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

I had been at her age. About the documents I had signed without question, in rooms lit by the warmth of a marriage I believed in fully, trusting the person beside me to attend to the details.

“That’s exactly the right instinct,” I told her. “Trust and understanding aren’t in conflict. They support each other.”

I turned to the first page.

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