When my wife of sixty years passed away, I discovered that I had been living a lie with a woman I didn’t even know.
I always believed I was happily married to a wonderful woman who loved me, but at the age of 82, I learned that my whole life had been a lie, a sham, and that I hadn’t known my wife at all.
Elaine and I had been married for sixty years when she passed away after a sudden heart attack. I was devastated. I had married Elaine when I was 22 and she was 20 and she was my whole world.
I had always wanted children, but when Elaine and I decided it was time to become parents in our late 20s, we discovered it was not to be. Doctors told us Elaine had a problem that in those days was insoluble — no IVF back then.
I suggested that we could adopt a baby, but Elaine told me she couldn’t possibly love another woman’s child. I tried to persuade her, and we came close to the only real clash in our entire married life. Eventually, I gave in. I loved Elaine, and there was nothing I wouldn’t do for her, so I devoted myself to…..Read Full Story Here……
