Jul 28, 2019

4 min read

Divorce

I Broke up with My Husband

And people are still talking about it

I broke up with my husband.

In the adult world, they call it divorce. A fancy name for breaking up or for legalizing it.

It’s a dirty word in suburbia.

It seems this shapeshifter of the couple’s world is frowned upon.

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