All Comments on 'Cheap Seats Ch. 02'

Just a pile of crap!!! Couldn't Even read it to The end

He listens to what she has to say. He takes all the facts into account. And he realizes she has put herself into the position to be unfaithful, isn't really that sorry (she's sorry she got caught) and uses sex to change his mind about the divorce. Really? That's how you wanted to play it? Awful.

Got his wife out of a bad situation and crushed the predator.

Great that you paint Beth as very altruistic in only keeping $50,000and giving the remainder to charity but that is in the same vein as the husband who rewards his whore wife for cheating by giving her most of the savings and the house. Not something real people do. A real person getting that sort of settlement is going to seriously look at possible retirement or at least being in a position to pick and choose their future. This kind of shit is just hard to take and lets the story down.

This is a good, well-written story but it doesn't quite reach the quality of some of the author's other work. Perhaps I'm just getting weary of dickhead husbands leaping to the worst possible conclusion then running away and refusing to listen to anything his wife has to say. It might be a useful device for moving along the plot, but (at least for me) it pretty much erodes any empathy I might have for the husband, which doesn't then help me get involved in the story because I really don't care what happens to people with whom I can't empathise.

LA

O hi o why do you hate men so much you portray them as spineless losers. Some men are not meant to be with the female of the species as you so perfectly painted here

Basically everything Risq_001 said with one additional point. After everything that happened I could not believe that she hadn’t kept him up to date on her job search and being asked to wait by Diane. In the grand sceheme of things it’s not that big of a deal in terms of what she didn’t say but more that right after this issue she didn’t. Similar to the issue alot of people have commented on that her ‘rules’ really don’t answer any of the things she did wrong.

I think she would be happier being independent as a single woman. Marriage only has one "i" in it. She doesn't do team. And I don't like her friend...dont trust her.

I qualify this as a fantasy because there's no fucking way that 'blind luck' intervened TWICE to prevent her from being fucked. The woman's sub-consciously an elitist... an educated hard-head who doesn't see or consider her husband as an equal or a full and worthy of every confidence partner.

If this story were to resemble anything CLOSE to real life, Huntington would have been balls deep in her cunt .... maybe her cum filled cunt and in the middle of fucking her for a second or third round.... when Diane knocked on his office door..... IF she ever showed up to knock on the door.

Though irritating, as a fantasy, it was still pretty good so I gave it 5 *****s

Loved it!

Liked it, kind of lite

5*

that I forgot to comment on this story, also that a Wharton graduate would be so vulnerable unless she wanted to disconnect from her hubby. Personally I did not see any improvement in communication and thus he can not trust her. ! read the story with

attention and certainly found that I do not the two leads for friends.

When I want to make sex with my man special, I let him know that doggy style is not only on the menu, but is the preferred menu item.

Yes My Wife Bares her Ass for doggie style sex! Try it you plow her G Spot it sends them wild! Love the story immensely! Thanks for sharing this Fantastic Story with us! ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ WOOF!

UTTER CRAP....JUST ANOTHER FUCK SLUT WHORE AND A PATHETIC ASSHOLE HUBBY

Apparently, they were at the club for those four hours. Barton mentioned that he gave her another dose of ecstasy there. Also, when Madeline "rescued" Beth, and took her home, she noticed that her panties were still dry and there was no evidence of intercourse.

Possible plot hole plugged.

Checked your profile

No answer to all-

Speaking of no names and anonymous

No mystery or suspense in chapter two, just wrapping up loose ends. But to be clear, wifey was raped the first time she was drugged. Any vaginal penetration by any object, however slight, constitutes the act. It's a pretty big plot hole to have such an accomplished young woman act so foolishly about a rape, and then treat dynamite evidence (the letter from her rapist admitting his guilt), in such a cavalier fashion. Not to mention her naive handling of a man dangerous to their employer and other woman. Reader's credulity can be stretched only so far, authors please take note. But the grammar was good even if at times the punctuation was a bit creative.

It just seemed a bit uneventful and predictable in the second half. Once the reader knew the full story, it was all anti climatic.

