"Approach," the pastor told them. After giving her flowers for a moment to Joni, Bridget and her father stepped and then Bridget took her place next to Sian.
Before moving away, Bridget's father gave Sian a big hug. He whispered into her ear. "Take care of my little girl. And always remember that I love you too, Sian. I'm glad you're my daughter now too."
Sian's throat felt tight as she hugged him back. "Thanks, Dad. I love you too," she managed to say. She had to swallow a couple of times before she was completely back in control.
Looking over at Sian, Bridget thought about how lucky she was. She had found the one person that made her happier than she ever felt before. Even after making massive life changes, she had the support of her friends and family. A short time ago, Bridget wouldn't have believed it possible. She barely recognized back then that she wasn't really happy. Now she was about to join her life to Sian's. It was only a formality. Their lives had been tied since that day she had that smoothie with her. The journey had been hard sometimes, but now they had the rest of their lifetimes to walk the path together.
Suddenly Bridget felt impatient. Now that she almost had what she wanted, she didn't want to wait any longer.
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Trying to work it out in my own life
Again, I am taking this story so seriously because I have suffered the kind of loss Don has suffered. Other commentators have said they didn't think Don was more than a sketched-in character who wanted to get his own jollies by seeing his wife with another woman. I don't see it that way. I really think he was trying to communicate with Bridget and get to know her, trying to find out why she didn't seem happy in bed, hoping that he could share her with another woman and heartbroken when she leaves him. She really does have a lot of love for him, but once Pandora's box is opened and Hope doesn't come out at the end (for him), he realizes he didn't know her nearly well enough. Once your spouse falls in love with someone else, lots of people would get terribly jealous, me among them. Then there would be that feeling of hopelessness and the feeling of betrayal.
The story is much better written than even the author thinks, IMHO. I know Bridget tells Don she will be swept up in love for Sian. He doesn't listen because he can't believe it. Imagine his horror and grief when he can't get her back, can't break the hold Sian has on her. That HAS caused a lot of suicides (and a lot of murders) in the past. I don't think Don will do that, but it will weigh heavily on him as he wonders what would have happened if he had just left things as they were and concludes that Bridget would have stayed with him for many years (although the marriage, it appears, is doomed from the beginning). I don't think he will ever fully trust a woman again. And the thing is, he is too sympathetic a man for some of us not to cheer him on and be sad when his heart is broken.more...
RE: wtf
I didn't write that last comment, and I don't want it attributed to me since I don't speak Twitter. However, I do agree with Anonymous (the other one) in some ways. Bridget absolutely cannot be trusted, and I'm sorry Don didn't realize that before he married her. She could and should have told him she was unsatisfied with her sex life and that she was a secret lesbian.
Ripley told me separately that her stories are seduction stories. It's not clear in this story who is seducing whom. I think Bridget is the seducer. She takes Don and absolutely ruins him. I still strongly believe Don will die a suicide, if he gets enough liquid courage to pick up a gun and shoot himself. Don was clearly trying to help Bridget, and look what he got for it. Don should have been fanatically jealous long before he was, and for very good reason I might add. Then he should have filed for divorce on charges of fraud and desertion and her infidelity, anything possible to ruin her. He also should have sought out Sian and gotten a restraining order against her seeing Bridget ever again. Why do I say all of that? Because I didn't fight hard enough to keep my girlfriend and I lost her forever.
Don didn't cheat on Bridget because he truly loved her. That's why he didn't go to strip bars and prostitutes. Bridget just used Don. She'll get her payback sooner or later.more...
wtf
1st Don should have never agreed to her dating a Lesbian just a bisexual chick. They never went to a strip club to learn to objectify woman together she played his emotions when his dick was hard. he let his wife make up all the rules, when she admitted she didn't know what she was getting into. This story was a piece of shit bridget was setting us up along like if I have to have sex it must be love with a woman, Don should of actively did things to help severe their connection. this bitch bridget always had more patience for her female lover if Don was too horny she was upset. Don wanted to see 2 women have sex, and bridget decided to put her lover on the same playing field as her husband. She was cold hearted bitch always witholding sex, never letting him know he was moving fast during sex. this bitch bridget lacked intamacy with Don and that is the core of lesbian sex. Even in the end he is asking her premission to move on fuck that bitch who barely gave him the pussy. Don should have took the pussy and turned his wife into his sex slave and should have fucked her lover like that is the only way you can fuck my wife. In the end this asking for a threesome when your wife secretly resents your relationship is what this is all the time in her own thoughts she would be mad have sex in a way that wasn't satisfying to her but never give her husband pointers to improve their sex. Bitches like this can kick rocks and jump off a fucking cliff. He finds out in the marriage she ate pussy in highschool this should have been spoken about before getting married. Sian was a bitch too planning to take this man's wife away and knew if she cut bridget off completly and swiftly bridgette would go crazy thinking about her. Don was a fool not wanting a tthreesome, but when she started talking that love crap he should have said
he wasn't serious and went and bought him a threesome with some hookers or strippers.more...
