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Click here"Shit, Mum, can you talk Graeme, out of this? It's going to kill Dad."
With a shake of my head, I replied. "Gerard, all your father, has to do is apologise. It's that simple, then all it will cost him is court costs."
"He won't do it, Mum, I already tried to get him to do it."
"Then I'm sorry, but Graeme will take this all the way." Sipping my tea, I tried to change the subject, I could see the angst on Gerard's face, he was hurting. "How have you been?"
"Shit actually. Seeing Dad the way he is, it's bloody heart breaking."
"Honey, it's his own fault. I don't know what else to say. I can't talk to him, he refuses to even acknowledge my presence. All those wonderful years, flushed down the bloody toilet because I wanted a job."
"Is that what this is really about, Mum?"
"Gerry, we were fine, our marriage was wonderful, right up until I went back to work. Then it was boom, the world exploded."
"It just doesn't make sense, Mum. At least tell me you won't be giving evidence against him."
"Sorry Son, but I was that close to suing him myself. He carried out a campaign of terror, he turned you and Izzy against me, his parents, our friends. I am not going to lie in a court of law for him."
I can't explain why James lost the plot, but it did cost him. The court case was short. I did get called as a witness. Looking out of the dock at James was hard, he looked defeated, unshaven, scruffy, he looked like he hadn't slept for a week.
Sitting beside him were his parents, Gerard, and Izzy. Gerard apologised, but said he was going to sit with his father for support. Izzy still refused to talk to me. That broke my heart; she and I had been so close. She was always a Daddy's girl, but, our relationship was so strong, and I supported her choices as a young woman, even when her father wasn't quite so supportive.
When I denied all his allegations, and Graeme produced polygraph tests substantiating our positions. James was in deep water, and looking into his eyes, I could see he knew it.
From there on, it was all down hill. The judge had on alternative but to find in Graeme's favour. The judge didn't enforce the million dollar payout, because Graeme was unable to prove the value of loss of reputation, or the impact on the business, but the four hundred thousand was almost going to break him.
As we walked out, Gerard walked up and gave me a huge hug. "I'm sorry, Mum."
"Not as sorry as I am. All this drama, for what? I still don't know. I hope one day he will try to explain it to me."
Outside, I was shaking hands with Amanda when Izzy walked up behind me. I saw Amanda's eye look past me, and I knew.
"Hello, Izzy." I opened my arms and she slid into my hug. "What's going on, Mum? God, Dad, is a wreck."
"Yes, he looks terrible all right. I hope now that this is over, he can pick himself up."
"I don't think so, Mum. He is so bitter."
"I'm sorry, Izzy, but none of this is my fault. I can't explain why he went off the deep end, but. I do hope he can get past it."
That night, Izzy and Gerard both came home and they stayed the night. We had a wonderful chat and finally managed to catch up on their lives.
James, well, he never really managed to drag himself out from under his mountain of bitterness he had built up.
The kids made him do counselling, he did several months of counselling, therapy, anger management. All Court ordered. Now, he's a bitter old man, full of nothing but vitriolic shit. He has managed to alienate almost everybody. He lives alone, cut off from friends, family, and reality.
It is so sad to see what was once a wonderful vibrant man cut down by jealousy and insecurities.
Me, well, I did manage to find a handsome man, a few years younger than myself, who actually enjoyed my company. A wonderful caring kind guy who enjoys sex, and believe me, I had a lot to catch up on. Today, we are married. I still live in our old home. Izzy and Gerard, have been able to get past the wall of lies their father threw in their faces.
We now have a relationship, that is closer than ever.
Years later, James, has never been able to explain what it was all about. Sad really.
- COMMENTS
Escape_Within18 days agoHow ever did it come to this? A difference of opinion. Irreconcilable differences to be sure. Neither party is at fault or to blame (in my opinion). The husband worked 16 hour days for years so his wife didn't "Have to work." A clear sign in the beginning he didn't want a working wife. Regardless of reason,his pride, his background, what is deemed 1950's values, he didn't want her to work Ever. On the other side, there is volunteering. The implications of an affair were just a passive aggressive attack to show disapproval for something she already knew he Would disapprove of. In her Pride, she destroyed him. Ain't Love grand? Well written loved it as always. 5 stars
LonesomeBoy60about 1 month agoFull of female bullshit, It's always the husband's fault. The bitch was having an emotional affair plain and simple. She invited him after the fact. This shit was written from a females perspective. C.U.N.T.