Before mouthing off at the writer and his / her story remember it's fiction, the people don't exist in reality and it's the writers decision to make the characters do as they do. If you are unhappy... Write one yourself and prove you can do better. Otherwise enjoy the read and either forget it or come back and read again.

SOMEONE SAID SOMETHING ON THE INTERNET WITHOUT A USER NAME! QUICK, LET'S WHINE ABOUT IT AND BE MORE DISRUPTIVE!

I think the rapist gets off too easy, but meh.

Anon comments frequently seem written by pimpled virgins in their parent's basement by second language English speakers but these comments truly stand above all the rest.

Why write aboutdecisive people withg a sense of slef worth and then leave them withg the stupid bibmbo who can't wait to find a reason to spread her leg for someone else. This should be in the bizzarro section

A wimp and cuckold. Not good enough to be born male. Loser.

1* shit ending ruined what otherwise could have been a good story.

guess our protagonist likes 2nd hand snatch .

hope the whore brings him a strong case of aids soon !

but Beth has had a taste of strange... It is only a matter of time before she with. her legs spread

He's almost as dumb as she is. He believed her and her friends BS, and she fell for her bosses line of BS, and kept believing it.

How did Beth get a job in high finance, considering that she is mentally disabled? She may be the dumbest character in any story on this site. Real short bus stuff.

Like Boatbumm, I like stories with happy endings and some revenge to boot. This is a story, after all, and it goes sometimes where we wouldn't. Thanks for sharing.

Sincerely,

Santacruzman

I agree with some of your Anon haters that she FUBAR-ed the marriage when she didn't tell Jake about the first incident and file suit then.

But that said, come on, you Anon morons -- it's a fucking "Loving Wives" STORY for God's sake!!!

A 5* read in my book. I'm a sucker for happy endings.... ;-)

As other Ohio stories: the woman is the #1 priority in the man's life but the man is not #1 on the woman's life.

I couldn't believe more than 11% of the nonsense!!!

OK she is a beauty spoiled naive rich kid that wants total independence. And his powerful attorney's might get the letter/tape suppressed and no contingency plan to insure Barton never again becomes a sexual predator?

This is where hubby, failed, he needed to have a very private chat with her father the big banker, letting dad know; Barton would never touch another women again.

OH you need to have a part 4 to tie up the loose ends of Barton and the other three women he drugged. How Barton became a wife in prison even if it was only for a few years sentence. Then when he got out he was kneecapped and castrated. Living on his remaining $12M in a wheelchair and no sex drive - just memories - fate worse than death.

Ohio is probably a feminazi crusader. This is pure trash. This is what ohio needs to understand about straight hardcore men. We dont tolerate this kind of shit, with just simple explanation. Our reaction wouldve been to get away for months even years at the very least, especially in a marriage without children. Not telling your husband of this in our view amounts to consent. Ive seen marriages destroyed or never recovered with less reasons than this. The point is this with adultery, women would never be insecure on whos child their bearing, men are. Theres no way in hell a man would take care of a child thats not his at the outset.

Beth is too stupid to find her way to work every morning. Imagine getting date-raped by your boss, knowing you were raped by him and how it happened, then choosing to remain there and continue working for him and falling for the same trick a second time. Unbelievable.

The husband should have gone ahead and supported her through the vengeance on the boss, like he did, but when that was complete he should have walked away for at least a month - or maybe forever. If you can't trust your wife to NOT hide things from you, then it's only a matter of time before something even bigger sneaks up and you get sandbagged. Regardless of what she promises to do in the future, hiding things from him seems to be her modus operandi - she'll revert back sooner or later.

Good story Ohio. Thanks.

I do not know what these other anonymous fools are thinking but it was a great story and is exactly what these are, stories to entertain readers and I for one was happy reading the story. So ignore those other anonymous criticizers and keep writing these good stories. Not all stories need to be Burn the bitch not that I don't enjoy a good BTB. A happy ending such as this is nice sometimes. Good Job.

5 Stars.

i am sorry but i can only say what a wimp no wonder that she does evrything on her own if the guy is so meek and just takes it in the ass willingly

Interesting tail.

Had me reading to find out.

