by Harddaysknight
Excellent! If there was only some way to make it known she's a gold digging cheat slut to the general population, without getting hit with slander, libel, or defamation of character lawsuits. Maybe with that kind of money the could use some bitcoins and the dark web to destroy her reputation...
They’re in their 50’s, acting like high school kids. Da’fuq is wrong with you? You’re better than this shit.
Very clever, well written, the story moved fast and was interesting. Nicely done in all, I'm sure people will bitch but most of them haven't written anything before so don't take it seriously.
Well, that's a 5* twist! A good story well told.
That's a great friend there, right enough.
Good one.
Loved it.
Didn't see it comming but should have expected it from a great writer like HDK
"That’s true, but be very careful around him. He’s a huge pussy hound.” - Why do the wives always cheat with the guys their husbands warn them about.
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“I knew money meant more to you than I ever did." - I think we know who money means more to!
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Maybe I need another cup of coffee, I never saw that coming.
You are one tricky little devil -- ha, ha; 5* from me!
P S Why do all the women in your stories have big tits? Why can't you have a wife with a perfect ass for once?
Nice twist on the trading up theme. Always a joy to find one of HDKs stories on the list.
I do love how you can work a story in one direction and then go left. Thank you for another good read.
Way too short for me personally, but liked the storyline and its construction.
So many LW stories are about money (it is never in the tags). Over all of the LW stories currently on file, the average net worth of the couples at the time of filing is $2.3 million. Remember: the premise to this story is "I Wanna Know What Love Is". Therefore, love is money. Take a couple of rich guys, throw in a material girl, and Presto!: 4.5. I suppose this is fitting for a society like ours.
I remember reading this author's comment criticizing another author (hooked1957's Two Birds with One Stone);
"One of the things that makes first person story telling difficult is that the person telling the story must be honest with himself and with the reader."
Now he did the mistake himself, lying to the readers.
Wouldn’t the prenuptial agreement have both parties leaving with both parties leaving with what they brought to the marriage with perhaps a penalty for adultery? Some even state that all income anything bought with it belongs to the person who earned it.
Loved it. It was brief, humorous and devious.
After all these stories HDK you can still write 'she was...younger than I'? Rather disappointing.
Nicely written, of course, and fun to read. The only issue is that the punchline was telegraphed like a freight train so early in the story.
I saw that coming from the start; not because I am that smart, but because HDK was laying the foreshadowing on thick. Why do I feel like he could knock off a story like this during the commercials of a single baseball game on TV? Since I don't enjoy HDK for his subtle nuance, it was still a fun read.
Not bad. Not great. Prototypical expression of average. And “average” is beneath your talents.
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3 ***
Whoa, what a great little story! The perfect way to get rid of "Gold Digger" cheating wife! LOL! Oh so funny I loved it. 10 stars to the writer! Thanks so Much for a very Great Story!
4 stars for a well executed 'Best Buddy' taking one for the team, to get rid of a conniving bitch.
It is very similar to the cheating husband divorce trap.
I'll certainly remember this one for future reference.
Fun. Can't say that I didn't see it coming from almost the beginning. But still lots of fun to read.
Really a nice twist. I thought it was going to be that old type story. Her outsmarted the shrew. But why didn’t he do a background check. He gave her a guaranteed prenup all in her favor. Crazy 😜.
Wonderfully done. Almost caught me by surprise there. One of your best short stories
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Uh what, is it over yet? Please say it is
Anonymous seems to feel he knows English grammar better than I. One nice thing is that I sign my name to my opinions. Smugness, especially when it is not correct, is not attractive. I would have written to him/her directly if anon had used a login name. It's good to learn grammar on a porn site.
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Than: Preposition or conjunction?
The word than can act either as a preposition or as a conjunction. In both uses, it introduces the second element of a comparison.
Prepositions are words of relationship, like for, from, on, in, and about. As a preposition, the word than shows a relationship of comparison between two parts of a clause. Remember that the object of a preposition is an object pronoun like me, not a subject pronoun like I. Therefore, than as a preposition is followed by me rather than I.
EXAMPLES
Lulu is funnier than me.
object of the preposition than = “me”
I’m sure Rita can run faster than me.
When than is used as a conjunction, it connects two clauses. An object pronoun like me cannot serve as the subject of a clause. The subject pronoun I must be used instead.
EXAMPLES
Lulu is a better comic than I ever was.
This sentence has two clauses—”Lulu is a better comic” and “I ever was”—joined using the conjunction than.
Rita can run faster than I can.
This can be shortened to “Rita can run faster than I.”
As you can see, both “than I” and “than me” are grammatically correct. Which pronoun to use with than simply depends on whether you want to use the word as a preposition or a conjunction.
https://editorsmanual.com/articles/than-i-or-me/
Kencoro, simply put, you are wrong. The first-person narrator did not lie to the reader. If you can show me where he did, I would appreciate it. I cannot email you as you do not accept emails. (Sorry, this member does not allow anonymous feedbacks) Was it the winning at solitaire that you felt was a stretch?
Thanks for a fun little read. Not a lot of time for character development, but that was surely not the point. And the writing was good, as usual…including “she was…younger than I” with the implicit “am” at the end. Apparently at least one reader thinks that it should have been “me”…which would make it the very awkward phrasing…”she was…younger than me (am).” I’d go with HDK.
HDK, someone said the punchline was telegraphed, but it was a fun telegraph and left me with a laugh. Thanks for writing and sharing this. 5*.
The subtitle gave away the plot. You could have teased me a bit more. Still enjoyable.
Now that's a real friend. :-) Engenius plot, I loved this. 5 stars, no doubt.
Great story. Thing is, he actually married her. Must have been blinded by love. D
That’s weak and lousy too and has definitely a bad aftertaste. Nope, not good this time.
Captcha
Fun read, and like most I felt I had an idea of what was coming when the bat hit me right between the eyes.
Short and sweet! Exactly the type of tale of which HDK is the unrivalled master--and he lives up to his billing in this one. It couldn't be tighter or come more swiftly to the point. Plus, of course, his humor is undimmed (my favorite is the third paragraph of the story).
Thanks as always, your biggest fan: ohio
Disappointing, really, but not bad. The story felt like something HDK slammed out without much thought or care, just meeting expectations: a story was promised to Randi for her event, a story was delivered. Again, not bad, but once read, easily forgotten.
My only complaint... It was far to short...
Nicely woven tale
5 stars
Cagivagurl
Guess I'm a little slow, because unlike Griscom, tangledweed and Hooked, I didn't see it coming until it came. After reading and weeping through laptopwriter's "Why Can't I Be Loved," expected a 1-page HDK to be a pleasant 4. But like the song that provided its title, this was a QuickMagazine 5 all the way. Masterfully done, in the fine HDK/JPB O'Henry Twist tradition.
Griscom, I didn't think that the subtitle gave away the plot. I thought his friend really DID steal his wife!
Lost me at the beginning when it's his best friend since second grade and the friend has never met his wife? And the friend comes to town but doesn't call his best friend? Details matter.
Good onehow to get rid of cheating money hungry wife, all you need is a little green honey.
Whack-a-mole! What a twister! Although Tim didn't find love your story earned four stars.
more due to the speed of the plot evolution than anything else... and "guessed" means I looked ahead to see if I was right.
YMMV
Green-something
Yes! That felt like a classic HDK story, which, as everyone will agree, is one of the best things that can happen in LW. Good stuff, 5*