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You’ve heard of quiet quitting. What about a quiet divorce?

The Australian Financial Review (AFR) •
October 27, 2026 • 06:00 PM
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Doing the bare minimum at work to avoid getting sacked became a trend after the pandemic. The same thing can happen with your marriage.

You’ve heard of quiet quitting. What about a quiet divorce?

On paper, Amanda Thomas got divorced in 2025. But if you ask her, her marriage really ended two years earlier.

Their 20 years together didn’t unravel from one dramatic fallout. For a long time, there was still love. There was stability, too: two kids, a house and a husband with a steady career. There was no single night she could point to and say: “That’s when I fell out of love.”

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