All Comments on 'Back to Bristol Ch. 17'

Reading your story continues to be a pleasing experience.

Boyd

Sorry about that. The tension got to me! I love the story and can't wait for the next chapter. Just keep them coming!!

As to the comment that people keep things quiet in a divorce I have found that not to be so. I've had calls in the past week from two friends/relatives who are going thru one. Apparently both sides are talking to everybody they know to drum up support for their side.

You have done a fantastic job with this story. Events are being dragged out just as happens in real life.

Thank you for your efforts.

RSKY

your writing is like a chess game,you go back then go forward.you teasing and prolonging the story.the ego on chris has turn me off on this story,but molly is more of a lamp in this revenge on the mother and peter.she is the mother of chris boys and they see how he acting toward her.chris becoming more of a asshole than peter. yes you are long winded,but you write well and the prolonging the story sucks.now that how i feel about the story.

A divorce is usually the most painful thing that can happen to a person. It is often said that love and hate are opposite emotions, but that is not true. You really cannot hate someone unless you loved them. The opposite of love, or hate is indifference...................

Neither Chris nor Molly are indifferent, although Chris thought he was. Gary is skillfully bringing reality to Chris, no matter how much he tries to reject it.............

On to the next chapter.

Boy, Chris has really gone off the deep end. I had the pleasure of visiting the UK in my younger days. Although many of those memories are somewhat fogged by the 'education' I was drinking, I distinctly remember the telephone system worked both ways. That telephone receiver fits Chris's hand just as well as Molly's. If Chris loved Molly and his marriage so much, why didn't he once try to save things? Perhaps Chris needs a little forgiveness from Molly. Thanks again, Gary.

Chris is using Molly as a verbal punching bag, and she's just taking it. I worry about her lack of backbone, I really do. She needs to give him a swift kick in the ass. For crying out loud, Chris wants to go over what happened four or five years ago, hour by freaking hour? It's sado-masochistic and creepy, quite honestly. And there's Molly, like the good doormat she's been throughout all of this, lying there and taking it, then going off to weep softly into a tissue, then walk around looking like crap, all passive-aggressively - woe is me.<br><br>

Now please, with Chris saying this is the end of the road - please, let it be so. Enough trawling over these old tired waters one last time, dredging up long past minutiae, like did he give you a regular G&T, a large one, or a super duper sex-inducing G&T! <br><br>

I really don't want Molly to take him back. He's gonna hold this over her head for the rest of the time they are together, if they do reconcile. Any time he's in a bad mood, out with the "Jane, you ignorant slut!" (FYI - that's a Dan Ackroyd/Jane Curtain - Saturday Night Live reference).<br><br>

Why did I get sucked into this story? LOL. Sometimes I think they deserve each other; other times I want them to both go soak their heads; yet other times I actually feel a fondness for one or both. I think my problem is that I can't really see what they see in each other. Chris is so full of himself sometimes, so sanctimonious. Molly is, as I've said before, a passive aggressive doormat. As far as I can tell, the reason Chris seems unable to totally lose interest in her is because she gives him anal sometimes and apparently really good head. I'm assuming Molly finds Chris sexually appealing as well, and supposedly he was simply a marvelous father to the kids. Although he was gone a lot on business. And left her with the kids after the divorce. And then was content with only seeing them once a week on his return 4 years later. Huh. I'm not seeing the great dad yet. See, I was raised by a dad who was around, every night after work and on week-ends. When my older brother started hanging out with the wrong sort, my parents were worried enough about it for my dad to move us to the country, and leave his high profile job for a lesser position. I know what a great dad behaves like. And he puts his family first, his kids first, because he knows that in the end, that's what life is all about. Family. <br><br>

Anywhoo - I shall follow this to the end. Like I said, they can get together and make each other miserable, but really I think they should stay apart and Molly give herself the chance to enjoy life, to be single for awhile, go dating, maybe she might meet a mature man who doesn't have an ax to grind and who doesn't drink so much. Yeah, that's what I hope for Molly. I don't really care what happens to Chris. As long as he doesn't drink and drive, I'm good.

of the lead characters and the author. In other stories they

have the counsellor to serve as a buffer but the fact that they are both still in there ΅talking" makes it clear that there is something more than anger and guilt

For all of us out there reading this story, well, you have hit upon the basis for the destruction that comes from affairs and betrayal. The complete loss of trust. Your story is elegently and heart wrenchly written.

He hasn't lost trust in her so much as he wants revenge on her.. As long as he is giving up he should have done so weeks ago.. An exercise in futility.. He's hurt but he doesn't consider that Molly has hurt more than him.. He's been out screwing all the sluts and prostitutes he can; at least she has been married.. Molly is the only I like in this story..

hate to say it because I love this web site but the whole story is posted on storiesonline.com. all chapters

<p>Certainly, this chapter starts well, with Chris soliciting his secretary (Carole) to tell his ex-wife that she should disown her mother. Did anyone find this exchange between the three to be the <b>most bizarre</b> passage in this story?</p>

<p>The drinking reaches its peak in the chapter, so much so that two-thirds of the way in Carole mentions to Chris one morning that he looked like he had used the bottle the night before to solve a problem, and he in affect agrees with her! The bottle has become his solace. Is it not surprising that the chapter ends with yet another G&T?</p>

<p>We have now had 17 chapters and one question burns in my mind. Is Peter the most inept and wimpy villain to appear in the pages of Literotica?</p>

Just brand the hussy between the eyes with a scarlet letter "A" and drive her naked through the streets until she drops dead from exhaustion. Then say "Ah, now I feel better..."

I still want the juicy details of Peter Fucking Davies fucking Susan. I still say both Ralph and Crass Chris have to funds to investigate this relationship. And it would solve Ralph's financial woes with the divorce.

