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  1. Feb 2021
    1. I went through a divorce,” he said. “I won’t sell the house.”

      Maybe he had sentimental values for the house which he wasn't ready to let go of.

    2. Dan

      Can be the landlord.

    3. I still drive by

      She seems attached to the house.

    4. I stayed for five years, and figured out how to keep the oven door closed with a hanger and a rubber band. Also how to be a single mom, a single woman. I grappled with guilt and grief and unintended consequences—losing extended family, people taking sides. A roller-coaster, a slog.

      She compromised her living standards, and went through a lot of emotions related to her new life after the divorce.

    5. here’s a stroller out front these days

      This suggests the presence of a baby or toddler

    6. and I’m in the middle of a divorce.”

      This was something that effected her and all her choices.

    7. It felt cozy and funky and just the right size for my downsized life.

      She was in a crisis due to the divorce so felt such a living standard suited her.

    8. first

      This suggests the author married more than once