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I\u2019d been married to\u00a0Lauren<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0since 1996. I met her when we were both twenty-three; me, fresh out of my accounting degree, and her, finishing her MBA at Northwestern. She was brilliant, ambitious, the kind of woman who made plans in five-year increments and actually followed through. I was the steady one, the practical one, the guy who managed our finances, kept our home running, made sure the bills were paid and the retirement accounts were funded.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I\u2019d been married to\u00a0Lauren\u00a0since 1996. I met her when we were both twenty-three; me, fresh out of my accounting degree, and her, finishing her MBA at Northwestern. She was brilliant, ambitious, the kind of woman who made plans in five-year increments and actually followed through. I was the steady one, the practical one, the guy…<\/p>\n

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