How I Came to the Bitter End of a Very Public Affair ; Nirpal Dhaliwal and Liz Jones's On-Off Relationship has Been Played Out Through Her Newspaper Columns. Here He Reveals Why He Hated Being Written About, and Says That His Marriage Was Doomed to Fail From the First Date

Evening Standard - London › May 24, 2007

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THE most striking thing about being in a dysfunctional marriage is how long you stay in it, despite the unhappiness. My marriage should have ended two years ago

yet we both stuck at it, though it was perfectly clear we had nofuture together.

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How I Came to the Bitter End of a Very Public Affair ; Nirpal Dhaliwal and Liz Jones's On-Off Relationship has Been Played Out Through Her Newspaper Columns. Here He Reveals Why He Hated Being Written About, and Says That His Marriage Was Doomed to Fail From the First Date

I am married to Liz Jones, one of Britain's most famous columnists. We've been living apart for a month now, and she has started divorce proceedings against me. For the past seven years, I've been the subject of her columns as she exposed all of my shortcomings and aired every grievance she's ever had with me.

I've been described as lazy, unfaithful, insensitive and selfish. The public has read about my annoying habits, the problems I've had with my weight and every spat that Liz and I have ever had.

One woman I spoke to on a recent trip said that those co...

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