ciaraldi@rochester.UUCP (Mike Ciaraldi) (11/05/83)
From: Mike Ciaraldi <ciaraldi>
Cerebus #55 announces that Dave and Deni Sim have separated.
To quote
(from Deni's editorial)
"Dave and I have nbeen together for almost seven years now.
Some of you may remember our marriage announcement in Cerebus
#7. However, living and working together can cause a lot of
strain. Often, the strain on the personal relationship can
create questions, big questions about everything you do.
/This is not an easy thing to say, but it was not an easy thing
to do, either. Tnhe bottom line is, right now
Dave and I are separated. We still see each other every day,
we still work together, but we are not living together.
There isn't much I can say about all ogf this. It is a painfiul
time for both of yuus. However, I decided I needed to get away,
examine my life, and try to discover if I truly wanted
all of this. At 32 years of age, I'm having second thoughts
about lots of things, and the marriage is one of them.
Needless to say, I have no wish to hurt Dave, but this is
something that needs to be loooked into.
As the quest continues., I will keep you posted.
Life is full of surprises, some of them not so happy.
My hope is that something fgood will come out of all this.
It's not easy to tell "strangers" about this, to admit to
not having all the answers. And yet, somehow, you have
not felt like strangers gto me. So, I'm asking your
patience during this time. I trust you enough to know
I can count on you.
(from Dave's box on the letter page)
So now you know.
Deni and I have separated.
It is a trial separation right now, but it does tend to
feel a trifle more permanent now that we are not living together.
We still run the company together, with little or no friction,
which pleases us both immensely. We will still be attending
some consventions together and once a month we'll continue
to talk to you from eiyther end of this comic book.
I'm trying to avoid turning this into "Mummy and Daddy both
love you very much, but Mummy and Daddy have to go away from
each other for a little while."
So let's be grownups about this, okay?
No black roeses i n the mail, no twelve page discourses on
the trauma of love, no "hope you get back together reAl soon"
on the end of letters. Fair enough?
We've had a wonderful seven years together and we are both
still having a good time as partners in Aardvark_Vanaheim.
What can I say?
"You should have been there."
Dr. Winston O'Boogie
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Mike Ciaraldi
ciaraldi@rochester