Melanie Griffith and Antonio Banderas are divorcing after 18 years of marriage . Pepper Schwartz : Hollywood marriages are tough to maintain , but so are normal ones . So if you thought that getting older formed a protective bubble over your relationship , think again . She says lifetime marriage is turning into a crapshoot , especially for Baby Boomers . The divorce rate among the baby boomers has been rising steadily since the early 1990s, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau released this week.
Melanie Griffith and Antonio Banderas are divorcing after 18 years of marriage . Pepper Schwartz : Hollywood marriages are tough to maintain , but so are normal ones . She says lifetime marriage is turning into a crapshoot , especially for Baby Boomers . The divorce rate among the baby boomers has been rising steadily since the early 1990s, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau released this week.