All Comments on 'All These Years'

This isn't about the talent displayed - it's about the purpose and the plausibility of her words.

Eliciting emotion is a task given each writer. The talented ones have it down to an art form but with that comes some responsibility. A song doesn't grant the rightly wrong of inappropriateness to spread anguish unfairly just because emotions are there to be mangled unfairly.

A good beat doesn't warrant acceptance without some human characteristics that ring of reality as appropriate to the circumstance. Eric Clapton sang about his son's fall to his death with an emotional acceptance and clarity that made some sense. It wasn't twisted to secure warpage as this writers version of a song that preyed upon emotions with deliberately inappropriate twisted reasoning.

Anyone who couldn't read this as her attempt to create either a way out or to cause painful acceptance of his fault without question - has been drinking an effeminate or sensitive writers bathwater.

Some writers here feel bulletproof as long as they are exercising their right to do whatever they wish - after all there is no one saying that will hurt your book sales cuz there are no books sales in jeopardy.

But some good writers are so blinded by their own light that they think that they are their own sounding board - of any real value. So much so that when their creative juices are really flowing [ downhill to most of normal sensibility's ]they can only see them lapping on the shore of an invincibly Kevlar barrier or one of total blind acceptance due to what has preceded. It ain't totally so.

Should the writer have the right to float a new direction - to take a stab at something never done before - by them?

Why of course! They have the right to do anything the site rulemeisters allow but without any guaranty of it playing well in Peoria - or no "H"ing here against their prior grain so to speak.

Authoress, do what you wish but a good talented beat doesn't automatically sell songs or credibility - in fact the stain may not eventually be forgoten.

A oncer may be applauded by some for some inexplicable reason like advocating necessary sensitivity to killing puppies while the juices of grape or lemming-osity is overflowing but like multiple marital infidelities they grows more offensive in number.

Enough - you are too good to walk a non-defensible path again - I hope.

did not appeal to me.

you capture the raw emotion perfectly, and the ambiguous ending mirrors the messiness and uncertainty of real life. "Been there, felt that, you just carry on...."

Not my fave flavour of LW tale, and I honestly prefer your more sexually driven romps, but a testament to your talent that you shift gears effectively, and ad a meaningful story to Lit.

SelenaKittyn,

to ruin a night of reading. There are several ladies who write on Lit. that have an ability to spin a story that grabs the reader. Patricia51 and yourself head that select field. You have told a story of two people who have gone their own way in the marriage. She feels totally unappreciated and reacts (however inapropriate it may have been). She is just beginning to realize that there are consequences as the story ends. He has slowly been beaten down by her witholding and withdrawal until this final act of treachery. The readers who can't understand why he didn't smite all concerned hip and thigh are fools; when you have run on empty for so long, what you would like to do is an impossibility, and this final act on her part simply put the exclamation point to the end of their married life. He couldn't act or react because he wasn't able to, as much as he would have liked to do so. It is a story of a man whose wife spent years beating him down and finally totally destroyed him in one last vicious act of betrayal and if the truth were known could not explain why she did it. Thank you for a thought provoking story. Ronnie W.

Sorry Kitty...unless the hug at the end was the realization of the death of their marriage... this episodic moment in their lives fully separated their future together...It sours all their attempts to overcome their struggles, their hopes and their dreams including the ups and downs... to that frightful premeditated moment when she decided to bring her lover home to fuck her in their bed in the afternoon...I don't know what she was thinking [maybe explore her POV] but her actions destroyed this man fully...Was it good Molly...Do you hate me this much..simple "yes" or "no" questions should have been asked but of course he only asked the proverbial "why"... as if a correct answer would assuage the moment when really there is no answer... so why ask it.

It appears the author wants the husband to realize that all his efforts to make a better life for them was a sham because it appears that at the first opportunity for her to do something outside of the HOME eg: cooking and computer classes... was to find some guy to fuck...his wake up call was her desire to act outside the marriage.. a marriage that she thought was sufficating.

And how many guys out there would not take advantage of such a woman...even the meekest of predators look for women like this...

