My husband called and told me he wants a divorce. He said that I can only talk to his lawyer. So, I went to meet his lawyer. When I said,
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My husband didn’t know I make $130,000 a year, so he laughed when he said he’d filed for divorce and was taking the house and the car. He served me while I was still in a hospital gown, then disappeared and remarried like I was just an old bill he’d finally paid off.
My husband handed me divorce papers while I was still wearing a hospital bracelet — the kind that makes you feel like a case number instead of…