re: #246 wrenchwench

We have a friend who got a divorce, but let his wife stay in his house because he didn’t want their two sons (who were teens at the time) to think he was mean to their mother. She stayed for 8 years. Mr. w said to him, ‘I think after 7 years you’re legally married again.’ She was out in 3 months.

We were laughing about that over Thanksgiving this year. My aunt and uncle, when married, used to fight almost constantly. No physical violence, because my uncle would sooner hurt himself than a woman, so it almost always ended up in him sleeping on somebody else’s couch for a couple days/weeks until they made up in time for the next big fight. Finally they got divorced about 8 years ago and he moved out. Well, within a year, they were living together again, only this time on friendly terms. And for the last 7 years, the two have been good friends while living in the same house they’d live in while married. Legally, they’re married again under common law, but decided they just preferred being friends instead.