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dembotoz

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16. sometimes you just do not get a divorce

Sun Apr 10, 2016, 05:54 PM

Apr 2016

have not lived with my wife for a number of years now.
its how we kept from not killing each other.

i used the excuse of staying married while my kids were in school in order to be able to see them.

youngest graduated a few years back
no longer valid excuse
we have not slept in the same room going on 20 years now

yes i can see how the divorce never took place.

yes my friend and family all say i should have divorced years ago

land of shoulda woulda coulda

i did not

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I agree wholeheartedly with you. Duppers Apr 2016 #21

sometimes you just do not get a divorce dembotoz Apr 2016 #16

I had a friend who was that way with his wife TexasBushwhacker Apr 2016 #18

It ain't about baldness. So what did they *do* all those 39 years? Who cares, but UTUSN Apr 2016 #17

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There's two sides to every story Major Nikon Apr 2016 #37

The first of my friends to get divorced surprised me Ex Lurker Apr 2016 #38

I've had similar experience with pairs of friends who got divorced Major Nikon Apr 2016 #39

People can be oblivious though TexasBushwhacker Apr 2016 #40

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