FieryOpal
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Joined: 12/8/2013 From: Maryland Status: offline
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Like you, Malcolm, there would have to be a legal separation in the wraps, an imminent divorce decree, no likelihood of a foreseeable reconciliation. Still, there are no guarantees. The biggest giveaway is if both parties are not maintaining separate residences. Also, as can be the case with an estranged spouse, the other spouse comes over to attend to domestic-related duties as s/he did when they were married, whether it's to make repairs around the house, helping with the upkeep of the car, etc. (unless contractually obligated); or else they're spending time together other than for the sake of attending a school or social event for the sake of a child. My last sub was separated when we started exchanging messages. I did not agree to meet him in person, however, until after the ink had dried on his divorce.
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Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage. - Lao Tzu There is no remedy for love but to love more. - Thoreau
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