All Comments on 'Another Life'

I'm glad you found it in your archives and finished it up.

Thanks for sharing your work.

This was a good.one, I always enjoy your work.

Nice story! It was great she told her husband about her shady past and didn't give in to the blackmail. He got a greatly improved sex life for forgiving her lies about her history, so he definitely made the right choice.

Timeline issue: unless the story is being told from 2050, there wouldn’t have been a business hacker relative who could do that kind of stuff, so the last paragraph is not a good one.

The story does raise the issue of what to do when your wife’s past is really bad. For us old guys, that’s a rare problem, but today? Half the girls finish college with a ‘number’ in the thirties, and men today have to deal with that fact.

Of course, the guys finish college with similar numbers, but for some reason, a lot of men think that’s different.

Good until the end. Not another ‘life is good’!

Whenever I see that, I just mentally replace it with ‘I’ve run out of things to say but can’t seem to stop typing’...

You lose a full point for that.

I liked how they dealt with it quickly. Most of these stories have the husband storming out for weeks on end and finally moving back home. This couple was able to simply talk and reason it out. She was a whore and that didn't bother him as it was before they dated. He reasoned out why she lied and it wasn't enough to divorce. I agree the computer hacking was a bit over the top. Who cares if the guy wants her as an escort? She said no, husband is aware, she is not rich and famous where if news of her past comes out she is "ruined". Embarrassed, yes, but ruined, no. That is a risk she will always have once she chose to be an escort and be an escort for so long.

I have no problem with her hiding her past, that's completely understandable.

"I also was worried that if I started breaking out weird sex acts and positions you would peg to my secret." - There's a WIDE range between vanilla and weird!

Blackmail? Fuck him! Tell him to tell whomever he wants!

Neither the author nor the commenters seem to have a clue about the realities of sharing your life with a woman who thought it was totally okay to sell her body to hundreds of men. Clients travel and talk-that's how you build the business, wives gossip. This isn't some fairy-tale 'I forgive you, it's no different from being a randy co-ed etc. etc.' situation. Believe me. I've seen it.

Cool story bro. But what about Warlock??? Its been 2 years!

I don't personally have a problem with most things in a woman's past as long as they are solidly in the rear view mirror.

I have almost no tolerance for lies however. I could wish that you delved into that aspect of their relationship more but this was a nice read.

We all have things we're ashamed of from our past; probably not like Liz's secret, but things. Shame tends to inflate those things in our minds and what we might think of as an unforgivable, insurmountable issue... usually isn't that big of a deal to others.

I like this story because it demonstrates an important issue in a successful relationship: Secrets are bad. When Liz finally told Kevin her secret, and it was a big frickin' deal, notice that he was more concerned with the fact that she KEPT it secret from him, rather than what the secret was about.

Good story, well written. Thanks for posting.

thus no real story... Kinda hard to build up to a climax when the "event" comes out in the first couple of paragraphs.

I definitely liked the story, but your "happily ever after" aspect leaves a bit to be desired, as you have the protagonist at 39 years old, and then extend them forward into their 70s. If we go back thirty-two years from now (kind of the minimum for them to currently be in their 70s) then that makes the timeline of the story at the earliest 1987, and there simply was nobody really on the Internet at that point in time, given that the web wasn't even invented until 1989, with the first browser a year after that. The kind of hackers you describe simply weren't around then, not to mention that there simply wasn't the kind of spread of computers, or digital information needed for your story. Put them in their 60s and it might barely work, but the kind of stuff you really describe is really more a 21st century thing, and though the AOL reference is cute, remember that people used it because the web itself wasn't at all developed.

That's not to mention that your Detroit coming back reference kind of puts things in the current timeline, as well. Nothing at all was coming back in Detroit during the late 80s, as it was all interminably going in the other direction.

That all simply flows from the last "happily ever after" paragraph. Fix that and these logic issues go away.

Is this some new slang I'm not aware of? I know pegging as a sex act, never heard of it used as a synonym for get clued in.

Really liked the bit about how both handled the ‘gay’ nephew bit. It kind of reminds me of how my wife and I would have likely handled things

I’m always big picture, she’s detail, sometimes literally. Whenever we travel I find I take pictures of say a cool architectural building, and her pictures would be of a magnified ornament on the side of said building.

In the situation above I would be the one coming in between my nephew and the bigoted family members while she would go quietly sit by him and talk it out with him. The world needs both kinds and one of the many reasons why we make a good team.

Another cool example during the Great Recession for the first time we got a couple of regular homeless men around my office. I would give to them generously when I passed them and feel I’ve done a good thing and leave it at that. My wife maybe would visit me once a week to go to lunch and she would talk to both where they called each other by name, and she knew both of their stories. My wife made both feel like humans and part of society. Talking about this made me realize how much I love my wife. And how much of a better human being she is than me. Fuck you Ahazura :)!

