Table of Contents

Preface: A Marriage Proposal

Part I:  My Story: The Fairytale and the Anti-fairytale

Chapter 1:  A Separate Peace
Chapter 2:  Wed.Lock.
Chapter 3:  Making the Best of It
Chapter 4:  Differences and Discontent
Chapter 5:  What Brought Us Together?
Chapter 6:  My Life, My Space; His Life, His Space
Chapter 7:  What Do You Deserve?
Chapter 8:  What Had Become of Me?
Chapter 9:  Is This Family Disposable?
Chapter 10:  Setting Out
Chapter 11:  Telling Him
Chapter 12:  A Joint Venture
Chapter 13:  All In the Family
Chapter 14:  Our New Life: Some Things Lost, Some Things Gained

Part 2:  The Family Speaks

Chapter 1: Susanah’s Story
Chapter 2: Lisi’s Story
Chapter 3: Julie’s Story
Chapter 4: Emil’s Story

Part 3:  Greater Considerations: Updating Our Concepts of Marriage

Chapter 1:  Why is marriage so hard anymore?
Chapter 2:  Forging A New Paradigm: Not Your Mother’s Marriage, Not Your Mother’s Divorce

Part 4: Could Living Separately Work for You?

Chapter 1:  Some Criteria to Consider
Chapter 2:  Living Happily Ever After, Separately: How to Get There
Chapter 3:  Into the Future