She was pretty damn stupid for a smart chick.

From the closet case ohio! Pure trash!

I know I’ve got some repeats here!

And just how did he manage to eat her out? Was she drugged again?

So, he drugged her once before, and she’s STILL accepting drinks from him? And she’s supposed to be intelligent?

“when I cleared my things out on Monday it was gone” – It NEVER occurred to her to keep the letter in a safe place?

So, Mad would DEFINITELY rat Jake out, but only PROBABLY tell him about Beth?

“why would she have confessed to the first time Huntington drugged her?” – Because he was MAKING her confess everything to get forgiveness for the later incident!

“He was enjoying rubbing my nose in it” – How is it “rubbing [his] nose in it” when he has to admit a man with a supermodel girlfriend needs to drug a subordinate to get into her pants?

“Huntington's high-priced lawyers were fighting tooth-and-nail to keep the tape, and his letter of apology to Beth, out of evidence.” – MAYBE they have a case with the tape, but he gave Beth the letter and STOLE it back, that letter rightfully belongs to her.

“tattooed in the middle of her cheek, where even the tiniest bikini bottoms would cover it” – The tiniest bikini bottoms do NOT cover the middle of the cheek! Even IF a French bikini, which are VERY skimpy would cover it, the TINIEST bikini bottoms are thongs, which don’t cover the ass at all!

Too many unbelievable points to bother with recounting. Either a horribly written story about a truly stupid, selfish, self-centered, pig headed woman or a terrible attempt to justify keeping a cheating slut after she's been found out. You choose.

“a party just for Ferris & Roberts staff, no spouses,” – I’m not familiar with normal business practice, but “no spouses” seems to be a recipe for trouble.

“and told Diane I'd been feeling a little unwell and he'd let me lie down in his office.” – And Diane never smelled her arousal?

Her March 28 letter, Item 2 is ridiculous, all the things it demands he pledge are already ILLEGAL!

But wannabe Eliot Rodger types blame women (subconsciously their mothers) for that fact: that transference is a common response to broad social changes (including civil rights for women) which threaten, invoke fear and insecurity, and ultimately lead to this "women as the enemy" mindset.

Just a lonely bitter gay man wishing he wasnt and projecting on to those who are not.Wishing he actually preferred women but.........

But the average loving wives anon hates women and does blame them for being raped. So I don't know why that reaction surprises anyone at this point.

I've noticed a tendency with some on this site to condem the woman no matter what. Yes she should have run strait to the police on the first occurance, I would have if I was a woman. but in the real world somewhere around fourty percent of rape victims don't report. According to these individuals since she didn't she is a worthless slut.

As for no reconciliation. They have obviously never felt love, not lust, desire, or possessiveness but real LOVE.

R.L.H.

Could have been a little nastier with her having sex at least in the limo; but otherwise an engaging story. Thanks.

A wife, if she has any desire to remain married to her husband DOES NOT keep these kind of secrets from her husband. Beth treated Jake like hired help. Beth kept trying to be treated like an independent woman; when in actuality she showed that she was the stupidest woman in New York. She betrayed her husband which led to her near rape. I could not have remained married to a woman who would not treat me as a partner in marriage. Three stars...but it should have been no more than two.

and that was Real Sex, TK U MLJ LV NV

some ideas handled poorly .. no flow

“SHE was the one who was abused, so the final decision about what you do has to be hers." – I’m sorry, but she’s lost THAT privilege; HER deciding what to do is what put them in this position!

A masterpiece of English literature? No!

An unknown writer of Shakespeare caliber? No!

A real life story? No!

A moral and exemplary narrative that changes my life? No!

A jack-off auxiliary? YES!

However I had found a lot of well developed and interesting stories. So I will love that the moral morons dismount their very imaginary high horses and fuck off!

“He was enjoying rubbing my nose in it” – How is it “rubbing [his] nose in it” that Barton, while being married to a super model needs to drug a subordinate in order to get in her pants?

I have to repeat my earlier comment on how Beth could be so stupid as to leave the ONLY copy of Barton’s confession at work, and Barton was possibly so stupid as to have kept the document on his computer?!

