We're Friends, really...I swear to GOD

Everytime my husband tells one of our friends that we are getting a divorce at my request, it's meant with the same response. Anger. Disbelief. And more anger. They can't believe this is happening to us. The perfect couple. To futher compilicate things, they really really really can't believe that we can remain friends. Even the best of friends. They can't understand that while I don't want to be married to my husband anymore that I can't lose his friendship. I have been friends with him for 18 years. I'm not giving him up now. I don't want to, and I won't. Period. End of story. We're friends now and it's perfect. Even though it may not be compleley perfect for my soon to be ex-husband now. It will be, eventually. We will be fine. Our friends need not to worry for a second that we won't be ok. We will always be ok. Our friendship is unending. I don't doubt it for a minute. Even if everyone else does.