When working with couples in marriage counseling, one thing I often hear is «
we grew apart,» and I often wonder how much they talked about where they were going before they got there.
And isn't that often what we say — «
We grew apart»?
Couples will tell me that they just
grew apart and that they don't even know their partner anymore.
By way of background, after more than 40 years of marriage, Al and Tipper Gore separated in 2010 when
they grew apart and realized they wanted different things out of life.
The parties increasingly
grew apart as Mary's life became even more centered around her career and John continued to focus his life on the tasks of raising their children.
Over the years
they grew apart.
Marriages fail because of this cliche, «we simply
grew apart».
We just
grew apart until I finally said, «To heck with this — time for a big change.
And after awhile,
they grew apart bc they didn't want to be reminded anymore, but wanted to leave the sadness and suspicion behind.
We grew apart as we got older and ended up hating each other once I got to high school.
We grew apart from the primal rhythms native to us and we abandoned our old ways to explore human life through a masculine - centric lens of action and movement.
Those are the minimum requirements for roles such as these, childhood friends who grew up together in Brooklyn and then
grew apart.
In the years that have passed since American Wedding, the most recent installment American Reunion (2012) shows Jim and Michelle married with a child, and Kevin has gotten married himself, whereas Oz and Heather
grew apart, Finch still has not found love (not counting Stifler's mom), and Stifler has not come to terms with the fact that his teenage years are long gone.
In some of the movie's most poignant scenes, Sandra and Bif remember their childhood together, and all the ways in which their lives have progressed in the decades since
they grew apart.
Anyone who is familiar with the books will know that Albus Dumbledore and Grindelwald were friends when they were in their teens, but
grew apart, and Grindelwald soon became one of the most powerful dark wizards in history.
«And rather than focus on the script and the scenes directly, we fleshed out the relationship the characters had prior to this momentary snapshot that you get of them in the movie: what they experienced together, how they kind of
grew apart.»
The may only want to say «
we grew apart».
That may be very true, but there could be other reasons why they «
grew apart».
I have gone through 1 divorce after 17 years from my high school sweetheart, we simply
grew apart.
Elenasmodels made me happy once — we have been married for 4 years... unfortunatly,
we grew apart as partners but still are fantastic friends and see each other now and again to cach up.
I can think of half a dozen couples right of the top of my head who
grew apart as their kids grew up.
We both moved and
grew apart.
We married young and simply
grew apart.
«
We grew apart,» he says.
But a few years down the line my wife and
I grew apart and that became difficult.
Every new hire will change your company culture, so if you aren't thinking about the cultural fit when you interview a candidate, you could end up with a culture
growing apart from what you had envisioned.
As many have noted, religion is a major reason for America and Europe
growing apart.
Levin writes that «as individuals
grow apart from one another, the need for centralized provision tends to grow.»
Phrases like, «We're too different» or «We've
grown apart» or «Life has just gotten the best of us...» phrases that sound so innocent — yet are extremely lethal.
I met up with an old college friend last weekend and it dawned on me how far we had
grown apart — how estranged and strained those old relationships have become.
Sometimes
they grow apart.
Thus: «We've
grown apart.
But often a less dramatic, daily erosion causes couples to
grow apart.
If a husband and wife are not growing together they probably are
growing apart.
At some point Jensen started to
grow apart from the anarcho - feminist cohort, and she became disillusioned with the art world.
Just like everything n life
you grow apart from
Of course, even that ideal is taking a risk that you will
grow apart; but seems like truly loving a person means also being willing to let go when it's necessary - which even happy marriages face, since someone will die first.
People
grow apart, control enters the equation.
Sometimes the cliches are just true: you change,
you grow apart, once the kids are grown there's nothing keeping you together, and despite 5 years of pleas he wasn't willing to change anything.
In all the hard work of raising kids, many couples may take their love for granted, never considering that they may
grow apart over the years.
It's also possible for friends to
grow apart during middle school, as interests change or develop.
This is the story of two friends, Rachel and Henry, who ended up
growing apart for two reasons: Rachel moved and she left a love letter to Henry that never received a response.
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Growing Apart
The growing apart doesn't happen overnight.
It seems while they both care about the kids, it wasn't enough to keep their love going as they have clearly
grown apart.
Sometimes friendships break up because the kids are
growing apart.
Sometimes people
grow apart, sometimes they choose to move on, and sometimes one person does something that they can't make right.