Not every woman who used to be married is one. You're an ex-wife, Pat, because it is the most important thing to know about you... explains everything else, that you once were married to a man who left you.
One of the peculiar sins of the twentieth century which we've developed to a very high level is the sin of credulity. It has been said that when human beings stop believing in God they believe in nothing. The truth is much worse: they believe in anything.
