Sign of the Times

So, my aunt comes over the other day and she's telling us about how she just can't get over her ex-husband, who she was divorced from 17 years ago. They were only together 9 years, mind you, meaning that they have actually been seperated longer than they knew each other. Nevertheless, she just can't get over Bob, and she just doesn't know how she will ever have closure. That is, she says, unless he were to die. So, several times each year, she actually goes to the Social Security Office to check and see if his SS# is still active. She claims that the day she discovers this number is no longer active (meaning that he is, indeed, dead) is the day that she will finally get some closure in her life and move on...