Is there a trend of 50 year olds leaving long term partners?

[CantBelieveNaive]

Is this really a trend? I saw it on a female quotient post today and judging by my 50 year old friends who can afford it, they are leaving them instead of looking forward to. Retirement of waiting on them.
Am even considering myself!
Are you? 👑👢👢

If a man said “there is very little point to women after the menopause” he’d get torn a new one.

The value of my friendships to me outstrips anything I can get from a man at this point of my life. They give unconditional love, support, fun, warmth, loyalty. There are gadgets aplenty that can do the rest for me!

Well obviously he would. This is a predominantly female site where women are having a conversation with other women. If a man came on here and said that, he'd be deliberately looking to offend women, wouldn't he? The comparison would be if a woman said it to a group of men on a male centred forum. In which case I'd imagine the reactions would be far stronger than anything you see on MN. After all women get subject to serious abuse, including rape and death threats from men online for saying far less.

I'd hoped our relationship would be more meaningful than flatmates. We have separate bedrooms- his choice, spend no time together doing anything so what's the point?

I happen to be menopausal and quite frankly this specific bloke is pointless. I don't think all will be. If you stop trying with your relationship amd take it for granted once you've done the child raising thing then yeah ultimately not much point to them.