Love Letter: A Burial Plot for Her Almost-Ex-Husband’s Girlfriend

Twelve years ago, Robin Eileen Bernstein and her husband had separated but were not yet divorced.

When her husband died unexpectedly, Ms. Bernstein decided to buy two burial plots: one for him and one for his grieving girlfriend. When the girlfriend later got married, Ms. Bernstein was left with a burial plot she didn’t want.

Read more of her story in this week’s Modern Love essay, “Here Lie the Bickersons, Side-by-Side for All Eternity.”

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