Posted on 12/29/2011 6:01:55 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
A furious 99 year old man is divorcing his wife of 77 years after he discovered she had an affair more than 60 years ago.
The couple, who have been identified only as Antonio and Rosa, have both consulted lawyers and the first hearing in the case is due to take place in March.
Jealous father-of-five Antonio saw red after he discovered dust covered romantic letters from his wife to her secret lover during a clear out of their apartment in Rome.
The couple had tied the knot in Naples in 1934, where Antonio had met Rosa after he had been sent there to serve in the carabinieri paramilitary police but she had had an affair with her unidentified lover ten years later, keeping the secret to herself until now.
Lawyer Anna Orecchioni said: 'The husband decided to file for divorce after finding the love letters.
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She probably forgot about it years ago.
Me too! And I wasn't even eating tater tots!
I think he’s entitle to a fling. Maybe a weekend with a cute 80 year old?
Numbers 32:23........ and be sure your sin will find you out.
VoiceOfBruck ~ Me too! And I wasn't even eating tater tots!
*ouch*
Don't gnocchi it if you haven't tried it...
OK, granted I’m not much of a roamntic, but she spent the rest of her life with him. Doesn’t that count for soemthing? None of us should be so naïve as to believe that our spouses aren’t sometimes attracted to others. Its the longterm commitment that matters.
Some things that happen in Vegas should stay in Vegas.
I just lost the tater tots I was planning to eat next Wednesday.
It’s like putting your hand in a haystack and pulling out a couple of needles.
Odds are, the haystack is loaded with needles.
What part of “forsaking all others” don’t you understand?
What happened in the pasta should stay in the pasta....
“OK, granted Im not much of a roamntic, but she spent the rest of her life with him. Doesnt that count for soemthing?”
Oh please! Lord knows how many other guys were taking their turn with that gal. Wonder how many of his kids are actually his? He’s done the right thing, too bad in Italy they make you wait 5 years before you can get officially divorced, he’ll probably be dead by then.
his momma was right, that marriage didn’t last....
At least, at 99, he can remember what an “affair” is...
“They shouldnt get divorced until all the children have died.”
That is LOL!
Wow. Talk about a bombshell after a lifetime together. I agree he has every right to leave. I’d like to think he might forgive her, but anyone might wonder if there were other affairs that followed. For her to keep this secret for so long suggests that possibility.
Maybe they could work something out. If she had a fling, maybe she could let him have one fling now. Of course, if she was smart... she’d pick out a nice, black dress beforehand.
Wow, guys really can’t win no matter what.
If the guy cheats on his wife and she divorces him, he’s an ass.
If the woman cheats on the guy and he divorces her, he’s still the ass.
Perhaps we ought to leave it up to the guy as we’re not going through what he’s gone through, and hasn’t felt he’s been living a lie after being betrayed by the person he thought he knew. Maybe not be so hasty to label him an ass.
Being told you’re “allowed” or “permitted” to have a fling ain’t the same thing.
Further it hardly makes up for betrayal and coverup. Besides he’s so old now. Can’t really have that great a fling now.
No forgiveness. Ever. He’ll get himself a young Russian bride over the Internet. (Hope he had a pre-nup.)
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