Nope, the stark reality of "all these years"...is that.. she wanted out and found a way to tell him.

The menu on the fidge should have said "your goose is cooked"...there's seconds in the bedroom.

Good writing though.

Andy

You get a 5 from me because of all of the comments that this story generated. Suggests that it hit it's mark very well.

It was indeed a very sad story and is probably best left as it is.

HOWEVER, I would really be interested in seeing how you envision the next part of their story. I always find it interesting to see how an author would conclude such a traumatic an event in someone's life.

when a man tells you how his hands have calloused over the years --- transforming from a hard drinking, undisciplined, fisty young man to a hard working, devoted, and, yes, unawared husband and father who's trying hard to raise his children and provide for a wife --- and how he comes home to hear noises about the wife making, "Harder, Johnny, Harder, you're gone farther than my uncaring husband ever has!", there's little chance that, despite his seemingly coolness about the whole thing, that deep inside his love and cherishing for the woman has died.

it's sad that she doesn't know; she thinks they are just in awkward, silent moments, as if though she's expecting him to say, "Gosh, honey, how lucky it was that I just came home to find you working laboriously under Johnny, in our marital bed! How luck am I? You're right, I could have been castrated by you, for being such a lousy lover, compared to Johnny Romance there! I am so sorry, could you ever forgive me? I will from now on double, triple my effort! Please, could you forgive me? Let's go and talk to a marriage counselor."

But, as Josephous said, the hugging the man bestowed on his wife, a woman he once loved deeply,,, it's likely one of the last,,, He now will work harder to help support that in that out-of-state insitution,,,, but his loneliness and sadness are from now on to be dealt with by himself, for he has just lost someone he thought was a team member who would suffer and cry with him,,,, but instead, this was a woman who FUCKED laborious on their bed and the first thing she said to him was that he had let their marriage die!

Very sad indeed.

Very well written by a talented author. I think the point that is being missed by some who are calling the husband a wimp is that the hug doesn't mean he accepts her but that he doesn't care any more. That's why it's such a sad story.

There is not enough love left to generate strong emotion on his part. There's not enough left for heat or anger. He won't let her say she's sorry. He understands the marriage is over it has been nothing but a habit for a long time. It takes time to break a habit. He's not even as angry at her as he is at a stranger, he doesn't care that much. Hugging his wife when asked is a habit. Getting a hug when he's hurting is a habit too.

He understood enough to say that the hug should be misunderstood.

My only real problem is that it isn't made clear that the wife understand the magnitude of what she's done. I've read the song but not heard it but it sounds like the woman in the song understands she's destroyed he marriage. Here I don't see evidence that she understands her guilt. I don't just mean cheating in her husband's bed, but letting the home that she's supposed to be nurturing wither. It sounds like she doesn't work outside the home. It also sounds like Jim has made great sacrifics to make that possible.

I find her attempt to divert some of the blame to him to be very human, but it also shows how little she understands. Yes, her life is a never ending repitition... but so is his. His hands are work calloused. He had settled for what little she gave, but he never understood that because she gave so little the love that should be burning brightly inside him was a dead as a fireplace in July.

Great development of characters, yes these people have become rather flat. The story flowed like real life and thought. The reader gets information in a natural way. Thank you for omitting the too frequent listing of personal appearance, initial meeting and most of all for omitting sound activated recorders. But that is the purview of the revenge crowd isn't it? You presented the drift toward a humdrum existence, as well as the destructive desperation to escape it. The narrator portrays a bleak marriage that has only habit and duty but no joy. The beef jerky is a good metaphore for its probable future course.

My only quibble is the hug. Can't picture that. Watching the copulation is more likely to shut off any remaining inimacy.

I am sorry to have read this before bedtime. It's a little too disturbing in its depiction of life. Now I could use a new fix from Egmont Grigor in his "Valley of Sinners" series. He creates a happy if unrealistic world of fornication with little negative consequences. Alas there is no update from him today. Life is difficult to escape on Literotica sometimes. Maybe a glass of wine will do the trick.

