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< p > I was not shouting in me. There was no despair. There was only silence, so deep that it was painful. And the question: is it normal that a woman does not cry after her husband's death ?

< P >We were a marriage of thirty -two years. Thirty -two years of life on the whistle. On & ndash; Smiling, gallant, sociable. I & ndash; Quiet, understanding, faithful. For many years I thought that maybe this is the division of R & Oacute; L in a relationship. That I have to endure his moods, his p & oacute; his scent of other women on his shirt.

< p > He betrayed me almost from the beginning. First a colleague from work. Then & Friends' Oacute; łka family & rdquo;. And P & Amp; Oacute; I didn't know anymore. He had no courage to leave, but he also had no shame to become loyal. He left behind traces of & ndash; and I collected them like crumbs after someone else's dinner.

< p > I stopped asking with time. For children. For the sake of peace. For the appearance of & oacute; w. But every betrayal left me in me.

< p > and kt & oacute; I stopped loving him. I was only out of habit.

< p > When they called that it was a heart attack, that he could not be saved & ndash; At first I felt something strange. Not relief. Release.

< p > because I suddenly realized that I didn't have to pretend anything anymore. I do not have to smile at the neighbors who knew & oacute; I do not have to cook for someone who fed other women with lies. I don't have to wait for the key at night and pretend I'm sleeping.

< p > at the funeral they stood & ndash; TE & AMP; BDQUO; familiar & One of them had black glasses and flowers in hand. They didn't look at me. Maybe they didn't have the courage. Or maybe they knew well that now I am free. They stayed with nothing.

< P > I'm not proud that I felt relief. But I will not be ashamed of it either.

< p > because I was his wife all my life. And he was never my husband. Not really.

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Natasha Kumar

By Natasha Kumar

Natasha Kumar has been a reporter on the news desk since 2018. Before that she wrote about young adolescence and family dynamics for Styles and was the legal affairs correspondent for the Metro desk. Before joining The Times Hub, Natasha Kumar worked as a staff writer at the Village Voice and a freelancer for Newsday, The Wall Street Journal, GQ and Mirabella. To get in touch, contact me through my natasha@thetimeshub.in 1-800-268-7116