After Ten Years of Marriage I Asked for a Fair Split Because It Still Matters

and I saw my name in the first column of a spreadsheet.

I stood in the doorway for a moment. Then I walked to the desk.

The spreadsheet was organized with the methodical clarity of someone who thinks in numbers and had given this considerable thought. The first column held my name at the header. Below it, a list:

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