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Published: 08/2/10

The Un-Divorce: When Leaving Your Marriage Is Just Too Much Work

By  Suzi Parker - Politics Daily
The Un-Divorce:  When Leaving Your Marriage Is Just Too Much Work

Ira and Joyce, a married couple, lived separate lives until the day Ira died. Into his 80s, Ira had girlfriends. Joyce had bridge. They should have been the kind of couple who divorced once their children were grown. But they didn't. Ira's father created a multimillion-dollar trust fund that ordered him to stay married in order to receive payment. So they did. Ira seldom stayed in the house he and Joyce built in southern Arkansas, instead preferring hotel penthouses and his girlfriends' apartments. They were both happy in their 50-plus years of marriage even though they didn't stay together ...

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