Those Pommy ass wipes just could not help it. That's what you get when they dropout from primary school. "1" !!

While Chris’s sarcastic remarks about Molly being able to call or see him were a bit cruel, there was a lot of truth there. Why NOT call Chris from work, or go see him at lunch when Peter and Susan weren’t around?

Susan talks about Chris orchestrating things. Talk about the pot calling the kettle black!

Re: his destructive attitude, two thoughts -1) maybe he should reconsider his anti-counseling stance. Maybe a professional could lend some guidance. 2) maybe he’s so bent on destroying the friendship because he’s afraid it might develop into something more.

Congrats. Good. Almost great. Four out of five. Just when I was finally starting to like Chris again he goes and does this crap. Maybe Molly deserves some of it. I'm trying to decide if I'm going to rush through to the end or leave a few chapters for another read. Man, they drink a lot of booze. Maybe liver damage causes all this drama. Cheers Steve

"Oh, God! What sort of man am I? I never meant to do that to her. I lose my temper, but not to hurt her that much."

Yeh right Chris. I think all those tirades were over the top but really well written, so you are forgiven. 5*

Is Carole's real name Karl? Her replies when Chris admitted to his angry tirades were very much those of a male. They have been most of the time but here there wasn't even a female tinge to them.

The only decent portion of this chapter is the reality of the character of Piers.

The author decidedly eliminates the dead corpse of the now rotting proverbial horse and gets to the point, but it goes in one ear and out the other.

I think there is something very wrong with our protagonist - but if there weren't, this story would have been over by now (grin)

Another good chapter. I'm in it to the end.

Smokepole

And the highlight of the highlight is the encounter of Chris with Susan (ex mother in law) in his office, with its lead-in and sequel. The highlight of that may have been the references to arsenic and leaving her broom at the door. The author sure has some colorful turns of expression (for example, "do all ex-mother-in-laws live in cloud cuckoo land?").

Sounds to me like the 5?-evenings of tirades by Chris means they're making progress. The sore won't stop hurting until you get all the puss out. Have to hand it to Molly for apparently realizing it's needed and just taking it. Might be cathartic for her too, in the same way that some people feel better after being spanked for being naughty. Anyway, now that the old broken house and rubble has been cleared away, maybe a new house can be built, hopefully better than the previous.

The author handed out a lot of wisdom through the mouth of piers in the pub.

Paul in Oklahoma

This is far beyond boring.

Why are we going round and round like this? It is tedious in the extreme, and not progressing the story

It's kind of interesting at this stage of the story how the work at the business is in the sidelines, not much happening, nothing really moving along, the main focus is on Chris and Molly, even his PA and his research department seem to be on that full time. I wonder what the stock prices look like during this emotional hurricane? ;-)

He went through their courtship almost hour by hour. Why? Also, why is he telling his secretary to call his ex-wife today warn her of her mother? That seems very personal. Still railing on his ex-wife years later. Get over it!!!

Chris really doesn’t know himself.

My name is Chris, and I'm an alcoholic. If I had not been in an alcoholic fog for the last year, most of the problems in my professional life would be gone, and the company would be making money hand over fist. I would be going home to a warm, home-cooked meal, a loving wife, and two fine sons. I would have immediately, upon hearing that Peter takes Wednesdays off, found out how he spends that day. Susan, my mother-in-law, would probably be in a psychiatric hospital getting the help she needs. Life would be good, and this story would have ended several chapters ago.

Molly was seduced. She made a mistake and bears some responsibility for the divorce. So does Chris. Both of them were victims of Peter and Susan. Now that the facts are known, Chris needs to grow up and move on. His behavior now is childish. He doesn't deserve Molly. She can do better.

"But no one deserves the amount of shit that's happening in Molly's life"

she brought it on herself.

"And I reckon she's a better catch than you are."

Yeah, what a great catch Molly is: an adulterer with 2 failed marriages, two kids in tow and a history of being susceptible to manipulation and bad decision making.

Totally wife material /sarcasm

"No. And you know I'm not. Molly is a strong person. She's no slut, and don't try and make out that she is, just because she made a mistake once."

No, she is not strong, she's proven that already

Yes, she is a slut, she's also proven that already and it wasn't a single mistake, it was a long chain of mistakes that she willingly perpetuated.

For someone so allegedly strong, there sure seems to be a lot of blame shifting and psychobabble excuses.

Protagonist is self centred moron, who can’t seem to think rationally or believe he could possibly be wrong. He would be the absolute worst MD. The author can’t seem to resist going over the same territory ad infinitum. Seriously, this story is already eight chapters too long at a minimum. Only minimal progress is made for each chapter. It’s like he gets paid by the word, so he’s got to cover the same ground from every angle possible. Frustrating & boring.

He doesn't deserve her, she should tell him to go away.

Until Chris forgive her he will never be able to lose his anger. Period.

This has been going around in circles for the past 10 chapters. I'm over it.

The protagonist is shit, crying and cowardly, since I don't know how many chapters they have been in the same problem, if you are not going to forgive her, then leave her and move on with your life.

She would be better of just walking away from him. He is a petty little man who can't get over him getting hurt years ago, regardless of why it may have happened. He deserves to be alone.

While I know there are a lot more instalments on the way was this one needed? alan_dee hit the nail on the head. BTW the MC is showing all the signs of an alcoholic! AND really the whiskey thing is a good-ish idea except it's been taken way too far; just like what car is the best on the market? Whiskey is in the tastebuds of the drinker and any more than one at a time per day is the way to access them, its not like wine that you can quaff and be objective. Onward we press to the end!

Chris badly needs to see a therapist to come to grips with his deep seated anger. He is the problem.

He is such an ass, too much of a 'man' to do counseling, his repressed anger is ruining his potential future.