If when authors leave so obvious plot holes if it's just bad writing or they're giving a big wink to the readers. Yeah she was "drugged" (wink).

If another man ate her pussy, and she apparently LET him, SHE CHEATED!

If it WASN’T consensual, what did she do? Slap him? File a complaint? She certainly didn’t tell her HUSBAND!

Why does she leave his ”confession” letter in her desk AT WORK? She should keep it at home and/or with her attorney!

And why didn’t she go to the hospital EITHER time for drug tests?

While her rationale for not telling him about the first incident makes sense, it also makes for a nice cover-up for a consensual sexual encounter.

Not to nit-pick, but the tiniest bikini bottoms are NOT going to cover the center of her butt cheek!

This author is one of the most pathetic authors on this site. Has a hatred for men, husband's in particular, and enjoys portraying them as weak and spineless wimps. Really would like to see this sorry excuse of a human being suffer some pain for his putting down of men. Meanwhile, back to the trash can for his tales.

I didn't mind the reconciliation.

But she was dumb enough that I would be leery of it happening . I mean after the first time she put herself in compromising situations with him ? Too stupid.

This is one of the greatest cuckold ever... 1 star is too much...

In this case it is a wonder the woman can get across the street without get killed. Fuck talk about TSTL( To Stupid To Live ).

Working for corporations for many years, I'm somewhat inured to the steady stream of policy that begs the reaction "they can't be this stupid!". Now after reading this story, it occurs to me that the rise of women in the workplace may have something to do with it...

As a previous poster said. Take a drink from someone who you know drugged you once already?

She did come off a a bit stupid here and there but that was over the top.

Still,this was only bad in comparison too some of the authors other stories.

It was entertaining.

that they would never be alone together. another was that there would be no alcohol or drugs.

and yet, she foolishly ignored her own rules and drank the champagne, stayed alone with him, supposedly to check the pertinent paragraphs, and was once again in a compromising position.

as anyone old enough to remember Mayberry would say,

surprise, surprise, surprise!

Got to say, that she accepted a drink again from someone that had drugged her....

She actually graduated from college?

Unreal to believe a woman after being drugged once by her boss would stay alone with him after every one else has left work then take him home and even if tipsy allow him to enter her apartment while she changed. Sorry not realistic.

With these stories is that the "loving wives" that mistakenly wind up in compromising positions must all be morons! Of course they are described as the most intelligent, educated and lovely creatures to walk the earth, but they do the stupidest things that no wife with half a brain would ever do! So, these stories seem to depend on the wife being a moron or a mental case. Silly. Really cheating wives are not stupid or crazy, they are just selfish and do not give a shit about their husbands, let alone love them!

She was drugged, nearly raped, drugged again, and nearly raped again by the SAME GUY both times. I've said this before. Being drugged and raped, or in this case nearly raped by Asshole is grounds for a reconciliation.

HOWEVER, she was galactically stupid, and as far as that goes, that wasn't her only crime. She should have reported Asshole immediately, without question. She should also have trusted Hubby, swallow her "humiliation" and report the SOB. Get a blood test done at the hospital to find out what Asshole used on her, too.

But anyhow, if she'd done that, there wouldn't have been any story to this tale. Yes, there was Drama here, but not technically cheating. She was just fuckin' stupid. Jury's still out on how I would have handled it all, but in this case, the RAAC kind of worked for me. Hopefully, Wifey grew a brain and learned from her mistakes. Damn convoluted tale, here, but that was half the fun. As far as the "revenge" goes, I was hoping for a good old fashioned curb stomp on Asshole's nut sac, but oh well.

5 Stars, barely. I almost rated it a 4, but decided on the 5 after a coin flip.

I sighed. "You asked me that already. Okay, number one is I want to stay with her. I've never loved anyone the way I love Beth, and no one can make me happy the way she does. Not to mention I am hopelessly addicted to those frothy cream pies! Surely if I bide my time, she'll find a way to allow herself to be drugged by this guy again, come hell or high water...I mean, it's become something of a habit for her, wouldn't you say?

Mad smiled, nodding in agreement. "I'm sure she'll be bringing home all the cream pies you can eat. Would I lie, you pathetic simpleton?"

