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That Time I Bought My Husband’s Girlfriend a Burial Plot

2025/1/29
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我，罗宾·艾琳·伯恩斯坦，讲述了我与前夫马克之间复杂关系的故事。我们结婚多年，但由于长期争吵和沟通不畅，最终决定离婚。离婚后，我们分居，但仍然保持着联系，并与马克的新女友相处融洽。然而，马克却突然因心脏病去世。作为他的合法妻子，我不得不处理他的后事，这让我感到既悲伤又无奈。在处理后事的过程中，我为马克和他的女友购买了相邻的墓地，希望女友能得到安慰。然而，随着时间的推移，我开始思考自己是否应该被埋葬在那里，以及这其中所包含的复杂情感和人生选择。

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Robin and Mark's marriage, while having many things in common, lacked a core friendship. Despite attempts at counseling and shared desires, their differences in approach to life led to constant stress and ultimately, divorce.
  • Long marriage with shared values but fundamental differences
  • Constant bickering and arguments
  • Marriage counseling attempts
  • Decision to divorce due to incompatibility

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When Robin Aileen Bernstein’s almost-ex-husband, Mark, died of a heart attack, she suddenly found herself comforting her husband’s grieving girlfriend. Robin and Mark had been living apart for two years, but legally she was still the wife, so it was up to her to make the burial arrangements. Would offering to buy the girlfriend an adjoining plot make her feel less alone?

On this episode of “Modern Love,” Robin explains how she ended up buying her soon-to-be-ex’s girlfriend a burial plot — and who might actually end up being buried there.

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