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O I WENT TO THIS divorce lawyer my friend Anouska recommended, just to get a sense of my options. Anyway, after an initial consultation, during which we established that we don’t have a pre-nup and Will hasn’t had an affair and is just pathetic, she suggested we try couple’s counselling and come back to her after “giving that a shot”.

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