For Most Couples Whose Children Are No Longer Living at Home

For most couples whose children are no longer living at home, life is

A) better now than before the children left.
B) worse now than before the children left.
C) at first worse than before the children left, but with time, it gets better.
D) about the same as before the children left.
E) at first better than before the children left, but with time, it gets worse.