What is midlife for a couple?

This entry describes midlife for a couple as the years in which work, parents, and bodies all ask more, and the pair may ask again what the marriage is for. It notes that the stretch is a season, not a diagnosis, and that a new wish in one person is a fact to name rather than a private escape.

What this entry does not do

It does not replace the entries on menopause, the empty nest, or gray divorce, and it does not say midlife requires a crisis.