I felt wretched after my wife died.

his library books were three days overdue; my car is overdue for an oil change; she finally left on a long overdue vacation

The laughs start percolating after the wives split, natch, and their husbands, accompanied by a troika of jesters — Gary (the peerlessly funny Stephen Merchant), […]

Ergo, Reuben Butler might take possession of the parish of Knocktarlitie, without forfeiting his friendship or favour—Q. E. D.