Azure has it right
I wrote that comment, and I am going to get therapy.
Like Bridget's mom and like Don, I find it terribly difficult to see someone I love getting married to someone I can't become friends with. If you read Anonymous's other comments on other chapters in this story, all of which I wrote (and regret submitting as Anonymous), you will see an undercurrent of pain and loss and fear. I didn't do as Don did -- that's a really elaborate setup, and Bridget kept warning him she would fall in love with a woman if she had sex with her. (I do think that's a weakness in the story, along with Don going back and forth from truly understanding and being a nice guy to Bridget and Sian -- and being a horndog just interested in his next thrill.
I sympathize with Don because he went through a far more protracted agony than I did, before the breakup that is. I didn't go through many months of going back and forth, thinking my sweetheart would come back to me. I did, however, lose my sweetheart (to another man), admittedly with almost no warning, and being hopelessly estranged from her, and I can't describe the pain. I can't tell you why Don just kept pushing and pushing (especially in Chapter 9, when the thrill was gone or going for him). Don didn't just ask Bridget to explore her lesbian streak, he was an active participant in setting it up. He was very kind to Sian in many ways, such as suggesting friend dates for the women and not interfering with them, and being careful not to touch Sian in the threesome.
Once, I did ask two lesbian lovers to make out when both were dancing in a nude club (it was a private show), and then realized I was hiring a porn show and backed away. Oddly, the two women seemed to like to tease each other on the job by putting ice cubes on each other when they were dancing in public. But enough was enough. They never fully disrobed and they clearly wanted their lovemaking to remain to themselves. So now I would just plain not ask two women to make love to each other if I was anywhere near them.
When Don was truly afraid of losing Bridget, he did the right thing by asking Bridget not to talk to Sian any more. I wish I had done it with my girlfriend, and I also wish I had confronted my girlfriend's ex to question his intentions. Bridget did go behind Don's back to start hooking up with Sian again and never let him talk it out with Sian, although he was not dangerous and I can understand his feelings of helplessness.
This story is not a "Forever" story where the woman suddenly just falls for someone else she works with and dumps her boyfriend like a hot potato. (My God, I HATE that book.) Except for the inconsistencies about Don, it was well-crafted. The curses I wished on Bridget were not curses I would wish on my ex-girlfriend, although I did seriously contemplate suicide when my girlfriend left me.
It would always be a bitter pill to swallow to learn that your wife is gay (or your husband is gay) and that she or he is leaving you primarily (exclusively?) for that reason. Lots of people feel that gay rights and gay marriage have been forced down their throats, and many believe that media attention turns hetero people into gay people. Bridget wasn't gay until Sian turned her. And so many people believe homosexuality is against the laws of God and nature, but can't oppose it any more because they know gay people and aren't harmed by them. Huge word, "harmed." Don certainly was harmed by it, and sometimes other characters in other stories are too. There are also real-life predators out there -- I was the victim of three assaults and numerous tauntings by people who thought I was gay based on my appearance.
Yes, I am working on my issues. I know I need therapy and am looking for someone who specializes in sexual-assault survivors, as well as breakup survivors and people who are afraid to try to approach people they like out of fear they will be considered predators or worse.
Anyway, my angry reactions are to be taken seriously because I said what I meant. I couldn't see beyond Don's pain. I admit to not understanding Bridget's pain and her feelings that she was being pushed out of the marriage (I firmly believe she was totally wrong on that point). I do believe Bridget hurt Don in the worst way imaginable, and my rage was directed at her by proxy. I can't hurt my ex-girlfriend -- even if I could, there would be many people that love her (she's married and has two children, and she's not married to the guy who took her from me). What good is getting revenge anyway?
But I also know I need to start recovering from all I have and to apologize for hurting anyone. This is a start.more...
Therapy
Is what anonymous needs.
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