The airing of well-seasoned complaints, unspoken animosities, suspicions and recriminations; feelings of shame and indignation; the retaining of attorneys and the dividing of spoils; the endless explaining of developments to family and friends; to which might be added all the grim and unanticipated practicalities like disposing of one’s wedding album and waiting in line to get one’s maiden name restored to one’s driver’s license:
