An amicable divorce 'can be done', you told us. Here's what else you said Posted 3 updated 2 Pause and take a breath before splitting up assets post divorce. ( Print text only Is it possible for a marriage to end amicably? Yes, according to many people who responded to recent Life Matters series The Good Divorce. Tamara Oudyn explores how couples can separate without unduly damaging themselves, their ex-partners or their kids. The series prompted Life Matters listener Pete to tell us about his own 'good' divorce. "There were no lawyers involved in our breakup," he says. "We were so worried about our children's futures and how they were feeling ... that our little squabbles slowly died away and it became good.