She was able to free herself of the pain of her husband's affair with a good friend, and separated from him amicably in 2003. "Flowers eventually whither," she says philosophically. "He'd loved me for 30 years, which was no mean feat.
2003 年他們和平分居，「他能夠愛我 30 年已經不容易了，花有開也有落，畢竟我也是共犯結構的一份子，我尊重他成為他自己。」