‘Toni Tennille’: Her happy marriage (of 39 years) with the Captain was a lie

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15. Yeah. She wasn't exactly trapped financially

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like many women, although we don't really know the state of their finances. No matter how much income you have, you can still be in debt up to your eyeballs.

I thought it was strange that she was even writing a memoir, but it looks like people wanted to read it:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/cr/1630761745/ref=mw_dp_cr?pageNumber=2

From the reviews, I learned that her father was an alcoholic and that Daryl also had a difficult childhood. That made me go "Ah!". Women with alcoholic fathers often go on to marry alcoholics, or otherwise difficult, distant men. They couldn't fix their father, so they repeat the relationship and desperately try to "fix" their broken husbands. I knew a woman who married 3 alcoholics!

So she may have decided to write the memoir to answer all the questions of "How could you divorce after 39 years?!!!!". Like my mother, who divorced my alcoholic, bipolar father after 38 years of marriage, Toni probably wants to live her retirement in peace. That being said, I would feel more comfortable if she waited until Daryl was deceased. He may have been "cold" but now he's old, sick and alone.

BTW, Tenille moved to Florida too!