Oh yes. He shambled his whole his life and never looked back.
He wasn't ashamed to say that he'd left his wife because she had become 'old' and that hzving 10 children held him back.
But then again, back in those days, women were condidered past it after the age of 30 and were only ever good to be 'mothers' to one and all.
That wasn't mlc. It was just common practice.