by qhml1
Great story. So real and only one complete waste of space in the comments. The characters were so lovable and just deep enough to be real.
"She was standing outside the door on her phone."??
How come her phone was big enough to have a door in it?
Dumb asshole Frank raising bastards that's not his blood children and ended up with the fat cheating doctor's cunt Debbie. Not worth rating this fucking shitshow
I reread this about once a year. It's one of my favorite short stories. Thanks for the great works.
Good story, easy read and well written. I’m a sucker for happy endings. Congratulations
This is a terrific story from a talented author. Please continue writing like this one.
Great memories of extended families Thanksgivings with the woman pawing through the Christmas ads! Thank you Q. 5 stars
AH HA Getting to like all of your stories Some good some soso but a good read I must still be a bit of a romantic as I like it when there is a good ending (jaybee186)
harmless bit of fluff ?? i don't think so . damn good story,lots of real life in it. good and bad,happy and sad . just like life .
How nice it is to read a story that does not focus on sex or some weird ass thing. Just realstic normal human behaviour. A nice comfortable read instead of a life of sex love lost betrayal revenge etc.
Warm fuzzy feelings. The storyteller can really weave a tapestry of family values... (better than BTB)
One of the most talented writers on Lit, and this story doesn't disappoint either! Read most of your stuff, still a few more to go, and loved them all--great job!
Please ignore these anons they obviously don't have the capacity to appreciate good writing without pages of sex scenes.
Please don't call it fluff. My second reading of this story and it was quite moving as well as being entertaining. It was also refreshing to find 'normal' characters as the male MC and his female companion. The MC lacking hair and even having a paunch, and her slightly pair shaped without mention of big boobs and legs that go on forever or even mention of a great ass! Just two normal people who weren't kids anymore and happened to find each other. They lived and loved and had a loving family and kids who weren't blood and that didn't matter. A little bit of this story tells mine. At 40 never expecting to remarry I did and t lasted almost 40 years. I have 6 children only one of them a blood relative. I love them all and they all know there are no 'steps' in my house.More like this please! A wonderful story! Thank you.
Seriously? The Dolly llama.Love it.So did my friend that has a lifestyle block with a herd of alpaca when I told him. He's going to name his next breeding hembra (female) Dolly.
One if the doctors wants the overweight plain face to go out for the weekend.....just another skank!!
So where was Amy while he taking flabby and her daughter out??
MC is a stupid cuck being bossed around by all the women around him
Just out of the blue I got nailed by the lung cancer in this story. My wife of over fifty years just had her first chemotherapy & radiation therapy last week.
It sure does throw a damper life.
It’s nice to find a feel good story once & a while. This is surely one of them.
Bill S.
I got a real kick out of all the crying, and the MC’s reaction to it. This was a fun story, and I like big families.
Great story without a cheating spouse or a BTB. As a stepdad I appreciate the perspective this was done in.
I don't give out many 5's, this one earned a solid 5 - keep them coming ---
don't` know how many times I've read this and your other stories but it's more than twice. Thank you for some great stories, I promise I'll never ask for a refund!
Close but not perfect…
If yer a farmer, the tree / nut is a Peekan!
And if’s yooze a true Southern sort, it’s a Karo Nut pie, not pecan pie.
…. Ahhh, memories…. Oh BTW the story was worth way more than five sparklers, but this outfit is a bit miserly with its awards.
Wonderful story, 10 stars isn't close! Wish my life was like that, even though I have a good life...
Another lovely story, Q. The only downside for me is wishing my life had been that successful.
Ain't much question about it, old Q is some kind of a masterful story writer. Many thanks to the Master.
Re-read #1 and, like helmsman0305, would like to have more stars to award. However, I will say this: I would never consider this "fluff". This is the kind of existence known only as fantasy in places like Ukraine!
Thanks for producing a story that can lift people's hopes.
A masterpiece story and excellent development of the plot.
Again hire a good editor.
5*
BJ
This little story is gold to me. I can relate to quite a bit of it, still waiting on the better part to happen to me but I'm in no rush. Thanks for delivering a really good read...!
Damn, you are sooo good at these sweet romantic stories. I swear you could make a mint as a hallmark movie writer (a very small mint because I doubt there's a lot of money for screenwriters of hallmark channel movies). 5*
I'm going to read all of your stories, I enjoyed this one quite a bit. 5 Stars for sure
Finished the story only to see I last read it only 4 months ago. Thank you for your tales Q.
somewhere east of Omaha
This is probably the best short stay I have enjoyed on this site. It is short but immensely satisfying. This one definitely goes to my favorites!
Shucks, I'm a grumpy 71 year old great grand pa...... Not usually very emotional at all. But this little fluff tale brought me both smiles & even glassy eyes in the space of 30 minutes .
Good job....... I like emotional jabs OR caresses, even if I seldom react. Thanks for the entertainment.
A lovely gentle story. Great to read and guaranteed to bring tears to the eyes.
If the saying "the pen is mightier than the sword" holds true, then you sir are He-man...!
