To: j——@gmail.com
From: m——@gmail.com
Sent: June 28, 1:12 am
Hi Jon—
I know we’re supposed to be “giving each other space,” and I get that, I’m only emailing because I spoke to Lauren’s aunt’s friend, who I maybe mentioned is a divorce lawyer . . . it turns out to get a divorce, we need to prove we’ve been legally separated for a year, which means we can’t file for one until next spring. There’s also a bunch of other paperwork etc. that I’d hoped we could avoid since we don’t, like, own anything of value, but apparently not, so there’s a lot to do in the next few weeks/months, and you probably do have to email me back at some point.
I’m sorry if this email feels abrupt, or overly businesslike, but I think it’s important to get the ball rolling, especially with this waiting period I didn’t know about. This is, obviously, not the ideal situation for either of us, but I keep thinking about what you said when you moved out: I want us to do this the nicest way possible. I hope this email can count as an official declaration of our intention to divorce, a kind of start date for our year of separation.
. . . . . . weird, right? Life is so weird.
I love you, I’m sorry,
M
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To: j——@gmail.com
From: m——@gmail.com
Sent: June 28, 1:16 am
Oh my god, I just realized I left the “sent from my iPhone” thing on the bottom. I promise I took the time to actually compose this email on my computer, I just sent it from my phone because I was sitting on the toilet looking at it in my drafts and thought, “you have to send it, right now, or you never will.” I’m really sorry and I hope you don’t think I was leaving it in there as, like, a casual-guy power move. Same thing for telling you about the toilet, it’s just where I was at the time. It’s just the truth.
This has been one of the most difficult periods of my life, and I know it’s hard for you too, and I just would hate to think that you think it’s not a big deal for me. It is.
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To: j——@gmail.com
From: m——@gmail.com
Sent: June 28, 2:40 am
Fuck. Sorry.