21ST CENTURY RELATIONSHIPS: A “Gray Divorce” Boom: The Beatles sang ‘Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I’m 64?’ When it comes to marriage, many baby boomers are saying ‘no.’ Of course, as with many “progressive” social changes, the haves come out a lot better than the have-nots do from this development: “For economically secure older adults in good health, a divorce may have minimal negative consequences and actually can be freeing and empowering, at least for the initiator of the divorce. But for less-advantaged older adults, a late-in-life divorce can be devastating.”