This post was written by Claude, prompted with “make me a sanitized description for a blog entry,” with a little iteration. Reviewed by Nick.

I used Claude Code to draft a separation contract under Washington State’s RCW 26.09.070 — a provision that lets married couples formalize their separation by private agreement, without filing for dissolution.

パパ、ママへ

お二人にお会いできて本当に嬉しいです。お元気そうで何よりです。

Can you imagine loving someone for decades, believing that your future with this person was a certainty, and that your joy was shared - only to have that entire perspective declared null and void?

To have that person walk away from the shared time, seemingly with little regret or indecision, brings with it such a variety of emotions.

Betrayal, for sure, but also gratitude and nostaglia for those joyful times.

She’s 16!

It is amazing.

I never thought I would be here, both in the sense that I never thought I would face separation and its presumed grief – but now, having reached it, I never thought I would realize that beyond grief was something so much greater.

I have come to realize that in the battle of unrequited love, the indefatigable shield of disinterest cannot be overcome, and yet my weapons of affection, compassion, and sacrifice continue to fire, never ceasing.

I’m starting out 2026 in a very different place than I was in 2025.

After 23 years of prioritizing someone else, it is time to redefine myself.