"Of course not!" I insisted. "You're one of my dearest friends, Mad, and certainly an impartial witness where Beth is involved. Right C.D.?"

C.D. didn't answer. He seemed to be occupied by grinding his teeth, rubbing his palms furiously into his forehead.

"What's eating him?" Mad wondered aloud.

"Not my wife's boss," I laughed, "that's for sure! He's busy eating my wife again...the bastard!" Suddenly my eyes grew teary. "That poor woman..."

I am not familiar with the effects of X. Does it make you do things you wouldn't have done otherwise, or does it simply lower your inhibitions to do things you have thought about but might not have acted on?

I guess we have to believe her. She has to be one stupid as broad. Thanks.

Women and men make mistakes! Beth let her boss drug and abuse her twice and continued to work for him. Stupid! Not telling the man she susposedly is madly in love with is tantamount to a well -earned divorce!! He loves the fringe benefits of sex and love with Beth! Works in this story. Real life - Not So Much!

she lied, cheated, and stayed working for the guy she says took advantage of her. That is a bunch of bullshit divorce her ass and find a faithful woman that doesn't let other men fondle her, eat her pussy, and there is no doubt fucked her she just left it out.

worthless whore.

Quite funny in parts and the characters were engaging. Okay, hard to believe that someone as dumb as that could be so successful but, hey - check out almost any politician you care to name!

Good story, good conclusion. 5*

Sumerian for "cuckold"

any woman being that stupid as to do what this slut did and not believe she was allowing this to happen. Oral sex is awfully hard not to detect ! ! ! I gave this last part no score at all, it just didn't deserve consideration.

Civil awards are not taxed. I know I have won a few.

He's a pussy and his wife is a slut. Mad their friend is a fucking moron. She cheated and this fag writer ohio is showing that he is a gay husband with cuckolding on the mind. He's a fucking pussy.

Taxes would take about $4M out of the $8M even with the charity gift....

Keeping only $50K would mean she was $3,950,000 in the hole ... likely bankrupting hubby. Not a good plan!

lives in mommy's basement and has never been outside - Attention parents: if you homeschool your kids do NOT make them prisoners and never let them out or they will end up like DWorncuck.

Several others have pointed out significant problems with the confrontation scene. There is one more error! The tape-recording does NOT have to stand on it's own! Barton's smug comments were witnessed by four people as they were being uttered. Two of those were not trustworthy, but the secretary and Personnel officer were neutral parties. It would have been admissible in any court in the USA, as verification of their statements.

Overall, quite the enjoyable story. Nice work!

His assault on Huntington is so stupid, it was written by someone that, at the time, was in La La Land. First, even if he could have gotten in to see Huntington, I don't know any college graduates that would risk 20 years in prison to assault (threaten to maim) someone knowing the assault is being recorded. Second, many people in Huntington's position have permits to carry handguns and, as soon as he made the threat, it would have been, "Bam bam bam" and he is dead. Third, Huntington would not admit anything. At best, he would talk around the subject and, likely has a button he can press and in come security and the fool goes to prison for assault. Regardless, it is a certainly that he be arrested.

What's that old saying? "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice....."

You know the deal.

Thanks Ohio! This is my 2nd read of this one and I enjoyed it just as much as the first time!

I really enjoyed it and it makes me just want to be Jake LOL -

If the world were only that fair - but every once in a while it gets close - great read

Wonderful array of characters to go along with a terrific plot and dialogue that made all the players so very engaging...particularly Maddy and C D.

A very nice little story dude. .

I've never been able to climax doing it from behind, but I always have trouble climaxing anyway. The pressure of the penis on the pelvic bone is highly pleasurable though and worth the effort. Otherwise I think doggy is often a surrogate for male domination of the female, very similar to the fetish so many LW authors have for anal sex. That I think is purely to attempt expression of male power over the female, if not to inflict humiliation along with it. Anal may also be pleasurable, but the second time I tried it, it became very messy, if you get my meaning.

He drugs her once, then she actually takes a drink from him again. What a dummy.

