All Comments on 'Charity Begins Next Door'

The story of another ruined marriage. Just what we need to spread joy. If life was like the stories you and your cohorts write, no one would ever celebrate a golden anniversary.

A nice tale with which to relax. It was a little too fast moving, but that was easily overlooked.

5 star fun.

Bill S.

Thank you ,

God damn that story is rough, gets you right in the feels. Amazing job.

Absolutely perfect read for Christmas Eve. Thank you!

Great story; this is the second (or maybe third) time of reading. It's New Year's Day as I write this just two weeks ago my friend Jake died of a massive heart attack. He was not a child, or even a young man. At 78 the man with the scythe was waiting. But now his loving wife Connie is alone and for her, too, Christmas will never be the same again.

A superb story, excellently written as well as crafted. Absolutely the best punctuation on anything I've read on Lit in 15 years. Thank you. Gave me a break from my own depression.

This is so well crafted, it's ready to become a Lifetime Movie Classic. Looking for it on video next Christmas, unexpurgated, in full living color. A romance epic!

A Christmas story fit for the tweleve days of Christmas.

Second time I’ve read this. Still powerful. So well written. Bravo.

Excellent story. Heart wrenching and sad but a Happy Ending that I so much enjoy. Thank you and Merry Christmas!

My little girl was stillborn in 2001, next week. I cried my way through this story. So many emotions came back as I was reading. Looking forward to another chapter.

I think I have some dirt in my eyes.

Amazing, moving, great characters... I'm not good with adjectives & descriptors but I am filled with emotion - in a very good way. Keep up the excellent story telling!

Never commented here. But whoa, this was a story to behold. Seriously loved this, got too emotional at times. Different, Interesting and Creative writing style than all I've read. Just Perfect

I wish all the stories were as good as this. THANKYOU.

Wonderful story.

Found this by accident... from a "Similar Stories" link. Didn't know what was coming... got to the paragraph about "11 minutes flat to reach the hospital" and lost it... Hope you had the good sense to invest in paper products stock... (heavy on the tissues). I guess we all have hidden-away "might have been" memories. This certainly opened the door a crack to mine... ( light blue?, maybe, but can't say for sure ). Truly a gem.

Wonderful, wonderful storyI it really got to me. Thank you.

This is an incredible story, it’s like therapy…..

Thank you for sharing,

A really beautiful story extremely well written . 5 stars from me

A tear-jerker, but a really good story. This is what loving wives stories should be, not cheating sluts, not willing cuckolds. Sad, but well done.

Fantastic story. A real joy and tear jerkier to read, thank you. 5 Star

I can not tell you how many times I had to stop and clear my eyes so I could finally finish this story, a wonderful story. I hope that this was mostly a work of fiction but if not I hope the joy you find is real and long lasting. This is truly a 5 star piece and a box of tissue. I will follow your writings. All I can say is thank you for a very emotional story. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Awesome

10 stars for the 8th time. Can read this over and over.

I don't know how many times I have read this story now; it keeps appearing under "Similar Stories"!

But I've yet to read it without being teary at the end.

Great writing. Thank you.

Many of the stories that I read here have sex scenes that are little more than stroke fantasies. Good for what they are, but not going much further than that. I found that I had a resonance with the Love Scene in this story. Also, the emotional portrait of his loss was deftly done. Kudos.

Didn't expect to read a story here that would make me bawl my eyes out. 😭

I was more hooked in the protagonists' emotional rollercoaster than the sexy scenes.

Man I LOVED THIS! ♥️

Never thought I'll get this emotional by reading a fic on literotica. 5* is too less for this.

No doubt one of the best stories on lit!!

Incredibly well written.

Damn good story

That was one of the best sad stories that I have ever read. This hits so close to home that I had to stop for a few days to get emotions under control. I cried and cried and it left me a mess and totally drained. Thank you for writing this tale and then putting it up to be read by all.

Really good story -- bittersweet, but very well written.

I love it. My favorite author.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Damn allergies!

Second read, and it’s still 5*. Thank you for writing and thank you for sharing your work.

Dickens would have been proud of the author, and envious maybe. For he couldn't even think of writing stuff like this, in his age. Many thanks for the wonderful experience of reading this.

5 out of 5. Sad story, but heart warming. Not really what I'd expect on a site like this. A story about two broken people in the process of healing each other and thereby themselves. Loved it. Love how you manage to get your audience all emotional and teary eyed and then with just one joke manage to bring us back down to earth with a smile. Doesn't even matter that they're corny dad jokes for the most part. Dad's gotta dad, right?

Great story for the second time around. 5 stars always even though it tears me up emotionally. Happy this situation has never happened in my family. I would be a basket case as well. Very well written.

5 Stars... Gotta clean house now, seems there is dust in my eyes ...

I wouldn't say it's a happy story, or even a happy ending. But a story doesn't need those to be amazing.

What points you may lose in writing such a bittersweet tale, you more than make up for in your realistic capture of loss, grief, and the general unfairness of the universe.

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Yeah, you can really write, dude! Very hard to pull this sort of thing off without descending into the maudlin. I thought the writing in the first three-quarters was a bit stronger than the conclusion (more realistic/believable behavior in certaindetails), but very fine throughout, and I learned a new term: "trouser soldier" [!!!]. Can't wait to use it at the next cocktail party I attend.

Hi

Superb - no more words. 7/5

/ the Bun

Being honest...awesome!

