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Subject, I want that old thing back.

All right, dear Stephen Shirley, my wife and I have been married for 22 years.

Before the past four years, we've lived apart.

We talked about divorce, but we never did it.

It's very weird, but we fell into a pattern of co-parenting and just never filed for divorce. Every holiday, she invites me over so our family can be together.

Every Christmas, I sleep in the guest room and wake up, cook breakfast, and then we watch

our kids open presents.

It's not until recently that I'm seeing my wife in a different light.

We got married when we were 24, and I was still

immature and selfish. Now that I'm older, I see my wife in a position of authority, leading

a household without me, and it kills me inside. I want so badly to just apologize and go back home,

but my pride gets in the way.

I fear rejection, too, because the children told me she's dating.

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