All Comments on 'I Was an Arrogant Son of a Bitch'

Welcome "back".

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I was excited to see you posting again, but couldn't remember what made you one of my Favorited writers. So I visited your profile and--voila!--promptly forgot everything I had known.

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It's a pretty low-key story to kick off your restart, and I doubt it's your best, but it's foundational. I love that it avoids the "husband does everything right but wife still mistreats him" trap that many authors spring upon themselves. Those stories seriously limit the development of their characters.

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Some might say that your portrayals of both Jimmy and CC were too honest to be fun reading. We each come to Lit. for different reasons, so I'm glad you threw in some quality secual activity. The irony for CC to be willing to believe that Jimmy had changed--because he needed her--but unwilling to believe that Jake had changed after counseling years before is not lost.

Liked it. Missed your work - thought that you may have had gone into the Witness Protection Program as you and your work vanished. Hope that what or who made what happened happen is banished forever! Love to reread the prior stories.

I'm sorry to hear about your stories. That's horrible, but I'm glad you were able to get your hands on backups. I enjoyed this story, as I have your others. Please keep writing.

A very good story but also…sad.

CC divorced him because he was an asshole but stayed with Jimmy and he abused her. That makes little to no sense to me. Why would she stay with an asshole after divorce of the last one?

There he is. Welcome back my friend. :) So glad.

Glad you are back. I enjoyed all of your previous stories. Any clues regarding what happened?

Oh, I also enjoyed this story very much.

Welcome back!

I did read all your previous work here, and I really loved them.

Please, post them again, they are worth the effort.

BTW, 5 stars for this one.

CC is a moron, unfortunately not too far from the truth, for whatever reason many women have much more leeway to degenerates like jimmy compared to someone more worth while. For always loving assholes, something that can never be understood.

He didn't have to call the police on her when she took the kids to Vegas. I think that was wrong...evil really. Really started her spiral

Some kids will not like the step-parent no matter what. I think what the MC experienced in his youth, with four loving parents, is not the norm.

I don't think the MC changed much at all. He is still an arrogant sob.

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ. Five pages of what should have been a two page story at most.

Great to have you back. Great story 5*****

Ephesus, welcome back. This was a good story, and kept my interest to the end. I hope you post (or repost?) some more. Tanglosax

Great story Glad to see you are back, I hope you can restore your other works or have a link on where they can be found, on the same note they never posted "the end of they affair story series" My wifes affair. They have it listed but never posted it. I would like to read that one if it is available. I like all your stories some more than others I have reread and shared them many times.

Glad to see you back! I think that I've read all your tales and enjoyed them enough to re-read them, a few many times. I hope that they can be retrieved. Thank you for this tale, hope to see much more!

somewhere east of Omaha

Please repost

My wife fucks another man…

My wife dates….

It was Amicable divorce…..

all are great. Glad you are back.

Glad to see a new story from you. I’m sorry your old ones disappeared. I loved the RV salesman one the best. Now I want to read it again!

Great story, full marks. Glad to see you writing again, and I hope you get your old stories reposted soon. Make sure you include the one that took place in Africa, I really liked that one. A lot of the writers here also post their stories on Storiesonline, you might try putting yours there too: I'll bet that site actually backs-up their servers, so you'll know you'll always be able to find them there. I also hear it's easier to post and make changes there.

Welcome back.

Welcome back, great story.

I've read and enjoyed a lot of your work in the past nice to wee you writing again. Five stars for this one.

Welcome back, Ephesus14. And without missing a beat, you've produced yet another 5.

Although I haven't registered with a lit name yet, must admit that I find it disturbing that such a solid LW writer like yourself can find your profile and stories suddenly disappear. Did you contact the site managers? I believe, from things I've read here over the years, that one of them, maybe the main one, is named Laurel.

Another possibility might be to contact the great BlackRandI1958, who seems to be pretty wired in, since she spearheads the themed story invitationals.

Anyway, I'm glad to read that someone saved your stories, so you can re-post them. Out of the ones that were originally posted in LW (my area of interest), nearly all of them were 5's, and thus also saved by me. My process is to print a story out, then scan it to a flash drive. Since I'm not registered yet, if you need copies of any of the stories I've said, just post a request here in the "comments" for this story. If you do, guess I'll have to bite the bullet, set up a dedicated anonymous email account, and register with the site so I can then through the author contact portal send you those stories. Which, in alpha order, are:

* Did My Wife Fuck Tyler Jones

* Flowers For Two

* I Caught Her Cheating

* I Found Her

* I Hope You Fuck Better Than You Lie

* It Was An Amicable Divorce

* It's Your Life

* Jungle Fever

* Life On The Lake

* My Wife Cheated

* My Wife Deserted The Army

* My Wife Fucked Another Man

* My Wife Fucked Him On The High Seas

* My Wife Fucked Who?

* My Wife Goes On A Date

* My Wife Joined A Motorcycle Gang

* My Wife Was Wrong

* My Wife Went Where? With Whom?

* My Wife's Affair

* She Cheated For A Reason

* She Was A Loving Wife

* The Sergeant Takes A Wife

* What Exactly Do You Propose?

liked the story but its funny how a man has to go through so much to get custody of his kids even in fiction

You need to republish your other stories. D

Great story. Love your work.Hopefully you are able to retrieve it and repost

So sorry to hear about the loss of your stories. That happened to me some years ago in a different context, and I hated the loss even if some of the stories weren't that good. It's always sad to lose something you poured your soul into.

You have been one of my favorite authors for some time. I'm glad to see you're back, and I appreciate you sharing your talent with us.

I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around a loving mother doing a complete 180. She went from loving her kids to loving a loser more than her kids. Like how? Honestly, if I was Cheryl, I wouldn't of went back to him. He wanted his ex wife back and started pulling away. It wasn't until he found a man underwear (presumably belonging to smothers). That he no longer wanted his ex wife back. I'm nobodies second choice.

Welcome back! Sorry you lost your stories. That is a blow I felt when a computer died.

Think of it as allowing them to be judged with a clean slate.

All the best

FD45

Great to have you back! You were one of my favorite authors on this site. I loved the story and the arrogant bastard. There was a lot of me in that person and I've tried over the years to purge it. So for all of his efforts, he ultimately is redeemed by his kids and his new wife and the ex-love of his life loves the bad boys. Yeah, why did I like this story so much! I hope its saying that Ephesus14 is a remarkable author!

Welcome back! A great tale for homecoming.

Welcome back.

This one is sure to be a classic. Alas, for once a good guy wins.

Sorry to hear about your other stories.

This one is as good as I remember. 5*

Weird story. I guess it fits into LW but is seemed to be more about the kids. Difficult POV. Lots of errors. Not up to your usual style. 3 stars.

Welcome back. Great story. A pleasure reading your last creation. I’m glad you were able to reobtain your lost stories. Thanks for the story and the effort.

Great to your name on the author line again.

Interesting story though cc seems too brain dead.

Really enjoyed it, look forward to more of your work. 5*

Welcome back.

Welcome back! 5*

Glad you’re back….bummer about your stories. Hope you’ve recovered the.

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This story was hard to like. Firstly, tne setup really made it difficult to like your MC. Wonder how many folks just gave up before getting to page 2? Secondly, CC turning into one of tne stupidest women all time in LW history was just so…..sad. Talk about an overdose of Martian Slut Ray waves! Thirdly…..there was just no real “feel” for why he and Cheryl broke up….and then got back together. Yeah….happy ending and all….but something was missing. And finally….unless I missed it…we never found out what ultimately happened to CC. Even her parents never knew?

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All that said….a competent and sometimes engaging story. Solid 3 ***. More please.

Solid effort, but you needed the services of an editor.

A remarkably good story that you told well too. I liked it. Like real life up and down! Good to know that we have an experienced writer back again! Looking forward to new / old stories!

Characters were uninteresting as was story. Gave it a 2 sorry

Yep!

Great effort.... the best vehicle for a Return Engagement Story! Rising from the ashes!!! Keep 'em coming!!!

Very good story but with pretty unlikeable characters.

