It seems my hash has gone wonky. It's affecting key matching downstream. Any guesses as where to look first? 
    foreach my $line ( @name_lines ) {
        #$/ = '\n' ;
        chomp($line) ;
        my @data = split '\|' , $line ;
        #map { $_ =~ s/[^a-zA-Z0-9_\@\. ]//g } @data ;
        #print Dumper @data ;
        my ( $name , $email , $wishlist , $address , $spouse_name ) = 
+@data ;
        $people{$name}{email}    = $email ;
        $people{$name}{wishlist} = $wishlist ;
        $people{$name}{address}  = $address ;
        $people{$name}{spouse}   = $spouse_name ;
        if ( $spouse_name ne '' ) {
            $spouses{$name} = $spouse_name ;
        }
    }
    print Dumper %spouses ;

$VAR1 = 'Jay';
';AR2 = 'Shirley
$VAR3 = 'Travis';
';AR4 = 'Emmy
$VAR5 = 'Trisha';
';AR6 = 'Eddie
$VAR7 = 'Eddie';
';AR8 = 'Trisha
$VAR9 = 'Shirley';
';AR10 = 'Jay

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