Again, a well written story Selena.

This was Kramer vs. Kramer without a POV. The writing was technically first person but I could not detect the man speaking. This was like reading about a ghost speaking of the living.

remark on the story. Man!!! Your brain is really fucked up man. How about I come over and fuck your old lady maybe your daughter too. Then after I leave you can sit around and work it out on how you'll live with it. NO sir, revenge is the name of the gane for a cheating wife or husband. oh yes, and I wasn't thinking of the husband walking out and leaving everything. I was thinking more on the lines of throwing the bitch out and making her walk away from everything.

this was a little pseudo tragic play on stage; it was total nonsense. of course, there's some very sensitive women and men, they'd be flying high, singing is a piece of art here in Lit., no doubt!

the author's very capable enough; it has nothing to do with her. the story was just complete nonsense.

This was truly great work. You took a song and fleshed it out so that we readers could live the moment with your characters.

Pay no attention to the folks who forgot to take their anti-dumb pills.

Loved the Sawyer Brown. A very heart wrenching story.

The only reason I did not give a 5 was it needs finishing.

Why now did she have an affair?

Was it only this one?

Why/when did they stop communicating?

What happens now? therapy?anger?separation?

Love the emotion. My heart, right now, is hurtingfor them both (more for him obviously - but she is hurting too.)

Keep writing! please!!!

the slut wife fucked some other dick because they didn't go to Disney World. Wow !! That is so not believable. It pretty much sucked.

You did it. You captured it in words. The pain, the confusion, the love that just won't die - no matter how much you will it to. It's all there.

I love the song, always have, but the images that will play in my head when I hear it now will be yours, not mine.

Beautiful work, hon. Just... wow. ~Minx

Very well written I might add! A very powerful emotional slice of life's moments from a women’s perspective. Obviously she has no respect for him, which is why she cheated. Predictably he let's her lover walk away with a few empty threats, then shows some tit, he comes crawling back. (I'll bet hubby will be having some creampie for desert) The fact that this story is so well written only makes the husbands behavior much more disturbing, and knowing she doesn't regret what she did but only that she got caught adds to that sort of sick gut feeling I get when evil wins.

If I was disappointed in anything…it was the stories brevity. I would have enjoyed seeing how your characters ended up going about wrangling and muddling through this mess.

For those focusing on the anger the superficial issue of hurt pride, I would suggest that they take a step back and reconsider the reality of such situations.

What should a man (or woman for that matter) do? Walk away from their homes and children and everything else they’ve struggled to become vested in…for the long term…for the term of what they believed was their entire life?

Would turning in anger and pride, walking out to never be seen again…making a life changing decisions in that very moment of discovery…a decisions that will affect the lives of all around them…children, friends, extended family, living parents…every one held dear…from that moment forward…would that have made him more of a man? Is that what you all call being macho?

This little story simply helps demonstrate the reality of the human condition. We don’t stop loving in a heart beat nor do we forgive and forget in that time frame either…but what we often do…those of use that accept the responsibility of being adults…we work to find a way…a way to make it work…before running from the problem.

To do this does not make a man or woman a wimp or pathetic cuckold. It shows great strength of will and character…and a willingness of at least one of the two persons in the relationship…to accept responsibility for what’s now going to happen and for being the adult.

Good story. Keep it up.

AA

You have here a good introduction to a story or at best a man lost in his wife's infidelity. Someone wrote here this is how a woman would like it to play out and my comment is no this is how a cheating slut would like it to play out.

All I do is work in the house all day and prepare meals and shop and take classes and such. My god such an awful life, a virtual slave to her family preparing foods her husband doesnt like and she knows it.

Women forget that when they say this the man says yes all I do every day is go to the same job doing the same things day after day for about forty years so you and the kids can have a life in a home with food, clothes, and school.

Now remind me again who is the slave to the family.

Would be very nice if you could develop this story and find a wife who has some remorse for what she has done and ruining her husbands life, yes his life. She didnt really ruin her own, it was her choice to do what she did and commit the acts of adultry. In some societies, she would be taken out by her family, not her husband, and stoned to death for that act against her husband and god.

