ming and Wang Fang began a journey of marriage counseling.
They sat in the warm consultation room, facing the professional counselor Zhang Hua, trying to open their hearts and analyze the problems accumulated over the years. Zhang Hua patiently listened to the story of the two, looking for the symptoms of marriage from their words.
During the consultations, Li Ming and Wang Fang began to recall their dreams and visions for the future when they were young, and those good times that once connected their hearts.
They talked about the first time they met, when they were so in love with each other, so sure that each other was everything. However, as the years passed, the pressures of life and the differences in their personalities gradually made them lose their original passion and understanding.
They realized that life in retirement was not what they imagined it to be, but a whole new challenge that they needed to relearn and adapt.
Under Zhang Hua's guidance, Li Ming and Wang Fang gradually let go of their prejudices and began to try to understand and listen to each other's needs. They participate in activities together, trying to regain that long-lost common language.
Gradually, they discover that they still have a deep emotional foundation for each other. Their story ends with an open ending. Whether Li Ming and Wang Fang will rebuild their old friendships or choose to go their separate ways is an unknown puzzle.
But no matter what the outcome is, they all understand one truth: marriage is like a journey, which requires not only love, but also continuous communication and adaptation. And the decision to "disperse at dusk" is no longer a choice that can be made lightly.