My father advised me never to get married. But then he got married for a third time. This one lasted to the end, but she’s a horrible person and definitely contributed to his earlier than necessary death when she didn’t tell anyone he’d fallen. Broken hip. He was soon gone. Fuck her.

I had an unpleasant evening with my partner last month when I told her that I’ll never marry (we live together). After the hell that my father’s third wife made things for his family trying to get him care at the end, it’s just not attractive to me. Living together is enough.