Gosh, I just don't know how to thank you, Harry, for putting me in the same Holy Trinity as Troubador and ohio, two of my favorite authors on Literotica. I dunno if they're wimpy guys or not but I sorta doubt it.

How does a wimp live, Harry? You'll need to instruct me since I don't know anything about the subject. I reckon you're an expert since you talk about it all the time.

I gotta run. My new story entitled "Refugee" got published today and I should go read it to see if it qualifies me for the Super Wimp Hall of Fame that you're opening up next week. I know that was s'posed to be a secret so forgive me for blabbing it around.

Take care, Harry.

That was so lacking motivation it barely qualifies as a story. Why release something so unfinished? You're demonstratably capable of better, Selena.

The good parts of this story were the raw emotional impact of the couple as well as the obvious pain of the situation.

Another good part was the open nature of the ending which allows readers to plot their own ends to this sad tale.

The bad parts of this story were

(1) What caused her cheating? Was it the need for something different in her life? It read like the affair was a result of her need to connect with another adult (her lover's price for this connection was that she fuck him).

(2) The wife had no remorse for her actions so this marriage had been dead prior to this incident. The fact that she had her lover fucking her up to an hour before his arrival indicated that she was not concerned about him discovering her cheating. She was also listening for his arrival (not a good endorsement for her lover's efforts).

(3) The open ending raise questions whether they will survive as a couple. They had survived miscarriages, an ill child requiring special care and his temper. The marriage reminds me of a dry husk - just a shell with nothing of any value inside. The husband is not a wimp because we do not know what he values. Obviously he values work but he seems to be also on autopilot. The wife blames him for her cheating and he is confused and lost.

SleeplessinMD

The quality of your writing is truly among the best I've read on these boards. It's poignant and evocative and true. (Also there were no really annoyingly stupid spelling or grammatical errors!)

However, I did feel that the end was anticlimactic -- what happens? WHY did she cheat -- that was never fully explained, IMO.

I would strongly urge you to do a second draft of this story, pulling out the ending to a more satisfying conclusion. I can understand why a man would forgive his wife but not without more explication.

Good job, just keep going!

No depth of history to any of this. It has its merits, but this is crying out for further elaboration.

the first time I read it. I had a hard time beleving I could dislike a story so much. So I read it again, and this time felt pissed off. But I also felt and odd nagging that I missed the point. So I read it again, this time it meant something to me. To me, is was about them as a whole, not just him or her. I also saw two people running on cruise control, not minding the road. Just because the marriage is running without input doesn't mean you can sit in the back seat, you have to pay attention to the road or you are going to crash like these two did. It was still a painful read, especially three times, but I don't see it as pointless as others do. LYG

That seem to be the eternal question in the loving wife section. Most of the peaple that write very strongly about wimps seem to just be very imature. They do not have a real attachment to reality and real relationships. Every man is different and react differently to these circumstances. Some usually say that the husband should kill or maim the guy fucking their wife and also punish the wife accordingly. Well, that sometimes happen in real life and guess what happens. The husband is often sent to jail. As the husband he would be the prime suspect and cops aren't stupid.

Some say the husband in the story is a wimp because he hold his wife and forgives her. I did not read that he have forgiven her. He are lost. It is not wimpy to act human. He are just shell shocked and it may lead to a divorce. Or they patch up the marriage. Who knows? I doubt that even the author know the outcome. Whatever the case i hope they find some happiness.

Troubador Alavron 53 and Ohio... the Holy trinty of super wimp men.

doesnt that say it all? and the author is a woman which explains why those three liked this wretched story

Ok so he said NO to disneyword trip? THAT is a reason to cheat? clearly that was symptomatic of a bigger issue but one left unresolved. has she been fucking someone else?... for how long?

why would this wimp hubby WANT to O Hold a whore wife he has just discovered fucking some guy ?? YEEEEECCCHHHHH!!!!

so he worked a lot?....welll was he he sexually negelectful of her?

how many other men ?

there are not enough low values to give you for this awful pointless WIMP story.

