My husband of 29 years demanded our house, car, and savings in the divorce. I agreed to everything, leaving even my lawyer speechless. But I had one condition: he had to take the house exactly as it was. The morning after I moved out, he called me screaming.
I looked around my small apartment. Starting a new life at fifty-four was hard, but at least I had something to sit on—unlike my arrogant ex.
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I’d been married for twenty-nine years. I was already planning to ask for a pearl necklace for our thirtieth anniversary, to finally complete my transformation into a typical suburban wife.
But my husband decided to ruin that plan.
I was ironing his stack of Hawaiian shirts when Glenn walked into the room.
I leaned in to kiss him on the lips. He turned his head. I got an awkward kiss on the ear.
I tensed.
He looked me over. Jeans. A faded cardigan. Hair in a clip. Nothing special.
“Bad marriage.”
A nervous laugh slipped out.
“Glenn, that’s a terrible joke.”
“What got into you?”
“I’m sick of Groundhog Day. Let’s divorce.”
“I’ve already… and I don’t want to blow the rest. I’m fifty-six, Linda,” he said. “I still have a life ahead of me.”
“And I don’t?”
I set the iron down.
“That’s not what I meant,” he added. “But we’ve been roommates for years.”
“Roommates don’t iron your shirts.”
“Don’t start.”
“Why now?”
“Look at us. You smell like rotisserie chicken.”
“I work at a grocery store.”
“Exactly.”
Then he told me his plan. He’d clearly rehearsed it.
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