Good story. _I_ like the inclusion of the kids' perspective and needs

Not good enough. Everything was really well done, logical, believable, except for one major plot failure, CC becoming Jimmy's battered ignorant slut. The same CC who divorced the MC because of his PERSONALITY! He never hit her or the children, never physically abused her, was a responsible provider, kept himself healthy. And yet CC divorced him because he said she didn't keep a clean house. But now CC is OK being a convicts fuck toy, punching bag, and (you know it) prostitute when he needs the money. He'll have her on crack before she has time to get HIV. Sorry, but the Martians don't have a Stupid Ray, and yours doesn't work.

Welcome back. Hope you get up to your A game soon. This isn't it. But thanks for the effort.

Find some more??

I enjoyed your story very much...

Looking forward to reading more as you post them.

5⭐'s

Gave up at ......"And you're fine with our children living with a convicted felon?" I had no idea if he was a felon or not. Was assaulting a police officer a felony or misdemeanor? My attorney hadn't said.

"Absolutely.

It went too far to make her look like a fucking crazy bitch. Once a story goes into outright idiocy in one of the MC's it really kind of ruins it.

Generally a fan, not this time though.

That was quite a ride.

Not Disney style this one.

Faults, flaws and mistakes.

I liked it.

A lot of feeling put into this story.

Top ratings from me.

Unbelievable that your account vanished! I mean WTF? Welcome back and while a bit convoluted in the middle, well done. 5*

That sorry ass ! Lol !!! Eph I gotta say that was a pretty decent story all the way around . It kept my interest and I stayed glued , yet I have attention deficit disorder bad enough I’m having a hard time writing this review but I read your story without pause !

Bad guy becomes good guy, good girl becomes bad girl........both remain stupid in making decisions when they are needed. It’s procrastination and foolish hope that usually ends badly for innocent kids. They are just lucky it didn’t end badly.......see? STUPID!!!!!

Welcome back.

Wow So Sorry to read about losing the other stories. I can't remember if I read EVERYTHING you had posted prior to this but I did read a lot of your stuff and you have been on my list of steady authors. A shame when stuff like that happens. Welcome back, I hope with time you get your opus back online and enjoy your readers as they have enjoyed all your work.

What? You were one of my favorite authors, and I marked some of your stories as favorites. That I remember. I don't remember the stories. Please repost.

Hope you get your page backed up with your stories as I have always liked your tales. This one was up there with the best. Welcome back

JJ

by being an asshole jerk that alienates others. TK U MLJ LV NV

Welcome Home, E! Loved this one! You are one of my favorites and I was shocked when your page disappeared. Glad to have you back!

Welcome again.

I am one of those who was thoughtful about the disappearance of his profile and his stories...

In particular one where there was a cheating wife named JODEL.

The story had an interesting plot, but in particular, the ending was suspended.

I looked for his work on another website and found it, but the story was exactly the same.

About this return, the same notch of other works.

I liked that one too. Some will like it, and some will hate it... That's part of the game. As we are all different, don't be surprised.

As a first reading I offered 3 stars.

CC's attitudes put them at a very low level. In addition to betraying, wanting to get hold of what wasn't right.

And when she goes back to the passhole, it shows who she was.

But that's just my opinion.

Need to keep Jimmy behind bars. He is toxic. Eventually he will piss off the wrong people and that will be the end of him. CC will just find another asshole to abuse her. Good one hope you get you stories back on here. You should put them in Stories Online as well that will act as a backup. Let us know when you have re-posted them and I will reread them.

Thanks

very good tale, enjoyable I can't imagine how you lost your stories Didn't the site have in your/a file? At any rate, hope you get them found and posted back. You're too good an author to have your stories unavailable to we readers. LP

Massively narrated. What little dialogue is in this story is mostly two people using short comments to talk about a current situation … which don’t advance the story. Too much (IMHO) space is used to establish Hubby’s arrogance. That is a trait that We-The-Readers can quickly recognize within a few shots … no need for an A-10 Gatling gun!

Really hope that Eph14’s treasure trove get back into the LIT data-bank. He is a personal Favorite … despite this disappointment.

3*

Firstly, a very good story and 4 stars.

My only issue is that she decided to divorce him because of his attitude. Then she sets up home with a drug addict, fraudster, thief and abuser and thinks that's ok?

Does nothing seem wrong about that? He might have been an asshole but at least she was safe so why was it okay to stay with the abuser and subject her kids to that?

Welcome back. And a very good story! I can’t wait for more.

