{"id":4,"date":"2006-06-02T22:42:56","date_gmt":"2006-06-03T02:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/glasscastle\/2006\/06\/02\/flowers-for-a-faded-romance\/"},"modified":"2006-06-02T22:48:34","modified_gmt":"2006-06-03T02:48:34","slug":"flowers-for-a-faded-romance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/glasscastle\/2006\/06\/02\/flowers-for-a-faded-romance\/","title":{"rendered":"Flowers for a Faded Romance"},"content":{"rendered":"

This posting, as may be obvious, was written three days ago, but unfortunately the Dowbrigade News has been down since then, due to “hardware failure on the manila server”. As a result, we are experimenting with the new Word Press server.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n
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As we lay in bed this morning, a cavalcade of images
\n cascading before out eyes, we had to hide our tears from Norma Yvonne.
\n It isn’t everyday a fifteen-year-long relationship comes to an abrupt
\n end.<\/p>\n

We are not referring to our wife, however; Norma Yvonne
\n and the Dowbrigade have been getting on rather well of late, truth be
\n told.
\n But
\n few know
\n that we have been carrying on an almost daily dalliance with another
\n woman for years.<\/p>\n

Norma knows, of course; how could we hide a relationship
\n so deep and enduring.\u00a0 Over the years she has come to accept,
\n if not approve, as long as we kept it completely separate from our relationship
\n with her, Norma. But we did not want her to see us crying.<\/p>\n

We had been through a lot over 15 years, the Dowbrigade and the Other Woman.\u00a0 And then,
\n suddenly, she announces that it’s over, that she’s leaving.\u00a0 How’s
\n a man supposed to react? <\/p>\n

We still can’t believe this morning we saw her smile,
\n heard her giggle in our bed for the last time.\u00a0 What are we going
\n to do tomorrow?<\/p>\n

Small comfort that she’s still going to be around, hanging
\n with a different crowd. We’ll probably even catch sight of her from time
\n to time, for a few fleeting seconds, across an airport lobby or a crowded
\n bar at dinnertime.\u00a0 But
\n it won’t be the same. It even makes it worse.<\/p>\n

Buck up, man! Think positive thoughts.\u00a0 You still
\n have a good job, a loving wife, two decent kids, manageable debt. Life
\n goes on. People change, they grow, they move on. It’s probably best for
\n everyone.<\/p>\n

But we’re going to miss you, Katie Couric.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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