All Comments on 'Hurricane Ridge'

it is an interesting vignette, but as far as i can see it does nothing for the basic problem of the broken marriage. it just reinforces there are choices, and you have to make the best one for you to be happy.<P>

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the characters are good, and stay with the plot - but this doesn't seem to go anywhere. guess i just don't get it.

I skipped this at first. I'm just not into sci-fi. I liked the prose style, so I went back to it. Glad I did.------------for Kalifornia: What do you need a road map? The story was complete. It had a strong message, which, to me, was that life brings choices and that self-confidence yields satisfactory answers to decisions with problematic outcomes. Another very powerful message was that when you give your love, you get no guarantee that your partner will respect it or you or that, even if vows are exchanged, there will never be "take backs" or the potential for death of passion. You should recognize that this cuts both ways. -----------

Finally, the third really powerful message, and one that most people miss, is that being the "victim" of infidelity and disrespect does not make you a fool. (I have been trying to get that one down in my own mind.) Just think; you can go on your way without checking every minute to see if the significant other is cheating! Your life can be more enjoyable if you don't depend on someone else's actions. (This is not to say that reasonable care should not be exercised to avoid the bad effects of someone's careless or malicious actions.)------------So, Kalifornia, just as I did, look again. Perhaps the answer as to what this story is all about is right there in front of you. Jerseyfresh

to Dantes Peak.Just like that excellent story this one makes no judgements but does make you consider what her decision evenyually was.Well written.

well, I just don't know. Reminds me of Santa and of how good we all should be. Does life looks like this? Nah, don't think so. Anyone with kids, that been cheated on, that tells you that they parted as friends, or continued without harm done I either would call a liar or someone who wasn't 'there' anyhow. Most marriages is a barter, I get something and in return you get something else. So maybe it would work for those. I prefer to feel betrayed when betrayed, life is a roller coaster, not a Christmas carol.

cheers

Yoron.

I liked it but please learn the difference between the contraction "you're" for "you are" and "your" for the personal possessive pronoun adjective form. Their misuse is really distracting.

Clever and well written, but too much effort into making too little a point.

The whole point of the story is this: we all have control of our destinies. We make decisions, sometimes without knowing, and hope for the best. Believe me I know first hand, I was a foster child who was beaten, molested, etc. I made conscious decisions not to be that way to my kids, even by accident. Today, I have a wonderful wife and two kids with very bright futures. And no marks of abuse or neglect on any of them. So yes, It had meaning. I was going to have an affair, until I thought about all I would lose-and be so totally alone in this world again. See, I have no family I trust, or anything like that. So yes, my ending is a fantastic one. Most people who go through what I went through aren't so lucky. So your story hit home for me. Thanks.

Shows that you can be happy, with or without the cheating spouse. Just don't give in to it. Don't let the beast win.

Unlike any other story I've read and it includes wisdom! Thanks for sharing!