There is this chap at work, a really nice man, a Tory but I'll forgive him for that, who works in the finance department. His wife comes in occasionally and they go off to lunch together, and she is really lovely too. They are those kind of salt of the earth Church-going types (I mean trad nice-people-church, not the mad ones who actually believe in God). Anyway, last time finance man was sorting out my salary and taxes etc., he said something about married persons tax allowances and I mentioned the fact that divorce is pending. His jaw dropped and he said all those awkward "I'm terribly sorry" things, and then we moved swiftly on. I even managed not to cry that time.
Anyway, he seems to have started looking out for me. He mentioned the other day that his wife sent her love, and every now and then he stops at my bit of the staff room to crack a little joke. If he was a different kind of person I'd wonder if he was being weird. But you know, I think he's just kind of taking care of me. I'm finding this particularly pleasant given that it is traditional Churchy people that you expect to give you a hard time about lone parenting and divorces. But Finance Man is turning out to be a real human being.
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