THE FACTOR IS ON!!!!!
Relationships are weird for some folks. I'm no longer surprised at all the crap that goes on in relationships. Currently, I'm helping a friend to finalize his divorce from a woman. When they filed over ten years ago, she took him to the cleaners, got alimony by having half his wages garnished for five years, a big cash settlement, he paid for her attorney fees, and she got other stuff as well. He never finalized the divorce, because she wanted medical coverage under his plan. Yes, he was a fool.She hooked up with another man and sponged off him for ten years, never marrying him. If she had, then the original divorce would be finalized. Anyway, the other man died leaving her with nothing. So she goes begging to my friend to take her back. Now he wants to finalize the divorce and she says no because she wants the medical coverage (plus perhaps half his pension when he retires this year).
I have a former co-worker friend who allowed his ex-wife to live in his home, along with her new boyfriend. Weird. And another who divorced and they live in the same home, while dating others. Another who was okay with her husband having multiple affairs, including the next-door teenage neighbor who he had a child with. Nothing surprises me anymore. As for me, going on five decades with my wife, we're boring and like it that way!