"Of course, the guys finish college with similar numbers, but for some reason, a lot of men think that’s different."

It is and it isn't. It'll have a negative effect on either's ability to pair bond with a single partner, but it's unlikely a man will run across a pussy so tight that his wife will later struggle to satisfy him. If it takes him longer to bust a nut because he's been a little desensitized, that can be a good thing for the wife. Doesn't work quite the same the other way.

so sad. no kids?

guess they both paid for taking love seriously in their mid thirties.

could be worse. :shrugs:

I've heard (and used) it for "determined to be" or "categorized" maybe. I pegged her as a cowgirl.

https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/peg-as

J.k. j.k.

Anyway aside from the aforementioned timeline issues and a few minor editing oops, thought this was a good story. A good and important message about trust and communication too.

Thanks for posting.

Is always made difficult by our predjudices and so you never quite know how somone is going to react to your story.. Once had sex with a girl who decided to tell me after we fucked that she had herpes. I dodged that bullet but knew then just how untrustworthy she was. I am not sure why you brought in the hacker. The guy was a sleeze but if you don't air the dirty laundry and just kick the scumbag's ass what is the point. Consequently, the ending seemed rushed. You had a great build up for a nice sting going that would take down this entrenched politico and just knocked him around and rode off into the sunset at warp speed. It was an ejoyable read. Thank you.

So your wife's been banged like a screen door by a thousand guys. No harm, no foul. She did what she had to do

The only reason I didn't was that I agree with ReedRichards' comment on the timeline.

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Keep in mind, my default score for any story is 3 -- average. I consider 5 a superlative and reserved for really, really, really good stories.

The ending was too abrupt to make the story enjoyable. And no real emotional drama between any of the protagonists.

Sbrooks103x: "Pegged" is used as an alternative to "clued in". See https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/she-pegged-it.2863106/

Thanks, I DO know that usage, just forgot it.

I'm glad you found it an d finished it off.

I hoed you'd be able to trust me to tell me before it hits the fan. And let's broaden our horizons in the bedroom, sitting room, kitchen, you get the idea.

Nice story, one that works on a page and half but could have held it's own with twice as much.

Thanks Ahazura

Actually a dancer, topless stuff. I wanted her to quit, she didn't want to, lord she made a lot of money. It took me awhile to figure out how, I couldn't handle that. Best gal in bed I ever knew, though.

Practice, I suppose.

But instead he gets an "ice massage." Or is that an S&M thing?

The bad guys get burned and the good guys sail off into the sunset. Works for me.

4 stars

Thanks for the effort.

Let's see, gay rights, check. Fred Thompson (R, Tennesee), check. Sex with a 15 year old (Alabama Senate race), check. Got it. The author's a liberal who hates Republicans. But, can we dispense with blatant political proselytizing?

We see this crap on the nightly news without the reprieve we usually get after a federal election. It's been non-stop. I like to nice to read a good story on lit and escape the political BS we get hit with night after night after night. Sadly, politics ruins everything including this story.

Insert name, other than a few very very high profile politicians, it could be made up, so I'm ok with that. To be honest whichever side of whichever house in whichever country, it could be a politician from there.

Her history, no issue, not trusting hubby enough needs serious talking about and that I think could be cause for counselling, but so long as she's not been working since she's been with him, really it's not his business. Does everyone know every job their SO has done? Ok I get this is quite a biggy.

Her adventure in the bedroom or lack is her trying to be the good wife. Wonder how many could actually separate having a loving wife in the house who turns into a slut in the bedroom?

Good story, strong couple, sleaze balls dealt with, all's right with the world, cheers.

I say this because of this gem ...

“I am so sorry if you feel that I have been neglecting you.”

OK, that is a weasel apology; onditionals always irritate me. She really believes that she has not done something wrong. It would have been nice for that to have Been recognized and challenged. E.g., “So, you decided not to fully give of yourself to me because you were afraid I would somehow think less of you or otherwise question why you enjoyed sex too much? What does that say about your opinion of me and our relationship?”

Hijinks and hilarity ensue ...

She had no problem being wild and free with paying customers but when she finds her true love and marries him she gives him average as best for 10 years. He should have said what if I paid you? Would I then get good sex! Hell, they were in there 30's. If she started out with the great sex he wouldn't think any different. It would only be if she acted different in the later years of the marriage. She is lucky he hung around.

If she had used all her sexual knowledge right from the top, she wouldn't have to worry about how to add it in later. If she needed to added it in later, she tells hubby she heard the girls talking at work (or church, or school, or wherever), did a lot of research on the internet, and has a bunch of stuff she'd like to try. If she wanted a full and varied sex life, it would have been easy enough. The obvious conclusion is she simply didn't want to. Hubby didn't rate her A-game apparently.

