I Was Terrified of Divorce

But I Did It Anyway

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Growing up, nearly all of the adults I knew were married. It even seemed like they were “happily” married. Within my family, there was no divorce. No mention of divorce, no option for divorce, it seemed.

The biggest scandal, in fact, was that my aunt had gotten pregnant in 1967 and was promptly shuttled off to marry her beau before she had the chance of…