One of the husbands deserves it - he's always out drinking with his buddies, and his wife just started a business & is now doing OK financially.
One couple has a significant age disparity, the early forty something wife is still "fond" of her husband but because she has so much energy thinks it would be "better for him" if they break up.
The last one involves my buddy of 35 years. Married twenty years, his wife apparently finally got so fed up with the BBQ on saturday, church on sunday lifestyle she lost fifty pounds and in rapid succession has taken several boyfriends. Not before officially separating, of course. Although she still lives in the house with her husband.
I can't figger these people out. These women don't charge their husbands with abuse or infidelity - all three claim they're simply bored.
Now, to hear him tell it, they weren't getting along and decided to split. Well, that's one way of putting it. However, when people talk to her, they hear the truth. This has him calling her every few weeks, enraged. It's such a sad situation, I truly feel bad for her.
Since we never really know what goes on behind closed doors, the 'bored' comments may just be polite social talk for 'none of your business'. Or, it could be a lie being told by someone, or even just a short-hand catch-all statement.
Marriage-for-life was a lot easier when most people lived to 40 or 45. Now, we live a lot longer. It's pretty natural to get bored of somebody after 30 or so years.