Does anyone know why she cheated? she didnt know where she was? or who she was?

This is certainly the way a woman would like to have such an episode play out. A man --- not a wimp --- would have a very different view, love notwithstanding.

Without reading the other comments: It was moving but felt choreographed, it was well written but to a script, it was emotional as intended but left me nothing but discomfort, it was pointed but not in the reasonable reality of human direction, it was unfinished, unexplained, unreal, unresolved and unsatisfying - as you intended.

And that's what hurt - the most. Intended Anguish isn't well meant for any reason, song or story. So I wonder why - why you?

Why are you your own chosen messenger of unavoidable anguish - just because you can? Hardly a plus to your portfolio

We watch T.V. and we read the newspaper and learn all about the bad things that are going on in the world today.We need to do this to grow and try to improve both ourselves and the world.Most of us read fiction to relax and unwind from our everyday jobs and the stress of our famlies,friends and our life in general.This story is not what fiction is all about.We all know we are going to die sooner or later,but we dont need to be remined about it all the time.Cheating is cheating and must be faced.The author wrote a sad story that realy said very little and didnt finish.I guess the question that every husband of wife must consider,AM I better off with them or without them.

I liked the story because it got me thinking about marriage and life in general.

Anyone can write the simple and obvious. I was left with all sorts of thoughts that I am able to complete or simply continue to wonder about. I am in my 50's and have the ability to take a broader look at things from my experiences. I suspect younger people may only see whats in front of them and thus the negative comments due to a lack of a straight forward ending.

they were so stupid he catches her fucking the guy in there bed and he saysd nothing there so stupid he needs a swift kick in the back end for not getting even with her why dont he get even with her by fucking some woman and bring her to there bed in front of the wife.

Pat.

Atlanta,Ga.

Been there done that many years ago. You hit the nail right on the head. You brought all the pain and fellings right back as if it was yesterday or as if you Been there done that!!!!

The story made very little sense.

When I read the teaser I thought, "Just another 'found my wife screwing when I got home early' story".

Well, I was wrong - even most of those, even where the hubby joins in, have some point, some conclusion or some outcome.

I heartily agree with the woman who says:

"How could any man hug and hold his wife right after catching her in bed with another man? Makes no sense at all."

I add my vote to that in buckets!

I suppose many males these days could, but I doubt a man would.

If there was a point to this story, I completely missed it - as did many others judging by the comments.

We even have the king of "Reconciliation At Any Cost" bleeting that commenters downgrade a story because it doesn't end the way they'd like it to. Sounds to me sorta like a certain someone praising every reconciliation ever concocted on literotica no matter how far fetched or stupid it is.

I can accept any ending that is justified by the author.

But this story was really special - a stereotyed beginning, a pointless middle and no real ending.

Very well written, but even so, well written words about nothing still mean nothing.

You just WASTED my time!!! Quit, if this is typical!

How could any man hug and hold his wife right after catching her in bed with another man? Makes no sense at all.

I am sorry, your story didn't make any sense at all.

The way you weave a story is fine, but ending it with so much unresolved is like

I shuddered a little on seeing my favourite author rowing her small dinghy through the choppy waters of ‘Loving Wives’ however, as usual, you steered a good course and produced another fine work of art. Consequences are for another time, another place I just wallowed in the emotions and good writing.

Many thanks.

My best wishes

It's beautifully written and very sad.

My thoughts about the angry readers who thought the story sucked is that it simply didn't go the way they like it to go: with an angry, revenge-driven husband and a weeping, guilty wife. Hey guys--there are plenty of those stories, but this one is something different, OK?

But I'm not sure I agree with the Troubador, though I share his admiration for the story. He said: " This was a story leaving your characters, and in a certain manner your readers, with unending pain and no chance of relieving it. I don't think that was really what you intended."

My guess is that it IS what you intended. We can imagine various futures for this couple, but each of them will involve a lot of pain.

If the Troubador is right, and that's not what you aimed for, I hope you'll write a sequel to let us know what Jim and Molly go through after this painful confrontation.

