“Neither of us knew in the morning that it was going to happen that day. We hadn’t planned it, but it was a moment of clarity…” Three couples, six former partners – each with their own memories of divorcing. They keep up respectful relations for the sake of their children. Christmas dinner with the former family unit; meeting in the foyer, when children are handed off to their other homes; shaking hands with the ex-wife’s new lover. In the Western world, nearly every other marriage ends in divorce. Even if it has never happened to you, it’s happened to someone around you. Perhaps divorce is your greatest fear in life, or even, a hope.

In the last 50 years, Europe has seen a considerable decrease in the number of marriages, and an increase in divorces. Within the European Union there are regional differences, and in the northern region, including in the Baltic States, divorce rates are higher than in southern member states. Historically Latvia has a comparatively high divorce rate. In 2016 in Latvia, for every 1,000 marriages there were 466 divorces.