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An Eight Word Divorce Agreement

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Me, I’m an old man now, if a little more iffy and rickety as time goes by, but still a as healthy as a mule and don’t plan to ever die - so far, so good on that score, although my wife says I'm probably in for a big surprise. This is a true story about a divorce. I’ve been with my second wife for about twenty-four years now. Before that, I was married to my first wife for over twenty-six years and that marriage ended in divorce, which is what this tale is about. According to my first wife Lois, when a marriage is dying,  the best option is a good old-fashioned divorce. Lois might have been mad with me, but I wasn’t mad with her. I don’t believe she was mad either, and only felt like it was time to change the dishwater so to speak. She was always a very pragmatic woman. I believe now that Lois had been thinking about divorce over a long period of time, but it hit me without warning. Sure, there were some early warning signs I never noticed, like more fights, and meaner ones to