Sorry you lost all those good tales! Hope you do recover them and repost. As for this one, we’ll done! Nice angle with the old BF being such a bad boy. He actually made the arrogant younger you look good. Thanks for writing!

Your usual fair: a thoughtful well-written story that holds my attention. Keep up the good work

Re post all your stories. Your worst is well above average

Chilleywilley

Welcome back.

Good story!

5

This would make an excellent article for a rural newspaper somewhere, but it's not really a good story for a forum that posts real stories. It's rather boring, in fact.

glad ephesus14 is back.

but I not sure if I liked it or nit.

sorry to say but after page 2 i skimmed much.

i can't understand why CC dumped an asshole didn't care if he changed or not but hooked up with a worse asshole and stood by him till her life gets destroyed. maybe she didn't like a fake asshole maybe she craves for natural born ones. or maybe its as what her name is she wants to ride the CC - chad carousel.

Internet archive copy of your previous account's stories page as of August: https://www.literotica.com/stories/memberpage.php?uid=4320877&page=submissions

Glad you are back! Nice job on this story, it moved along and retained interest.

This story first had the MC being a complete ass and his long suffering spouse finally dumps him. Then the MC gets his act together only to see his ex go completely off the rails. The poor kids had to endure their parents mental frailties, but seemed to do ok. What a mess that family was. Thankfully the MC kept his shit together and was a good dad to his kids. Meanwhile, mom did that thing that so many women seem helpless to escape, she hooks up with an abusive “bad boy” fucktard and let’s him destroy her life.

Glad you’re back, I look forward to more of your stories.

The ending was very quick and not too interesting

I hope you repost them all.

Excellent storyline, well written, fun and thought provoking to read. Thanks!

Great story and welcome home!

Glad to see that you are back. Great story, enjoyed it very much. I hope that you are able to repost your stories as some were on my favorite list. Welcome back.

I was confused when I saw that this was your only submission, until I read your explanation. Hopefully you’ll repost your old stories and continue writing new ones. Great job.

Glad you are back. You were missed. Really good first story back. Please keep writing.

great to have you back missed your stories this story is a great beginning looking forward to many more

I was going to reread several of your stories that I liked when I came across your explanation. Scotty that happened. I look forward to you reposting all your stories. Literotica seems to have been playing silly buggers with some others of my favorite authors. Anyway, welcome back!

Good story. Look forward to your reposts. I've typed in too many writer's names recently and came up with bupkiss. Yours was one, until today when I started over again. I have a list on my phone and occasionally, search for new content from old "friends".

It took a while, but I finally got this off my TBR list. Nice build up of tension between CC and Cheryl. I was afraid CC would end up dead at Jimmy’s hands, and glad you didn’t take the story there. PLEASE repost old work! Thanks very much.

A fine well-told story with excellent character development, good believable plot - and avoiding most of the clichés of the genre.

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PLEASE repost your other stories!

Rereading it again. Still agree that it’s a good top-rate story. Things don’t always run perfectly or even smoothly and this take in an entertaining reminder of that.

A predictable ending for what started with promise. The rise of the husband parallels the fall of the wife but it got drawn out too long. It would have been more interesting as a reconciliation where CC needs rescuing!

Wow, the MC was so horrible he broke CC. :p

Please try to re release your previous stories, I enjoyed your compassion and ability to construct a believable tale. 5 Stars

Stellar. CC is obviously a mental defective. Poor girl. Story highlights the fact that change is possible but not a given. Hope those old stories resurface. This site is drowning in disgusting cuck bullshit. E14 doesn't seem to write faggots.

Please repost your stories, I wa in the middle of one of them when they disappeared. Another great effort here, 5 from me.

I didn't like it. You did a complete 360 on the wife's character and yet, you couldn't redeem her like you did the husband?

Another fantastic story. Thank you so much. I look forward to you hopefully reposting your other stories.

I kept waiting for Jake to confront CC about the person she had become just like CC had confronted Jake when they were married. I wish CC could have bettered herself. Great story though!

I truly enjoyed this tale for the 2nd time. Like 012Say, I implore you to somehow repost your stories. LP

An interesting story. Enjoyed the take on this subject. Thanks for writing.

3 stars - no comment