Divorce after 77 years | What would you do?

[Trey of Diamonds]

This couple is divorcing after 77 years of marriage for an affair that happened during the 1940s. What would you do if you were them?

99-year-old divorces wife after he discovered 1940s affair - Telegraph

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.

 

[blackout]

A 1940's affair?
It would seem he's(currently) more in love with his idea of a perfect marriage
than he is with his wife.

But then, he's older, and I guess in some ways
mostly what he has left are memories. so.

The 1940's were a damn long time ago.

I guess he had the final say in the matter.

 

[Jainarayan]

It sounds like something my parents would have done. They were married 53 years. When my father was 21 he fathered a child by a girl he knew. He didn't meet and marry my mother until 7 years later. My mother found out about the child (a girl), and never forgave my father, though they didn't even know each other when he fathered the girl. Btw, we are Italian. Just sayin'.

 

[Trey of Diamonds]

Btw, we are Italian. Just sayin'.

My wife's Italian, I understand.

 

[Jainarayan]

Yeah, it's a "you-gotta-feel-it-you-can't-intellectualize-it" kind of thing.

 

[Skwim]

It's the Italian machismo thing

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[GabrielWithoutWings]

I'd dump her right on her *** and sleep with her hot 75 year old sister to show her what's up.

 

[dawny0826]

Get over it, after that length of time.

 

[Sunstone]

I'd follow the morals of my god and roast her in eternal hell for her sins in the 1940s.

 

[Mathematician]

I'd be hurt, but divorce after that long of a time? Jesus.

 

[Storm]

The article implies they weren't that happy to begin with.

 

[Tesia]

Divorce for for an affair that happened during the 1940s ? I will not do like that I belive . Live apart for some time is a good choice, but 77 years have pasted, I think divorce is not the only way to solve the problem .

 

[Me Myself]

It is imposible for me to say what I would have done. (we are implying more than a few decades od added experience in me. I man I don´t even spend that much time with myself! how would I know how would I feel that much time with a wife?!)

I only have one statement for humanity in general:

Don´t fracking cheat.

 

[Alceste]

Divorce for for an affair that happened during the 1940s ? I will not do like that I belive . Live apart for some time is a good choice, but 77 years have pasted, I think divorce is not the only way to solve the problem .

Maybe it was just the straw that broke the camel's back.

 

[jojowedge]

if i were him, i'd hire a hooker