This just is not the year for long relationships to keep on lasting. Another long term relationship has ended. Melissa and Tammy Etheridge announced they were splitting up after 9 years together. Melissa's publicist is the one who released the statement so it could have been her who decided to end it. "Melissa and Tammy Etheridge are saddened to announce that they are now separated."
This was a couple that I really thought would always be together. I mean they went through child birth together and Melissa had breast cancer.