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Apparently I’m The “Marriage Ruiner”

Fiordaliso/Moment/Getty ImagesTwo years of being divorced has taught me that I possess mystical powers. Not enough to keep houseplants alive, but apparently enough to dismantle heterosexual marriages all across my small town.Like most small towns, news and gossip travel fast, like a messy adult-only version of the telephone game. From my hairstylist to the moms on the baseball team to a friend of a friend who reportedly said, “You know she’s the reason her best friend left her husband, right?”Sometimes it’s an ex-husband telling people I “got into his wife’s head.” Or my own ex-husband warning...