The women always file for divorce...
The women always file for divorce...
There is a psychologically abusive dirty trick used by guys who want out but have no inertia to file themselves. They create an unbearable environment, often secret from friends and family. It could be repeated nasty comments, affairs, silent treatment, really anything stressful to the point of creating an unrelenting distrustful, toxic situation. Bosses do this to employees, too, to get them to quit. I get that they were separated, living apart, but sometimes you want to quit the sham and live an authentic life. I also get that they were together 50 years, but sometimes a crappy situation crosses the boundaries of decency. Life really is too short to live in a soul-crushing situation.