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Man Who Won Every Argument With His Wife Sleeps in Car for Third Consecutive Month

The retired litigation attorney maintains his record is 'technically unblemished' while adjusting the recline on his Honda Civic's passenger seat.

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Former trial attorney Douglas Stipulation, 54, celebrated his 847th consecutive argumentative victory over his wife, Margery, on Wednesday evening, a milestone he commemorated alone from the front seat of his 2019 Honda Civic, where he has been sleeping since November.

'She said I never listen,' Stipulation explained, his breath visible in the cold air. 'I presented a five-point rebuttal with documentary evidence — recordings from our Ring doorbell proving I was physically present during every conversation she referenced. Airtight. She couldn't counter a single point.'

Stipulation's winning streak, which he tracks in a leather-bound ledger he keeps in the glove compartment, includes victories on topics ranging from dishwasher loading methodology to the appropriate emotional response to her mother's hip surgery.

'Every argument follows the same pattern,' said Margery, speaking from inside the heated house. 'I express a feeling. He cross-examines the feeling. He establishes that the feeling is not supported by the preponderance of evidence. He rests his case. I change the locks.'

Stipulation's therapist — whom he stopped seeing after successfully arguing that therapy 'lacks empirical rigor' — declined to comment.

Neighbors report that Stipulation has installed a small whiteboard on his dashboard where he outlines his cases each morning. He has also begun offering pro bono argumentation coaching to other husbands on the street, none of whom have accepted.

'I may have lost the house,' Stipulation conceded, 'but I have never lost a point. And in the end, isn't that what marriage is about?'

Margery's attorney has filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable syllogisms.

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