Italian Man, 99, Divorcing Wife of seventy seven Years Over 60-Year-Old Affair

By Lauren Sher December 29, 2011

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This year has been full of its proportion of unexpected and sudden divorces withinside the amusement and political world, however this break up might also additionally take the cake.

A 99-year-antique Italian guy filed for divorce from his 96-year-antique spouse of seventy seven years after he determined letters from an affair she had 60 years ago.

The guy, diagnosed in courtroom docket papers as Antonio C., found the letters exchanged among his spouse and a former flame in an antique chest of drawers days earlier than Christmas, in step with the Telegraph. He faced his spouse, Rosa C., who reportedly admitted to the affair, and attempted to persuade him to stay with their marriage.

But notwithstanding the almost 8 a long time that they spent constructing a existence together, a scorned Antonio C., moved in advance with the divorce. (Guess he in no way heard of "allow bygones be bygones.") The letters have been the modern woes withinside the couple's lengthy marriage all through which that they'd 5 kids, 12 grandchildren and one great-grandchild together, in line with UPI.

Originally from Sardinia, Antonio C. reportedly met Rosa C. withinside the Nineteen Thirties whilst he served as a part of the Italian Carabinieri in her local Naples. The Italian press pointed to the couple's southern blood because the catalyst for the breakup, the Telegraph noted.

Once Antonio and Rosa C.'s divorce is finalized, they may end up the oldest divorcees, in keeping with the Telegraph, taking the name from fellow Brits Bertie and Jessie Wood, each elderly 98, who referred to as it quits in 2009 after 36 years of marriage.