After months of considering divorce, Julia and her husband finally separated on May 1. The 40-year-old woman from Ottawa told Global News that her ex-partner had been considering whether he was willing to work on their marriage prior to the coronavirus pandemic.
But the stress of the pandemic, while they both worked as frontline workers and were homeschooling three children, made it clear that their marriage, which lasted 16 years, was not working anymore.“Maybe the pandemic brought it to fruition,” she said.
Global News has changed Julia’s name for privacy reasons. B.C. courts could see a surge of divorce filings when COVID-19 lockdown lifts Their relationship became more difficult as the pandemic dragged on. “We were just relying on.