Yes, I hate those, "I apologize to anyone who was offended"! Does that mean that you AREN'T apologizing for what you said or did if nobody was offended?

Though it gave me an anticlimatic sensation at the end. The first emotions were the strongest.

it felt like u were about to delve into a real story but then u just glossed over it. my nephew got onto his computer and fixed everything the end lol sorry this one was bad and had no meaning or emotion

Definitely worth the second read, as are all your stories.

Ditto

The Bear loves it. Came close, but our hero is the decent sort ,and really must love her.

The BEAR

The term "magic bullet" represents a thinking pattern that there is a simple solution to every problem - a bullet with magical powers to fix it all. An example is medicine such as insulin - controls diabetes in everyone afflicted.

One of the biggest magic bullets is violence. Take the offender into the back alley, beat the shit out of him, all ends well. And of course 99 times out of a hundred it doesn't - as we all know, violence begets more violence in an out-of-control spiral until the epitomy is reached - people dying. Mostly innocents and by-standers.

The final magic bullet are the magical hackers who instantly strip all security systems off the internet and can reach and capture every secret known to man about everyone else in the world... Sigh!! What a load of crap!

The whole story is a load of crap. Even more so the ending.

"pegged" as a good story and it was. Thanks for bringing it around.

Loved it - I would have preferred the short "epilogue" with more information, but fresh and to the point.

I liked the story up to the alley scene. Then, the story became "hollow." I don't know how to explain it. It just kinda fell flat. Four stars.

Going through the Ahazura collection again. This is another good one.

Another great story where the wife came to the husband about being blackmailed right away and the husband made it go away and they lived happily ever after. Can't get any better ending than that, 5++++stars.

Excellent 5☆

A great story. Almost always better to blow up the blackmail by confessing to your spouse. Especially when for past deeds before marriage but even for infidelities while married. Exceptions are blackmail for sex (rape) based on threat of physical injury or murder of a loved one or the blackmail victim or (maybe) severe financial or legal ruin, and only the latter for anwhile until can enlist aid or develop.a.waynto get counter leverage on the blackmailer and his cohorts. Rare exceptions for threats of exposing past (mis)deeds or sexual behaviors or even extramarital sex if will (a) destroy marriage and (b) to buy time until can confess to their spouse and then come up with a plan to stop further blackmail. Hard to think on the spur of the moment when under severe duress.

Great story. Not sure why they had to go to the nephew. Worst they could do is what? Threaten to tell her husband? Her new family? Her customers? Make it public (that could trigger repercussions via the client list and thereby Jacob et al). Ok they could go all Bond villain or suddenly decide to use a hitman or kidnap her. But why? Why bother? The blackmail was thatbshe had been a hooker. Once she discloses that to her husband, that threat is negated (what a LW should always do with rare exceptions when threatened with a blackmail scheme for sex). Yeah they could smear her reputation. She has other money in her offshore accounts. Losing the florist shop would suck but is it worth tangling with a senator and his right hand lieutenant? Author picked a way for payback via a nephew hacker with elite contacts and dug out skeletons that they exposed to the media. Good story. But most couples don't have those options. Worst case if they get threatened again. Go to the media, confess everything, make a scandal or maybe flee for a while off the grid. Most people do not have access to family members with mad hacking skills. Still well written though maybe a bit short. I enjoy this author.

Reasonably good tale, but it just seemed the ending was a bit rushed once they talked to the nephew, the "white-hat hacker".

Cute. Comfortable. Enjoyable. Ending was NOT rushed. It just put a cap on an interesting story.

Whew ! While your write good, this one seemed very hurried. It felt like you skipped over much with 2 or three sentences that listed what happened to the blackmailers and the two of them. The end. It doesn’t feel like you are taking advantage of a good editor. An editor doesn’t only check for spelling and missed words. Story continuity and readability rank high. You can’t do it yourself !

Only a 3. Keep trying.

I mean, obviously nobody is going to just gloss over their wife having lied for years about being a whore. That was a bit of a hole in the story.

Too light. I mean 10 years in he finds out his wife was a whore and a calm quick discussion and the promise of some kinky sex and all is well?

What a chump.

Good story. I am sure they needed more off page conversation to get over her lying about her past. Difficult to accept? Yes. Forgivable? Should be. The past is the past. Move forward. She didnnothing to betray him. She misled him out of fear and shame but how she handled the whole threat from the Senator's lackey shows her commitment to their marriage. 5 blazing stars.

I like the start, and it felt good all the way up to the end of Greg's introduction. After that it felt very brief, like a set of bullet points.

Well written. The characters’ backstories are woven in with a style that can be described as

‘smoove and toight, bruv.’

The ending came on like an avalanche and not the good kind, but I have no suggestion for improvement. Something not so abrupt. Her introducing him to some of her more exotic techniques that make smoke come out of his ears perhaps.

Cheers.