by DixitJesus
I gave it a 3.
How did they get together? It would have been nice to see a little romance between them. A guy wakes up and his mother is sleeping next to him. And he knows in his heart that they fucked. And that's it?
The old, tired Reluctant Son trope get beat to death one more time, with more reluctance and more regret in hopes of what....? You only succeeded in pounding all the love, romance and affection out of this story, with a complete absence of eroticism. Is chapter 2 going to be his psychiatric consult?
It's a short story so there's really on so much backstory you can give, but there *is* backstory. It's in the second section, after the dashes. The story is told non-chronologically.
cageysea: You must be feeling particularly impotent today or something. Or maybe your kids made it extra clear they don't want to talk to you anymore.
Whatever the reason, please take your misery elsewhere.
Oh, and the backstory comment was in reply to muskyboy. I didn’t respond to your first comment at all, for some pretty obvious reasons.
Sorry, it was in response to the anonymous comment. "How did they get together?"
Anyway, take your fragility somewhere else please. I emphatically Do Not Care about your opinion, which is why I didn't respond to your original comment in the first place (though you assumed I was replying to you, which I think is telling).
Just an average story it was a bunch of mixed emotions to me maybe if you continue there will be a better outcome!!!!!!!!!!!!!
There is potential here if you can develop it. Your style is crisp and readable. Please continue.