Anonymousabout 2 months agoYou do have a weird habit of tossing in a comma whenever a name appears! They are not necessary and halt the flow of the text. Please erase them!
Tomh1966about 2 months agoThank you Cagivagurl for one thing in this story. There was no doubt the husband was at fault and no ambiguity of 'did she?'
Anonymousabout 2 months agoInteresting to read the comments. When a woman is irrational and a man "burn the bitch" that is widely accepted, here the roles are reversed and the comments are hateful, generally, without any thinking. There are valid questions though:
While she was a stay at home mom, and needed a provider, she had no real problems with him, which is unbelievable.
If the husband was working extremely long hours and on several weekends, there were no chance for him to build stronger bond with the children than the wife. So why the children trusted him more than the wife?
Why he was not invited to participate on the celebratory dinner in advance? I might missed it, but I cannot remember any advance invitation only when he arrived home and his wife was already preparing to leave.
Anonymous3 months agoI’m not a Cagivagurl apologist by any means. Some of her RAAC stories about craven husbands who put up with absolute crap from slut wives are stupid. In this case I think all the naysayers are misogynistic arseholes who only ever blame the woman. James was a control freak beyond doubt and probably psychologically or pathologically fixated on dominating their relationship. There was no suggestion that she was unfaithful and she tried everything to stop the divorce.
BSreader3 months agoSaid she was entertaining thoughts of having an affair with one of the other salesmen.
Anonymous4 months agoWish I'd had sense enough to look at the author before reading this shit. Typical man hating trash.
Olefisherman4 months agoThe author created a scenario that put the woman ahead in a win win situation and why not look at who the author is. So what do you expect. Fairness I think not. What you got was a self biography I won't call it a auto-biography because only the author can do that but comments were invited so here is mine.
Anonymous6 months agoThis seemed utterly contrived. All from.one dance? Guess James had serious mental issues. Or the author skipped the plot. Meh whatever. Doesn't seem to reflect reality at all. Throughout she cannot understand what is happening and why James is off his rocker. No elucidation. Not even any understanding from James afterwards. Nothing from his perspective. Nada.
Anonymous6 months ago1* for this garbage. Really, what a man hating bitch. She had no love for her husband who gave her everything, but it wasn't good enough. So she ended up marrying a younger man that gave her the sexual satisfaction she craved. Is that what this wall about, she didn't get enough sex?
Asterisk426 months agoI wish we could see the downfall. It jumps from one dance to nuclear. Maybe pt 2 from his view?
SaltySurprise6 months agoI hate stories where the the husband gets screwed by the wife and the judicial system
I normally give a fair rating for cagivagurl but on this occasion this story really sucked. Nearly all of the stories written by this author is RAAC
even though most of the time the wife falls does this author ever write where the husband actually wins ?
Darren
Anonymous6 months agoWish there’d been some sort of “view from James” here. I think this would have been perfect to start off with the stereotypical “wife is going on a date and husband says that if she leaves then the marriage is over”, then switch to her perspective and show nothing untoward was happening. But still, an engaging read.
Why are people in the comments writing fan fiction about “how it really happened”? Is the behavior of James less believable than someone suddenly going “after 25 years of marriage I have decided I will date other people, and you must accept this or I will turn everyone against you!”? Any rational person says no.
Anonymous6 months agoThat is the worst story I have ever read! Obviously a bitter,nasty, man hating woman just spewing her hate. Stories like this should have a warning label saying "bitter bitch venting her spleen in a story with no redeeming qualities, read at your own risk"!!! Negative 100 stars!
Anonymous6 months agoHard to believe someone is that blind and stubborn to the point of cutting his nose off to spite his face. He's convinced beyond all reason with no actual proof or even anything reasonable that she's having an affair. Is it projection? Does he need it to be true to cover up for something he did? It doesn't make much sense to me to sacrifice their marriage for this. Very odd one I admit. And no closure at the end either. Sorry this was just a waste of time to read. Completely unbelievable that anyone would behave that way even in these LW stories. Had to give it 1 star, something I've only very rarely done in the hundreds of stories I've read on here. I really wonder what the point of this story was.
