Happy Endings

Happy Endings

My Stranger Spouse

A divorce mitigation meditation

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Abigail A Mlinar Burns
Sep 09, 2024
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Sometimes I pretend my husband is a stranger. Someone I invite over, who cooks for me, whom my kids love, but someone I don't know.

I don't want him to be a stranger, which is never more evident than when I pretend he is one. Since I believe in intentional living, I frequently force myself to imagine our deaths. Not as in us being dead, but as in the dea…

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