A letter writer doesn’t want to divorce until the kids, 5 and 7, are “old enough” — but isn’t sure when that is.
I’ve learned a lot reading your column. If I had read it 15-plus years ago, I would not have married my wife. Ooops.
How do I know when that is? I’m sure that 7 and 5 is not. Is the only answer that I’ll know when I know? Also: Some people no doubt can make awesome partners and co-parents as their intimate connection unravels, but I suspect the number who can is sharply lower than the number who think they can.If this all sounds like a “Welp, you’re foxed either way,” then that’s … probably true to a degree. But our power in life lies within these small degrees of change, so that’s what we do here.
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