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“I was very young when I got married and really believed in the whole ‘happily ever after’ and the vows that we took. I worked 60 hours a week, did all the housework and gardening, and even took his car to be serviced for him. He got fired several times, and each job didn’t seem to work out. Everything was OK, but every year, he seemed less involved in our relationship. Then he suddenly found a job that he seemed to really like and worked very long hours. I was glad he was finally getting serious about a job. Nope, it was a woman co-worker at the job he was serious about. There were so many red flags, but I stupidly believed everything he told me. Then one night, he called to say he would be really late getting home from work again and gave a really bad excuse.”
“Something finally clicked in my head, and I went to his workplace, and he wasn’t there. I went to the bar at the hotel next door to his workplace when I noticed his car there. There he was with another woman, and they were all over each other. It was obvious they would be getting a room soon from their behavior. I didn’t say a word but went back out to my car and drove home. He came home a few hours later and complained about how hard he had been working all night and how he needed a shower. I packed his clothes while he was in the shower and had the suitcase by the door. I told him I had caught him and that I had seen them together. He was shocked. It never occurred to him that I wouldn’t believe his lies forever, I guess. I told him his suitcases were packed by the door, and he needed to leave. He left and moved in with her and never asked for a divorce. Finally, I went to a lawyer and got a divorce, and again, he seemed shocked. I never spoke to him or saw him again, but he is on his fourth wife now. They all got younger and younger, and they all looked like me. This last wife is about 35, and he is 75.”
—Anonymous, 68 Texas
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