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99-year-old divorces wife after he discovered 1940s affair
The Telegraph ^ | 12-29-11 | Nick Squires

Posted on 12/29/2011 9:29:46 AM PST by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis

The Italian man, identified by lawyers in the case only as Antonio C, was rifling through an old chest of drawers when he made the discovery a few days before Christmas.

Notwithstanding the time that had elapsed since the betrayal, he was so upset that he immediately confronted his wife of 77 years, named as Rosa C, and demanded a divorce.

Guilt-stricken, she reportedly confessed everything but was unable to persuade her husband to reconsider his decision.

She wrote the letters to her lover during a secret affair in the 1940s, according to court papers released in Rome this week.

The couple are now preparing to split, despite the ties they forged over nearly eight decades – they have five children, a dozen grandchildren and one great-grand child.

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis

an affair to remember


41 posted on 12/29/2011 10:34:46 AM PST by bunkerhill7 (Popes in Rome not telling the truth ?? Who knew?)
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To: CrazyIvan

Ok I LOLed.


42 posted on 12/29/2011 10:39:18 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: JRios1968
"They stayed together for the kids..."

... and the sex was fantastic ...


43 posted on 12/29/2011 10:43:23 AM PST by BlueLancer (Secede?! Y'all better just be thankful we don't invade ...)
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis

Non-muslim “honor” killing.


44 posted on 12/29/2011 10:45:04 AM PST by 353FMG
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To: CrazyIvan
This thread is useless without tintypes.

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LOLOLOLOLOL! :)

45 posted on 12/29/2011 10:46:54 AM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: JRandomFreeper

I mean does he think he is going to get another woman?
I certainly don’t want another one. He may not either. He may just want to live out his waning years in peace and quiet.

/johnny
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I am a “Silver Citizen” and I sure don’t want a man cluttering my life. He would just be looking for a nurse or a purse.


46 posted on 12/29/2011 10:48:03 AM PST by ruesrose (It's possible to be clueless without being blonde.)
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To: JRandomFreeper

I mean does he think he is going to get another woman?
I certainly don’t want another one. He may not either. He may just want to live out his waning years in peace and quiet.

/johnny
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I am a “Silver Citizen” and I sure don’t want a man cluttering my life. He would just be looking for a nurse or a purse.


47 posted on 12/29/2011 10:48:03 AM PST by ruesrose (It's possible to be clueless without being blonde.)
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis

What a shame. Now they’re both alone.


48 posted on 12/29/2011 10:48:15 AM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: usconservative

Reminds me of a scene from War of the Roses.

Kathleen Turner asked Danny Devito if he had ever had angry sex.

Danny Devito said, “Is there any other kind?”


49 posted on 12/29/2011 10:50:23 AM PST by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: trisham
Now they’re both alone.

You say that like it's a BadThing(tm).

I actually prefer it.

Besides, as I found out on a mountainside Dec, 2009 during a blizzard, bleeding out internally from a slip/fall... I'm never really alone.

God is with me.

/johnny

50 posted on 12/29/2011 10:56:29 AM PST by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: BradyLS

He’s Italian...He’s probably had 10 affairs....his don’t count....but her one affair....probably with his best friend...Yes, that’s different!!!


51 posted on 12/29/2011 10:57:59 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: ruesrose
You go, girl!

I'm with you. A wimmen-folk here would just complain about the house and my bad habits.

I'm everything you want to avoid, condensed. ;)

Best for folk like us to live alone and free.

/johnny

52 posted on 12/29/2011 11:01:02 AM PST by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: JRandomFreeper

I’m a woman. We like to talk. :)


53 posted on 12/29/2011 11:01:22 AM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis

These were the war years. If they were letters, lover boy was not around. Now if he found used contraceptives, that would be a different thing.


54 posted on 12/29/2011 11:03:58 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: napscoordinator
I can imagine him feeling hurt and betrayed, but to end it? I don't understand that at all. Their lives will not last more than ten or twenty more years. Why not spend them together?

Part of any lasting relationship involves the ability to forgive.

55 posted on 12/29/2011 11:05:08 AM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Sacajaweau

Bingo!

The comments on this thread are just so hateful.


56 posted on 12/29/2011 11:08:11 AM PST by Gabz (Democrats for Voldemort.)
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To: trisham
I'm a grumpy, old, half-deaf, mean barstid. I don't. ;)

I was married for many years, have children and grandchildren... yet, today, can't imagine having to disrupt my life with someone in my home besides the catz.

Single, celibate, sane, and solvent seems to work well for me.

/johnny

57 posted on 12/29/2011 11:08:41 AM PST by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: Publius

lol. I can picture Sophia telling the story now.


58 posted on 12/29/2011 11:09:35 AM PST by moviefan8
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To: Gabz
hateful? You might have to explain that to me in detail. I didn't see anything hateful in the comments.

Seriously. I am blind to what you see. Explain it to me in simple words.

/johnny

59 posted on 12/29/2011 11:11:20 AM PST by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
This must have been horrifyingly painful for the old guy. Imagine going along that long and not knowing, and after 70+ years looking at your family pictures and being forced to wonder if the children you'd loved and raised were even your own.

Unspeakable. The woman is a virtual horror for allowing him to spend his entire life with her and never allowing him the decency of being able to make his decision knowing the truth.

60 posted on 12/29/2011 11:12:04 AM PST by RavenATB ("Destroy the family and you destroy the country!" ~Vladimir Lenin)
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