You did it... A story; both happy and sad at the same time.. But it does reflect on things in real life. Good and bad; happy and sàd, you did good tx... Be nice if you'd keep it up;the stories of course. 🙄🤔😉😁👍anyway;whatever your up to.. good luck. And thanks. A fan.... 👍🙏🤠🍺✌️

This story hurt to read, and that made it an amazing piece of work. Thank you.

Very, very good story, well done, thank you.

Lost me with the angry sex scene.

Truly a touching story! Having lost 3 kids in my life and now reaching old age with no one to care for me, I understand...

Wow I really didn't expect to read anything this emotional on here. Very well done and the transition into the sex worked well too

This is the first story I gave a rating to, let alone left a comment. I am still on an emotional roller coaster ride. Absolutely as great story. And contrary to the comment about "angry sex scene", I don't think that person recognizes all the emotions that were coming out between these two people at that time. All the pain and all the joy at the same time washing over them. Just writing that sentence and I am having a hard time seeing my screen thru the tears.

To be able to take a reader on such a hard hitting emotional ride in a short 5 page story you have some serious talent. I'm just blown away.

An absolutely brilliant tale.

Great writing! A beautiful story with so much emotion.

Wonderful.

Great Story!! Loved it!!

Simply wonderful! Thank you.

This is a really great story.

Masterful story.

Liked it a lot. I'll be reading more of your stories

My second time reading this and it loses none of its impact or heartache, a plot designed to pull us in and central characters we completely empathise with, tbh although it’s a bit dark for Hallmark, it has that ring to it. 5⭐️ Many thanks for writing and posting, cheers Ppfzz.

WOW, just Wow... tanyabrown

I think it was the first time I actually cried reading a story here. no words for how wonderful it all was

Pretty sure this 3rd time at least, and still great as the 1st time...I'd forgotten how smoking HOT their first X-mas eve was...1,366 comments, 3,400 hearts

You hit this out of the park...going into Best-Ever folder.

Also enjoyed numerous others-All-Inclusive Summer, Poolboy Benes...a lot of H's, & W's-!

Over the years I've read this a couple times. Still gold.

Damn good story I lost mine 13 years ago and l still lost and feel empty. Great to read a story with a happy ending. Thanks for writing it

Wish I could give this more than 5 stars - what a terrific tearful tale! Thanks for writing!

Eyes got blurry more than once. I feel the bitter-sweet emotions evoked by this story. One of the traumatic events in my life occurred early in our marriage. I was half way around the world serving in a senseless war with a pregnant wife at home when I got word the baby did not survive the birthing process. I was home in about 36 hours trying to comprehend what happened, trying to take care of my wife, and trying to help our 2 year old daughter understand the situation. The loss was the worst feeling ever. At least until 45 years later when my mate's liver failed and left a huge, gaping hole in my life. Those pits of darkness are not places anyone should have to endure.... But here I am 5 years later, still trying to fathom it all.

I really have no idea how to describe its so sad I’ve needed loads of tissue well done on a fantastic sad but good story

I did not need to be bawling my eyes out with a confused boner at 1 in the morning!!! This was supposed to be quick romantic erotic read!

What a sad beautiful story I've not cried from reading a story in ages

You have a great talent for writing don't ever stop I wish I could give you more than five stars

I loved it also: very, very well written andI, too, fought the tears. I was married for almost 20 years, to a woman who didn't love me and my kids think that it was me who didn't love her. They haven't spoken to me in a very long time, nor do they know that they were the reason I stayed. Sometimes, love hurts, then we learn what real love means.

❤️

Just a really great story. Well written and emotional thank you

Really awesome!

That's incredible. Dickens could have written it, just was unthinkable back in his days.

An incredible little story, but fucking ouch! Needs a content warning, and honestly probably on the wrong site... or very least, wrong category

It obvious that the author has never lost a child. He was doing fine until his ending. Every day you thing of your child and what he or she would be doing. The pain dulls but the memory never goes away.

Another interesting fact over 750/0 of marriages where a child is lost end in divorce.

I would have liked to know the reason for Sandy's husband's suicide, but aside from that it's a goid story.

A very touching story. The pain of both was palpable. A little too intense, but I guess that made it a better story.

Phew, talk about heavy and intense. Started reading it during the day, teared up and held back so many times. Decided it needs to be read when no one can see me. And now its just an hour of a sinking chest and moist eyes.

Awesome story. Hit me right in the feels! 5 Stars

I've always loved this story, I've read it many times

Sobbed through the whole thing. Very good story.

Loved this story

Love your work. This is one of my favourites of the many stories.

Damn, teared up a lot in this story!! 5/5

Didn't think i would find stories like this with this emotional impact.

Outstanding. Nothing else you can say

Awesome 5⭐️ story,, I just hope that whoever is cutting up the onions is done

Excellent again

Excellent story, my second or third time reading. Brought a tear , almost. The only criticism was the overly long sex scene I think it really took away from a very good story. 5 stars from before and still......

It made me cry at the end. And it was an over all nice one. Now it did not belong here. And that's because I come to this site to read about sex and get wond up. Not sit here and cry, and I read it two times and saved it.

Gets better every time that I read it

Well done . Loved it .

This beautifully written story had me sympathetically tortured. I was feeling his and consequently her horrible pain and emotions. Best story award from me.just wow. I thought I could swallow my tears... I was wrong

Thank you, I really needed a good cry.

This is quite possibly my favorite literotica story. I have read it many times and been touched each time.

Good story. Sad tale with a pick me up happy ending. Great writing