Very well done. I think that the site should have a Tag cloud with specific names of characters, and I think that it wouldn't take much resources or bandwidth to do it.

Personally, I have aversions to stories that don't have aptly named characters, as I think most people do. With some stories you can get over it, but some are so wrong that it takes the pleasure out of reading.
For the few stories that I have written, I tried to avoid names and rather used their relationships as much as I could: husband, wife, sister, mother etc. But when a story is longer, I searched hard to find “the right” name for the character; according to their age and role…
Well done for sure.

Very, very insightful. Will influence my writing!

We are all plagiarizing Shakespeare to some degree. There are only so many ways to write erotic fiction, there's bound to be some coincidental duplication.
It is concerning that you seem to have excellent knowledge of the works you are accused of plagerizing, but seriously, it's erotic fiction. Nobody's making any real money here. Even if you're guilty as charged, it's a case of no harm, no foul.

If a story starts out with the author going into excruciating detail of characters physical characteristics and/or details about their jobs, childhood, schooling, etc. I fall asleep and go on to the next one

Excellent advice, thanks!
I'm an avid reader of both fiction and non-fiction. Over time I've become increasingly aware of the reason why publishers spend so much time and money on editing and proofreading. When there is so much high quality and interesting material to read quick judgments have to be made. Spelling and grammar mistakes, particularly in the first paragraph, are immediate turn-offs. As this writer so clearly says, the rules of grammar don't care whether you like them or not. Most readers do: ignore them at your peril!

personally i see people who are uninhibited, sexually open and confident he is in himself, like 'sluts' as interesting people, it's a little hard to me understand their minds, the deeper you go, more impressive it becomes

Really enjoyed the story, and another guy with a navel fetish. Had fun with many women during my younger years, and found that most were indifferent, or thought it was cute. I couple hated my playing with there navel, a couple were too ticklish, and a few loved it. I prefer unpierced and love a firm flat tummy to go with it.
Look forward to more of your stories.

Interesting.
I hated February sucks. 1 star from me. It was a chore to read. The dialogues interminable and tedious. Nothing like that happened to me and I could not identify with either character. Plenty of stories here have touched me and this one did so viscerally especially the end is why it got one star from me. I also 1 bombed the follow ups for the same reason.
I couldn’t separate my reaction from the craft. There was an incident 2 years before we married. I think there’s been several since. We adopted an infant a few years later and they are the reason we are in our 4th decade now.
If February sucks had happened to me it would have been BTB all the way. Damn the consequences.
I’ve been here for months now. Came when we’ve had a dead bedroom for years and years. I was conflicted. Was thinking of moving on. Asked myself whether I had truly applied myself to the union. Of course I had withdrawn and contributed to the lack of intimacy. So I truly made an effort. We are in a better place now. It’s taken months.
I live vicariously through these stories. I was never a ‘Romance’ reader but I’ve become more emotional as I age. Did this place save my marriage? Maybe. Maybe it was never in doubt because of cowardice.
Keep on keeping on. The stories here have had real world implications for me and perhaps others beyond escapism.

Five by five

Excellent Essay

Appreciate the references to Nici’s work. What she got right that most authors miss is that for women, it is all about the relationship. Nici’s selfish wife character was a great example of this - sex was a byproduct of her relationship with the other guy. IMHO, women’s affairs are significantly more likely to start with a relationship with a perp than the dreaded Martian Slut Ray that hit GA’s Linda character. Old saying, women give sex to get love; men give love to get sex.

Great review of an author I'd never heard of.
I prefer porn with plots both titillating AND hilariously outrageous. Dedeaux sounds right up my alley.

My unscientific take:
1. Very taboo, so it is alluring.
2. Most (but not all) of these stores are HEA.
Unlike non consent, Loving Wives, Interracial, horror, these have happy endings. You are not going to (figuratively) screw over a family member. You are not going to ghost them and leave them holding the bag/baby.

So, it is a positive, kinder and gentler category.
Just a thought...

5 stars - COME ON - This is a FREE porn literature website for amateur writers, not a romance novel contest.

As far as I am concerned - I don't give a rats ass who uses phrases, or complete paragraphs from someone else's story, as long as the story in front of me is well written and amuses me.

I have liked most of what you have written so far - so please keep writing.

I really enjoy the insight "behind the scenes". I am very turned on by what nasty secrets lurk in a woman's head. Thank you for writing as I truly enjoy reading your stories.

The trouble with them all is that men with options don't share.
Sure the ones there to White Knight once the Chads and Tyrones are through sure thing. They are there for that.

Top notch spouse material knows it and knows that their imperfections do not =their partners joining genitalias covertly in trying times while they remain the ignorant fools.
In short for those who have options there is no getting back together or redemption that achieves that much.
They are able to upgrade and do.

Some reconciliations are RAACs. Some divorces are BTB. Perhaps it would be helpful to split each category into two sub-categories. The in-between scenarios are the most interesting (and realistic).

For all the many stories re infidelity and the resultant chaos, there really aren't that many that do a good job of capturing all the real-life elements of a couple trying to wrestle with possible reconciliation vs divorce. That dilemma, complicated greatly by children, is what haunts.

In LW world, betrayed husbands often reach conclusions quickly. In the real world, many never reach any kind of definitive conclusion at all. Same for betrayed wives. Many people, even with a lot of counseling, can't even seem to find an effective framework to think about their situations, much less make a quality decision. I'm sure these situations must be difficult to write effectively. And I'm sure the predictable chorus of comments from the "Cuck shit" gallery can't make it any easier.

Dante consigned betrayers to the lowest circle of hell. My guess is that LW stories attract the largest readership because infidelity creates such a visceral reaction. Anyone who finds our flawed human condition worthy of study and reflection can find a never-ending source of material from the harm done by those who pledged to love us most.