Left by wife, becomes caveman

There's two ways to read this. Either this guy really took the break-up hard. Or, after his wife left him, he decided to live exactly as he wanted, and he was the happiest man in the world.

I suspect there's a lot of married men who would revert to a caveman-like existence (perhaps to a less extreme degree) without the influence of their wives.

The Deseret News noted that he was known only as "Darab." But otherwise there's no more info to be found about this mysterious, wifeless hermit.

Philadelphia Daily News - Oct 24, 1996

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Posted By: Alex - Tue May 02, 2017
Category: Divorce | Marriage | 1990s

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Based on experience, I'd say: (b) He decided to live exactly as he wanted and was happier for it.

Posted by Virtual on 05/03/17 at 10:47 AM

To be master of a cave rather than the henpecked "man" at home?
Cave!

Posted by Eric M on 05/04/17 at 06:15 PM

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