Sometimes, while in the process of being "creative", writers resort to clicking in one of two buttons embeded in the back of their skull. They can click the "reality" button or the "improbable" button. Usually they click both of them on and off. But in this story, Ohio forgot to turn off the "improbable" switch.

Beth's story, and Jake's acceptance of the story, were so improbable that the story did not hold interest. It did, in fact, insult the reader by assuming the reader to be less than discriminating. Beth fucked her boss more than once and told an outlandish story to convince Jake otherwise. The rest of the story simply does not hold together, simply because it is so ridiculous. Ohio usually does very well, but not in this case.

Her pampered youth and growing through college with everything handed to her is nothing more than the daughter of wealthy parents. To her credit, she insisted from marriage on to show that she could do and make intelligent decisions and after being so spoiled I can understand her dilema in deciding how to handle the asshole and, ultimately, the decision she made. You showed and indicated that she was bothered by it but felt she had handled it as an adult. She probably still was a little ill at ease but was determined to show her maturity, business acuman and the wisdom and conduct of a business woman. This brings me to one of your readers comments about her stupidly staying and drinking with Mr,. Asshole by herself...well, re-read the story buddy, her drink was given to her along with all of the other staff and only after they celebrated did they leave and by then he was controlling her under the influence of the drug.

I liked her, respected her, understood Jake and wished the hell I could have had such a woman in my younge years.

Thanks for the good read Ohio!!!

I loved the story and found it to be realistic. I know people like her and they rarely want help when they really need it. The only question I havr is, 'Why was she not using her married name in the letters to the dickhead boss?' She signed it using her maiden name. If she loves Jake like she keeps stating, the least she should do is take his name in every part of her life, not just at home.

A fine story by an excellent writer, but wife's "independence" became uultimately complete stupidity. He should get a keeper for her. Anyone with all her degrees who keeps working for a man who drugs her and rapes her appears to be a 13 year old mentality.

60 year old George

It wasnt terribly bad but the character of the wife leaves little to be desired. She effectively lied to her husband for a few months and was basically raped by another man and never told her husband, nor pressed charges. Then she after agreeing in her so called demand letter to never be alone with the predator, she lets herself be alone with him and drinks with him. She is not only stupid but has the morals, character, and independence of a blind mouse. She knew the guy had drugged her before and that she wasnt thinking straight and instead of reacting to that she plays along with the scene he created. Totally stupid. Tell me again why a man with morals, character, and independence want to be married to such an insignifican woman. There is no way they could or should go back together, get real. As far as she knows she has already fucked the guy, he only has her word, you know how she lies, that he didnt. Of course if you are in love and thinking with your dick, like she was with her cunt, you will accept anything you are told.

Very nice

Wharton has a strong curriculum on Sexual harrasment in the work place. Susan had to have had it. Would a strong female in the male dominated work place, one from Wharton, realy forget? I doubt it. She would have strunghim out imediately and made a name for herself as a strong competant business woman...one not to trifle with. Otherwise, a great story.

Very well-written. You managed to evoke very strong emotional responses from this reader. I am puzzled about one thing though. Beth's actions suggest that she does not actually love her husband at all. On the contrary, they show that Beth neither trusts nor cares for anybody but herself. There is no loving reason to stay with a person like that because she will surely betray you for her own delusional ends. Furthermore, Beth is a detestably WEAK person whose apparent need to feel independent ironically determines all her choices and leaves her vulnerable to abuse. It takes a strong person to admit when they need help. Beth is not such a person. She is diminutive in body and mind.

There were many problems with this story, most of which hace been pointed out by others. My primary comments are that: 1. The husband was too much of a drama queen, as someone else said. What kind of moron would be unable to sit a listen when his wife is trying to confess to a sex act with her boss? I not suggesting that he should enjoy hearing about it, but he should be man enough to want to know the truth. 2. Nothing much happened. I would have enjoyed the story more if it had turned out the the wife was a cheating whore and her friends were liers.

