The week after we paid off our mortgage, she (60F) told me she wants a divorce after 15 years. She can now afford to live here on her own and I need to go. I am in a guest room in the basement. We live in a community property state with no-fault divorce, so the laws are kind of weird.

I need two orthopedic surgeries, knee replacement and spinal fusion, and we are covered by her health insurance. I am retired; she works part-time as a nurse. We have 20 years of good and bad memories. I had no idea we were not in this for the long haul.

She wants out in large part because I am not a competitive endurance athlete, like she is. I can barely take a short hike until I get a new knee.

Can she just throw me out because I am not up to her standards?