Divorcing After 43 Years: How to Tell My Young-Adult Children
- How can I break the news of my divorce to my young-adult children after 43 years of marriage? This is especially difficult as one of them will be getting married next year.
- Learn how to present a united front to your young-adult children when informing them about your divorce after 43 years of marriage.
- Discover the meaning of 'present a united front' and how it applies to the challenge of telling your young-adult children about your divorce after 43 years of marriage.
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How do I tell my young-adult children that their father and I are divorcing after 43 years of marriage? One of them will be getting married next year, which makes this harder for me. This is their father's doing and decision. I'm not sure I can present a united front. present a united frontとは平たく言うとどのような意味でしょうか？よろしくお願いします
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"present a united front" で「共同戦線を張る」です。 平たく言うと、「夫と口裏を合わせて、離婚は二人で決めたことで、この決断に悔いはない、と子供たちに説明する」ということだと思います。 [解説] この離婚の原因は父親（夫）の方にあり、離婚すると決断したのも夫であると言っています。一方、話者の方は、子供の手前（特にこれから結婚を控えている子供に対して）43年もの間連れ添った相手と離婚するのは心苦しいと言っています。子供たちに対して夫の方は気軽に「離婚する」と言えるかも知れないが、話者の方はそう簡単に口に出したくはない。なので、夫の様に、まるで別れることに未練がないように振る舞うのは難しいかもしれない、と言っています。
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