man 99, married 77 years, divorces wife over affair in 1940s

[SMKR]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/8982958/99-year-old-divorces-wife-after-he-discovered-1940s-affair.html

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[347Mike]

That sucks..

[SMKR]

By Nick Squires in Rome Last Updated: 4:52PM GMT 29/12/2011

An Italian couple are to become the world's oldest divorcees, after the 99-year-old husband found that his 96-year-old wife had an affair in the 1940s.

The Italian man, identified by lawyers in the case only as Antonio C, was rifling through an old chest of drawers when he made the discovery a few days before Christmas.

Notwithstanding the time that had elapsed since the betrayal, he was so upset that he immediately confronted his wife of 77 years, named as Rosa C, and demanded a divorce.

Guilt-stricken, she reportedly confessed everything but was unable to persuade her husband to reconsider his decision.

She wrote the letters to her lover during a secret affair in the 1940s, according to court papers released in Rome this week.

The couple are now preparing to split, despite the ties they forged over nearly eight decades – they have five children, a dozen grandchildren and one great-grand child.

The discovery of the letters was the final straw for a marriage which had already run into difficulty –10 years ago the husband briefly left their house in Rome and moved in with one of his sons, only to return a few weeks later.

The Italian press attributed the acrimonious split to the couple's southern blood – he is originally from Olbia in Sardinia, while his wife was born in Naples.

The couple met during the 1930s when Antonio was posted as a young Carabinieri officer to Naples.

The case appears to set a new record, at least for the age of the oldest protagonist – the previous oldest couple to divorce were Bertie and Jessie Wood, both aged 98, from the UK.

The pair ended their 36-year marriage in 2009 when they were both two years away from their 100th birthdays.

They got married in Elstree, Hertfordshire, in 1972, having both ended previous marriages, before moving to Falmouth, Cornwall four years later.

[talisman]

Ouch.

[mstng86]

He has been looking for an excuse.....for the last 50 years.

[Gtracer]

She never confessed before now? I would have divorced on that principal alone...even after that long. I mean, now you have a trust issue and how can you die happy wondering how many other instances were never confessed?

I would have divorced her then. I would also be mad as hell that you were denied the opportunity to move on and truly be happy than to live in deception thinking you are happy. He could have moved on back then, found another love and what not...but this selfish person robbed him of that decision.

He moved out and came back to apparently try to make it work or out of complacency which is the right move...she tried to make it work by lying and deceiving the person she supposedly loved.

[krazy kris]

"when I asked him why, he said because she was a nigger lover" lmao

[TEAMJACOB]

What a slut

[71chevellejohn]

come un boss

[CexMashean]

Smartest man ever. He made the record books before he died. He'll live on forever as a man of principal, and she'll be a record keeping whore.

[Gtracer]

Smartest man ever. He made the record books before he died. He'll live on forever as a man of principal, and she'll be a record keeping whore.

Very good way to look at it...

[TENGRAM]

7 year itch?

[line-em-up]

...

She never confessed before now? I would have divorced on that principal alone...even after that long. I mean, now you have a trust issue and how can you die happy wondering how many other instances were never confessed?

I would have divorced her then. I would also be mad as hell that you were denied the opportunity to move on and truly be happy than to live in deception thinking you are happy. He could have moved on back then, found another love and what not...but this selfish person robbed him of that decision.

He moved out and came back to apparently try to make it work or out of complacency which is the right move...she tried to make it work by lying and deceiving the person she supposedly loved.

That woman's affair lasted a long, long time ago. People are human and make mistakes. Why destroy a relationship to clear your conscience? Personally, if my wife has an affair, I don't want her to tell me about it out of guilt, just to make her feel better. The only thing that is going to do is cause irreprairable damage. Once the trust is gone, it won't come back.

If what they had wasn't more important to him than that, then he wasn't really feeling it anyway. Their marriage was already on the rocks and that was the last straw. You woud think that he would cherish what they had shared together all of these years. They only have a few years to live and they will wish they have each other before they die. It's not like they can start over.

[71chevellejohn]

People are human and make mistakes. Why destroy a relationship to clear your conscience? Personally, if my wife has an affair, I don't want her to tell me about it out of guilt to make her feel better. The only thing that is going to do is cause irreprairable damage. Once the trust is gone, it won't come back.

That woman's affair lasted a long time ago. If what they had wasn't more important to him than that, then he wasn't really feeling it anyway. Their marriage was already on the rocks and that was the last straw.

Pics of your wife?
j/k

[Gear_Jammer]

I told every girl I dated, including my wife that if they cheated it was over. To the best of my knowledge, I only had 1 girlfriend cheat on me and I told her to piss-off as soon as I found out. While it's sad, I applaud the guy for his decision.