Cohabitation is a clear expression that the parties are not even prepared to commit to a marriage, let alone to one another. This in an era where the conventional – that is to say, feminine – wisdom is that women are experts at ‘relationships’, are empaths extraordinaire and can ‘communicate’ their way through the most difficult ‘conflicts’ to achieve ‘resolution’.

In reality the only thing they are good at is ‘closure’, as in shuting the door after the man they throw out. With a bit of luck Dick Van Dyke might avoid that fate as he is getting on in years and a heart attack might get him first. Frankly it is the better attack on the heart than most women give their menfolk.

Wise move.

Apparently, he saw no need to get financially raped in divorce court.