Thanks again for your great story--ohio

it needs emotion ...this story has no realness...he should do something ...first thing is he really should have shoved the asshole through the wall ... then the assholeness after him ....no matter as long as they have been married ...maybe they can get back but only after he has had his affair .. or 2 or 3 ...whatever it takes to see if someone else is as good as his wife once was ...thing is how can you ever trust her again ...how could you even fuck her not knowing if she has aids or something ....better off t odump her and live your life ...seems like she dont need you or you her so why not just commit mutual suicide

It's a very beautiful story and so very true you have here, Selena. Sometimes the pain is all that's holding two people together and sometimes it's also enough to rebuild a life on.

As always, you've written a very 'hard' story and made it something more than just 'cheating'; you've made it a story about life and love.

Kudos to you.

Again, well written, but I don't believe the characters. The heat of the moment when catching your wife in your bed with her lover may not always lead to a killing (many times it does) but his stepping aside is totally unbelievable. And his holding her and trying to figure out what to do may have come later on, but not while she still was naked from fucking this character.......have you ever even known a man?The timing of the husbands actions is what makes him a wimp, not what he does. At that moment, holding her (except to squeeze the life from her whoring body) would be the last thing on his mind. To be honest, the song makes me angry and so does your story......

Sorry, but despite the poetic and sensitive depiction of emotions and the use of rich language and imagery (akin to poetry), at the core I could not buy the emotions conveyed by either husband’s or wife’s characters.

The timing of exposed betrayal is the least likely to create negotiation of the relationships or renewed intimacy. The range of emotions: shock; rage; numbness; denial pretty much cover what you find at that stage (if there is no physical violence). The least likely are negotiation or renewed intimacy. At least I have not seen any in my work with couples for that stage.

Hopefully it indicates that the talented author have not experienced a similar situation herself.

Too many years with the lack of communication finally took its toll. Don't know what's left for this couple.

Boyd

we confuse our emotions with the caliber of the story. This made me sad, so it deserves a bad score? I think not. It made me feel strong emotions and allowed me to understand the husband's agony. This is a very good story in a very tough category! (It's a great idea to use a song for inspiration!)

For anyone who said this is a story about a wimpy husband, you're nothing but an insipid moron. No man is completely invincible, and Jim's reaction to what had happened was as real as it can get. Normally, wimp-husband stories lead to the hubby watching his wife being screwed and maybe even jerking to it, but that didn't happen here. It was a beautiful story, very nicely written. It was nice to see a character who had a real reaction to a situation for once. So, Selena, don't listen to anyone who said 'more violence' this story was perfect.

of the lover he catches with his wife that's true but he sure as hell wouldn't just roll over and accept it like this man did in the story. And for the wife, to try and blame him for her infidelity is just pure crap with a capital C. This marriage would have been over in the majority of the cases. Only a wimp cuckold or sad excuse for a man would accept it like this husband did. Sad but no wife would do that to her man if she loved him and no man would accept her back as easily as he did it if she did.

You left your two people with no future, no past and nothing but heart rending sorrow.

This was a story leaving your characters, and in a certain manner your readers, with unending pain and no chance of relieving it. I don't think that was really what you intended.

of the categories i don't like. And I have to agree with most of the commentors here that this was superbly written. The story was sad, which doesn't bother me much because I feel that some stories just don't rate happy endings.

What I've been finding recently though, with what you write is the fact that you don't finish a story. You tell it to a point and then bam, you're done but you leave your readers wondering what happens next. That might be okay sometime, but not having an ending is sort of like not having an orgasm during sex. Sex is great, but it didn't do much for me.

I've read some of your stories that have just absolutely floored me, some were so wonderful and breathtaking that I couldn't stop reading, but it's like now, you write the least amount you have to to fit the guidelines and then, bam, you're done, deal with it.

I hope you take this criticism as it's meant. Constructively. Thanks for writing, your work is always entertaining no matter the ending.

