Will Baum, LCSW

The NYT identifies a trend:  Permanently separated, but not divorced.

Technically, the two are married. They file joint tax returns; she’s covered by his insurance. But they see each other just several times a year. “Since separating we get along better than we ever have,” he said. “It’s kind of nice.”

On the NYT’s Well Blog, a collection of divorce articles and assessment tools. Plus news:

Divorce rates have actually declined since peaking in the 1970s, and 10-year divorce rates have dropped dramatically with each generation.