Man, that is tough. You trust someone with all you being and then you find they were not faithful. That is devastating. What an experience about putting someone on a pedestal and then they just rip your heart and soul out. I am really touched by the pain that man must be feeling.
Been there. Done that. Sucks.
We don’t know from the article that he put her on a pedestal or treated her like cr@p. We just know they stayed married 77 years and she had an affair 60+ years ago. Yes, she betrayed his trust all those decades ago, but managed to keep her secret of a war-time affair to herself for all these years, perhaps from her own shame and guilt.
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