When Michelle Wright got married, she says it was more of an ultimatum than an act of romance.
Wright and her high school sweetheart were on and off throughout young adulthood, and when they got back together again in their mid-20s, her boyfriend said they were either going to break up for good or tie the knot. She went through with the marriage, had a child and settled into married life.
Later, Wright asked her husband to tend to their baby in the middle of the night so she could sleep before work, and he refused. Although the couple didn’t get divorced for a few years after that moment, Wright says it was the turning point.
Following her divorce in 2016, Wright became the divorce expert within her circle.
“I had so many friends come to me during Covid, talking to me about what they were thinking about getting divorced and asking me, because I’m the vet,” she says.