In Unhitched, couples tell the stories of their relationships, from romance to vows to divorce to life afterward.
Liza Cooper and Alex Yaroslavsky, both from New York City, met in their late 30s, in March 2007, through a dating app; they married about a year later. Both secular Jews, the two seemed compatible on paper, yet differences in their communication styles sometimes created conflict and ultimately brought an end to their marriage.
But with patience, work and a sympathetic landlord, the two managed to become dear friends and co-parents after their divorce. They now live on different floors of the same Upper West Side apartment building.
Dates of marriage June 15, 2008 to Dec. 13, 2018
Age when married Ms. Cooper was 37; Mr. Yaroslavsky was 38. (They are now 53 and 54.)
Current occupations She is an administrator in a hospital and a dating coach; he is an executive coach with his own company.
Children One son, age 14.
Where did they grow up? In 1980, Mr. Yaroslavsky, an only child, immigrated to the United States with his parents when he was 10. The family had lived in Lviv, which was then part of the Soviet Union and is now Ukraine. He quickly learned English.
