Quite soon Grogan says she got "weary" of that environment and being away from home so much.

BBC: Scotland

She could have got by, even when he was away for months, living his separate life, not bothering to phone for days on end and, when he did, making it clear that he had other things to think about, that this was some duty he felt he had to perform.

NEWYORKER: The Bell Ringer

Former federal prosecutor (and now possible presidential candidate) Rudolph Giuliani got Helmsley sent away for 16 years after she was convicted on multiple counts of fraud and tax evasion.

FORBES: The Queen Of Mean Is Dead

Not far away, another woman was joyous when she got a text from her son, Cody, who started walking down a major street in Moore and saw his grandmother walking dazed along the road with her Yorkie.

CNN: The day after, tornado survivors tell harrowing stories

She played hard-to-get, or the One That Got Away, nudging the line before drifting down towards the dark serene.

ECONOMIST: Benson

She recently got back from two and a half weeks along the California beaches, a continent away from her family home in Annapolis, Md.

MSN: See you in 2 weeks: When couples take separate vacations

As soon as she got on with the arrangements, of course, all but the tried and true had fallen away.

NEWYORKER: Free Radicals