I'm 55, Can't I Get a Marriage License?

You wouldn’t even see this on television: a rural woman whose nearly thirty-year marriage has become a mere formality, living with another man elsewhere while the two of them peacefully coexist. Where should she be buried when she dies? Amid the endless mess at home and one distressing problem after another, her son accuses her: “Mom, all the bad luck in this family comes from you not keeping to your wifely duties!” Life, survival, children, family ties, love: which matters most?