05.07.2007 / 2:33 p.m.

And then just like that: GB's job is suddenly up in the air -- after he already quit the current one. My raise hasn't gone through and, worst of all, two of our best friends are getting a divorce after 16 years of marriage.

Yes, 16 years. They got in a fight and he suddenly told her he no longer loved her and now, not even a week later, he's already got his own place and she's shocked and we're all stunned because he was the last person we would've ever suspected to fall prey to the mid-life crisis.

Which I guess, considering that he's 42, is what you'd call this. Besides, of course, heartbreaking.

then ... now