Modern Love Podcast: What the Silence Said

When Laura Pritchett and her husband divorced after two decades of marriage, their “little Colorado mountain town” could barely tell. It was quiet compared to the dramatic natural disasters that were afflicting the area — like flooding and wildfires. There were no raised voices, no feelings of fury.

So why did they split? In the lead-up to their divorce, Laura had a revelation about what good love — the kind that will “survive life” — is supposed to sound like A valley near Laura’s home in northern Colorado. Reflecting on the lack of confrontation in her 20-year marriage, Laura wrote in her essay: “I wish you had heard a fight. I wish our voices had been loud enough to carry across the valley.”…Read More