What's not to like, Mike?<\/p><\/div>\n

I was stretching atop a perfect picture-postcard hill, post \u201curban hike\u201d when I overheard two women talk recipes. One was describing her hummus, which she makes with white beans rather than garbanzos. I gotta admit, her recipe sounded pretty tasty — and I\u2019m very particular about my Mediterranean food. Then she added, \u201cBut Mike doesn\u2019t like hummus.\u201d And\u2026 I lost it.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the sweetness of when you\u2019re married to someone, and you know dumb little things about them, like whether or not they like hummus, that hit me. Because as of two days ago, the wheels of my divorce are in motion. It\u2019s about time, since we haven\u2019t lived together for two years. Sometimes I wish we could just go back and order pizza and drink wine like we used to and everything would be perfect \u2013 which it never was. Memories are perfect. No, you can\u2019t. Go back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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