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After reading about Middle Adulthood I truly believe thatmidlife crisis can exist in middle aged adults. Midlife crisis maybegin to occur when major changes happen during this period oftime. What I mean by this is major physical changes in both men andwomen that show their aging more and more. Or a divorce happenswhere our textbook uses the example of, “A 40-year old man whodivorces his wife, trades in his Ford Taurus station wagon for ared Saab convertible and marries a much younger woman makes agreater impression than a happily married man who remains with hisspouse (and Taurus) through middle adulthood.” (Feldman, 2015,p.379). Contributing factors od divorce in the middle adult yearsare as follows. A couple may spend less time together in middleaged years than in earlier years. Another reason is that they aremore concerned with their own happiness. Which makes a spousebelieve that divorcing will bring them their lost happiness.(Feldman, 2015, p.384). Another reason for divorce is thatromantic, passionate feelings may fade over time…In some marriagesthe lack of excitement and boredom leads to maritaldissatisfaction. (Feldman, 2015, p.384). Finally, the biggestreason for divorce is infidelity which is when a spouse engages insexual activity with a person outside of the marriage. (Feldman,2015, p.384). These are the most common contributing factors ofdivorce in the middle-aged years. There are a few ways to preventdivorce after 25 years of marriage. Holding realistic expectationswhere couples understand that there will be things that couples maynot like about each other but are still accepting of it. Theyremain to focus on the positive such as thinking about things thatthey like mostly about their partner which help accept the thingsthat bother them. Compromising which simply means the coupleunderstands that they are not going to win every single argumentthat they get into. And the last thing is avoiding suffering insilence which is when something bothers a partner they let theirpartner know instead of keeping silent. It allows them to speakabout the problem in a calm way together. (Feldman, 2015, p.384).Although divorce rates are rising in the United States if thesefactors were taken in seriously I feel that the divorce rate wouldbe much lower. However, if one is truly unhappy they should get thesituation handled after trying whatever it takes to save themarriage. IN 9-10 LINES, WHAT DO YOU AGREE ON THIS PAGE OR HOWWOULD COMMENT?