I wanted him to kill the guy and punish his wife by slapping her around.....but then I imagined it was me that just caught my wife and my brother doing this and........

Sad & wimpy story.

A lot of readers are only after the vengence. Your story was real. Does a man just beat the shit out of a guy fucking his wife and divorce her. That man lets his anger make a hole he covers himself in. The story was real because a man that loved his wife feels just like he did...what the fuck...

The wife tried to turn it all around and make her weakness because of him...Would really love to read what happens next...Your story was poignant...

it looks like its allways the same. I had a girlfriend who told me one time, she believes god made her to communicate. it was really fun. the problem was she was unable to communicate when we or she had a problem. even if asked , she never answered. it was allways "oh nothing". so you really should come out of stoneage woman. god gave you a mouth to talk not only about the weather , shoes and gossip

Superb writing as always from one of Literotica's very best.

The author's skill is consummate as she shows us who Molly and Jim are by their words, their deeds and their feelings. They're careworn, struggling against life's demands, desperate to escape the ennui of the mundane, hoping against hope for a brilliance, maybe just one moment of joy but knowing that will not happen.

It's not a feel good story. Prince Charming isn't about to swoop down and rescue the fair maiden. The cavalry isn't going to arrive in time. Nor is Dudley Doright about to put in an appearance. It's just two people who're together but don't know why any more. The marriage isn't strong, the bonds eroded away by the vissitudes of time. They're trapped in a loveless relationship that neither knows how to escape. It's poignant and it's played out every day in real life, millions of times every day.

Excellent fiction this is. This 100's for you, SelenaKittyn, for a story very well-told. I thank you.

Purr. ;)

Good Writing but story realy sucked. You made the husband into a spineless wimp. He should have thrown them both out then get revenge by finding out who he was and destroying his life as well.Once a cheat always a cheat weather its male or female.

Despite some of the other comments, this is very believable. Not every man will fly into a violent rage, many will feel the obvious sadness and hopelessness he feels here. And many women, or men for that matter who get caught, will face the reality of the fact that they never did think.

What you have left is a couple who don't know where they are going, to divorce court, counselling or just getting back together.

What I would like is a follow up, to see how they deal with the considerable anguish they obviously feel

andrew peters

why you write this crap? i don't blame the lover for saying i call you later.he fucks your wife in your bed and you look stupid and act stupid.the wife new all you were was a bag of air,talk and talk.

I hated the story, but I believed the characters. You made them human.

Somehow it's possible to feel empathy and compassion for all the characters in this so true to life story. Molly overcome by all the daily boring tasks seeks escape ~ if even for a little while. Good Write! Interesting Read!

YES, a man wrote this story the wife or lover or both would have paid for her cheating. Find out who the man was and if he's married tell his wife so he can suffer too. Don't let him get awya with it. How many other times has she fucked someone else? How many? No mention of that! No a woman wrote this. No man would take his just freshly fucked wife and hold her and love her knowing her pussy was just fucked by another cock. I can't believe how you ended this story. Love is great but it dies with cheating and infidelity like this woman did to her husband. Why not talk at least a few times about her lonily existance. At least talk to him before she cheats. He didn't relaize or understand her problem since she never told him. Oh he was at workl so I'll fuck this man. Na, it's because he worked and wasn't ready to go to Disneyworld and all the rest of the shit that happens to everyone married for as long as they have been. But the vast majority of the real women in this world love their husband and understamnd what a bitch fucked up dog eat dog money hungry bastard of a world we work in. This bitch just felt sorry for herself and she needed something else so goes out and fucks another man in their married bed yet! The husband should have beat the living shit out of the lover and kicked the whore wife out.He would have felt mush better. Then let her have to work hard and long to pay her bills and see and understand why he wanted to stay home. I'm sure they went places during their marriage. One year he didn't want to go and she fucks a new man she just met in a class. WTF he should have had revenge.

Heartwrenching, but so realistic. I'm sure that, at times, it ends just like this - holding each other - not knowing what to do or what the future will be. Excellent writing, well done - and I still feel their pain.

Raw and sweet. Thank you for that, Selena.