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Two older gentlemen, in their 60’s, were talking about their friends and family, and the conversation landed on a friend of one of them, saying that his friend’s wife was Japanese. The other man chuckled as if it were ironic—I didn’t hear the whole conversation—and then asked if they were still married. What a question. Maybe it seems so commonplace now, but to ask if someone is still married is quite a heavy question with a light jacket.