By Francis Ewherido
“Some years ago, a 99-year-old Italian man filed for divorce of his 96-year-old wife of 77 years. Reason: The wife had an affair over 60 years ago, but the man just stumbled on the evidence, letters she wrote the lover boy. Only God knows why she was still keeping those letters! When he confronted her, she owned up to the affair.
Swiftly, the man filed for divorce…. Al Gore’s, former US Vice President under Bill Clinton, and his wife, Tipper Gore, separated after 40 years of marriage! In 1998, the 38 years marriage of Frederik Willem de Klerk, the last President of apartheid-era South Africa, to his wife, Marike de Klerk, collapsed due to the former’s infidelity.
Marriage always reminds me of St. Paul’s admonition: ‘whoever thinks he is standing firm had better be careful that he does not fall’ (1Corinthians 10:12).” These are excerpts from my first article on this column, November 16, 2013.
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