First of all she is drugged and raped in an office and virtually does nothing about it. I mean her letter, then his letter, what has really happened. Oh I know, a man who drugs you and rapes you can be believed in a letter that you keep where he can get it, yeah right. She kept this entire happening to herself and never tells her husband. Since some STDs and HIV can be swapped in saliva, where was the medical testing and waiting period before she goes to bed with the man she "loves"? One does not get drugged and seduced without putting themselves into a position to be seduced. She accepted that her boss had notified her husband when she didnt have to work, this implies she accepted that her boss had a habit of calling her husband and telling him things. You took a woman who was supposed to be mentally great and in love with her husband and totally dumbed her down to being almost incapable of thinking. Her excuse all along, I wanted to solve all my problems myself. Perhaps some counseling sessions to overcome her obcession and inability to think things thru was necessary and needed. She went home with him to put on her dress, wow she was drugged and in her home nude with her boss who says they didnt have sex before the concert? Her friend checked her panties after bringing her home durgged and drunk, no medical questions here? She checks her panties and sees no cum, so she had not sex? Condoms anyone? Cleaned up before she dressed to go to the concert? If she were really drugged she wouldnt really have known whether she had sex or not, how can you believe anything she says? Reconcile, maybe but my choice would have been simply, I dont care why, your actions speak for you. She placed herself and him in harms way, you dont do that to people you love.

I have no idea how much of my comments overlap others, but to the extent that I might repeat others’ points, it might also serve as a way to reinforce those very same points (as in independent sources, coming to the same conclusion).<P>

It’s very difficult to hang on to a story when none of the key ‘hangers’ gives you any place to do just that…Take the following plot themes (1). Drugged to cheat (2) Extreme sexual exploitation in big corporate environment (3) typically one can expect women to feel that THEY have done something wrong and should therefore feel ashamed, even if they had been drugged and raped. Not only have these themes been done to death over the years in Lit,the worst part of it is that they are 95% dated, to the point of irrelevancy. Sure, women are still drugged at bars and parties. Sure, there is still inequity between men and women in promotion and financial compensation in the work place - including corporate world. Sure, women are still treated unequally compared to men in the way society views their sexual behavior. But we are not in the 70’s or the 80’s any more. Attitudes towards rape, sexual harassment (not to mention rape) at the work place have evolved. So, unless I hear that a story depicts a period of twenty or thirty years ago OR unless the women involved are uninformed, immature or extremely naïve or work at some god forsaken place (not at a place which most likely has strict rules and severe penalties against fraternization, not to mention felonies like rape), I find it very hard to go along with narratives like the one this story offers. As the “predator” in the story said: it’s getting old… (BTW, not every con man, criminal or a seducer is a “predator”. You don’t usually use this term when the victims are normal competent adults, but rather when the victims are minors or incompetent in some way). <P>

Beyond the problem of the dated themes, the characters were truly annoying. As far as I am concerned make them all (but one) evil mean and conniving. But please, don’t dumb them all down. It’s not an endearing literary tool. How could the wife turn from a bright person into stupid (her words). Granted, emotions change, but does intelligence also falls prey to the almighty boss? From a highly intelligent person she suddenly rolls down to the level of a two year old who needs to prove her independence by making truly dumb decisions (such as dealing with her problem by isolating herself with her rapist (???) <P>

The husband's character was annoying (and repetitive), seemingly highly enriched with estrogen, acting like a drama queen with endless ‘exits’ and ‘entries’ to and from the house which moved the plot no where). But when it came to making any independent intelligent decision - he just couldn't, that is before being first fully briefed by one friend or another. <P>

I don’t even want to start with the horrible friend of the wife who continuously demeaned and mocked the husband in many friendly ways (he could not even tell...) Brrrr. With friend like this…<P>

Overall, I went into details of the problems, not to be mean spirited, but to be specific. Please use current relevant themes. Please, let us hang to at least one sympathetic character which has some backbone. And finally, please, make your characters evil or kind as you choose – just don’t dumb them down…

Only recently I discovered ohio's stories. I plan to read every one. This is the best so far, but they are all great. From the early part of "Cheap Seats Ch. 01" the detailed description of every part of the plot kept me totally involved as a reader. Looking forward to more new stories, but I am delighted to see there are quite a few more to read in the archive!