Your imagination and writing talent constantly amaze me (and truth be told, leave me a little jealous. This story reminded me of two memories from my life: where my dad grew up they had a lot of hickory trees and as a little boy we would harvest them. Years later we planted a couple rows of walnut trees. When they grew larger and began to put out nuts we would harvest them. My dad would put them in his cement mixer with gravel and water which would remove the husk. During the winter he would sit in his woodshop watching tv and cracking nuts! Mom would use some in baking or making homemade walnut/ vanilla ice cream. Many times your stories remind me of happy times from my past which add even more value to your tales. Thank you Q.
somewhere east of Omaha
Heartwarming ❤️
Jenny reminded me of our Shetland pony, Dapple Dan. We used him to pull our miniature wagon delivering their Girl Scout cookies, in addition to the Christmas caroling and 4th of July parades. Good days, good memories. Thank you for bringing them back for me.
How could one possibly not like this story? A love story, of the first order...Praises!
You DO tie them in a bow!
With poetic justice outcomes!
What's not to love?
You are a very special writer and l would think a very decent person. I have read around 50% of all the stories you have submitted and have given a 5star for all except one which got a 4star. Some deserved a 6star but it cannot be given unfortunately. The world would l believe be a much nicer place if some of your stories were presented to a early teen audience so they had a good example of how to be decent human beings as they grew into adults. Good work, always enjoy your stories
Such an excellent story. Such a good feel-good one. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Thank-you!
Not fluff. Great characterisation. the mark of a true storyteller. Yes this is not a Tale of Erotica but it certainly a very sweet romance. No footlong dongs here !
Glad I'm not the only one who loved this story. Your talent is something I respect and admire. This story has bits and pieces from my past, thank you Q.
Nicest story I've read in ages. Only 5 stars because I can't give more. Well done.
I loved it. It was a sweet mature romance. People make mistakes, especially when people are older and unaccustomed to dating. I get her mistake. She wanted commitment and went about it the wrong way. The men on here have no idea what it's like to be an older woman desperately afraid of putting herself out there. I am looking at you Mark.
It was pretty realistic. Girls play those games because they work on boys who feel the need to compete (see emotionally immature). They work on men who never grew up as well but who wants them? They make terrible partners.
Look, she reverted to old methods designed to define the relationship. It was a bad gamble because she didn't think through the situation. It happens. Men do the same shit. It's called dating after 40 when you are out of practice. I loved it.
Great solid mature romance Q.
Great story. Don’t we all need a bit of good, and happy, thinking in this troubled time.
My second wife tried the jealousy thing. We had been together for two or three years.
We were lying in bed after making love and she said she was thinking about marrying another guy she had been seeing before she met me. I didn't think she was that serious so I asked her to marry me right there and then and of course she said yes with a great big smile! That was over 40 years ago. She brought along 4 young kids.
I had a family again. It wasn't as smooth and happy as your story, but it was mostly good. She passed last year, the kids treat me like their real dad and they are my real children, kids are kids, doesn't matter who's blood is in them. Great feel good story, bunch sex scenes would have ruined it. Keep writing.
Great romance story. I would have been royally pissed that she tried to get me jealous by going out with the Doctor. She would have had to grovel a lot more to get forgiven...
I would call it a romance
As good as your best work.
Sorry to have missed it earlier.
Add to my favourite's list
This has got to be one of the few I call a superb story. Yes it had got the divorce thing in it and it was done nice. This was the point that you just outdid yourself you turned this story from just plain to perfection . So please just never stop writing these types of stories. You are truly talented and in a class I like to call very respected and very clever and talented writers. Which I would love to read again and read new stories from you and show these newbies how to write a story. So please keep writing don’t go into hiding this site needs you especially now in this lockdown thing.
Or does Lut have a rule that if there is no cheating, it's not LW? Loved the story, I'll blame my sniffles on a cold.
Thank you for writing it and brightening up my read.
Alison
Finally a loving wife that’s a loving wife
Excellent story
Will have no problem reading this one again
I have to disagree with this author. This was NOT "a harmless bit of fluff". No cheating and a Real LOVING couple and a happy ending...makes for a real good story. I can always tell if a story is good if I don't want it to end and I could have kept reading this story for many more pages. Thank you for such a great story.
what a joy to read a happily ever after story without illness,dying, or adultry.
Alot of your stories are really good, they remind me of when I was little on the Jersey shore back in the 60s. This one could mirror my life with just a bit more bad stuff written in. Thanku.
Simply brilliant storytelling.
I've enjoy so many of qhml1's tales, but this one is a perfect a tale as any. So much kindness, caring, and love packed into one story the reader is left feeling good.
But... I feel obligated to warn anyone passing by. This story is so sweet you may need to take an insulin shot after reading it.
5 stars all the way for this terrific feel good story. Hats off and a nod and wink to qhml1!
"I just love happily ever after, don't you?"........Yes I Do!
Tonight I read twelve stories most really bad, a couple pretty good, and two absolutely great. This was a great one. Nothing here that was not perfect. What a great story teller you are.
Break up first marriage no cheating boredom good
I think cheating a lot of times comes about from lack of c and boredom
I know my marriage ended with out cheating but lack of communication and boredom on her part
Don't know what happened to Amy during Debbie and Janet meeting etc time you skipped over that
But loved the story
I Cried too. Ya happy? I'm a guy, so you have to change the title of your book.
P.s. I want a copy