All Comments on 'It was An Amicable Divorce'

Please keep reposting your old stories. This was one of my favorites back then and it still is now. 5*

Great story! I read it before and Ponca City gave it away.

5

Nice one.

Was this posted earlier ?

Brilliant

I'd already read it long ago before it was deleted.

It was great then and even better now.

As it should be

I don’t remember this one. Must have missed it somehow the first time around. A heartwarming tale of redemption. I enjoyed it. Thanks very much.

It's a lovely story. The only bit is at the end when she has her about over the Tabu and he (rightfully) points out her inconsistency. She happily moves into someone else. It gives the impression she's guilty and he's this thing she hasn't gotten closure over. The whole divorce thing feels like that.

The reconciliation needs to be a bit longer (surprisingly) not just him forgetting. They need to address why she stormed off in a snit and why she so quickly pivoted to Tim AND why all her friends thing her ex is an asshole. That lack of clarity and the slightly rushed ending makes this a 4 not a 5 for me.

Good but he cant do squat on sub salary let alone teacher salary in the states…. I assume insurance from wife helped out

A very good story. Obviously it was hard for the husband to really forgive her; but the kids made the difference. It was sad about Connie.

Lovely!

Something, some vague story turned out about her second marriage and about "her three men, only one of whom she allegedly fucked" after her divorce from Michael... And with a "simple friend - Timmy" - also somehow not everything goes well. Especially if you take into account the comments of the men at that party about her frequent sleepovers in Timmy's apartment and, plus, Lisa's clear statement: " "I'll sleep with whoever I want to. Do you understand that? You don't own me and you never did." ??? Commentators, if any of you understand, then explain to me all the nuances and intricacies of the storylines..

Thank you for reposting 5*

Bravo !!! 5*

I never liked this one the first time you posted it. She cheated on him, and he forgave her. Weak.

I don't recall reading it before, but it's just perfect and one could read it many times, anyway. Thank you for a heartwarming story!

Liked it a lot. Yeah, Lisa was a real bitch when they first married, and she just didn’t have the maturity to make the marriage work. And yeah, it was a bit cliche that the MC found another woman with whom he had a great relationship with…and 3 kids. Then tragedy. But that was required for the redemption possibility.

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I liked that it worked out. I thought it was important that Lisa bonded with his kids before they really got back together. She obviously was pleased that he found Connie and had a good life. But she apparently never stopped loving him, and as she matured, she better understood how she screwed up. And just as obviously the MC always retained a connection for Lisa, so when opportunity knocked, he also found away back.

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Not saying it wasn’t far fetched…..but sometimes happy ending require defeating long odds. Thanks for posting this again!

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5 *****

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Any woman who divorces a soldier while he is in a war zone deserves no sympathy from me (or pretty much any other soldier). Connie was so much better for him, and she didn’t deserve her abrupt exit. Lisa deserved no second chance. When Michael first saw her in Oklahoma his first reaction should been to pack the kids up and move to Florida with Big Jake.

Getting dumped or divorced while deployed because some jody moved in is one the primary causes of soldier suicides while deployed.

Any woman who can do that, cause that much hurt, then try to justify it to sooth her own conscience? “I was so lonely”. You think the soldier/husband isn’t? Not worth a do over.

Still though, nicely written even though I vehemently disagree with him taking Lisa back. 5* for the writing and emotion only, zero for the outcome.

I wonder why some of these women don't think that their hubbys are in a foreign land fighting for their country and lonely too but then they show their true colors and can't keep their legs closed

Ehh - Lisa is a bit much. The main character of her own drama. But nice story.

Very good!

Love all the "woulda, coulda, shoulda" comments. Now THAT is the sign of a tale well told! 5.0*

Nice story, thanks. But, Tabu is downright nasty.

My wife and I lived in Ponca City for five years and our second son there. I also remember this story as it is kind of like slogging through quicksand to get MC and Lisa back together…

Tabu smells like someone has upchucked. And also, she was a skank.

But nicely written and I look forward to more from you.

What a Sweet heartwrenching story 5 big blazing stars. Very Warm perfect for the Holidays. lost love found again.

great writing, great story. thanks, Buster2U

I'm sure I read this before - but, it was worth reading again! 5 stars.

Well crafted story - 5 stars worth!

Mr Carter was an insanely jealous idiot, being so overly concerned with how many guys Lisa had fucked WHEN SHE WAS DIVORCED, not married to him or anyone else, when earlier in the story he admitted that he’d fucked a few willing wenches when he got the chance.

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He’s never going to just trust her.

I liked it before, as well.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ thanks for reposting, anything new in the works? You’re a good story teller.

Not forgivable

That dude has CUCK written on his forehead. His loving wife literally cuckolded him, got pregnant with another man while he was serving to give her a better life. Over the span of multiple years. That's not a mistake. That's indicative of shitty personality traits that just don't go away with time. And even unintentionally, author gives us a glimpse of those traits. She acts like a spoiled child with piss poor impulse control throughout the story. From the cucking, to her alcoholism, to her silly outburst about the perfume and fooling around in front of him. Everything about her is a red flag but since this was planned RAAC from the start, he is forced by plot to ignore and forget. A sequel where she actually does to him what he deserves (yet again), would be welcome.

I thought it was a good story about halfway through it seemed like I was just waiting for something IDK What but something that never showed up

🙊🙉🙈💨😶🥱

I’ll never understand anyone remarrying an ex. 2*

Main character is an idiot for getting back together with an ex-wife that admitted to cheating on him twice because she was horny. He should have told her parents about her confession and then kept his distance when she went to rehab.

Couldn’t finish reading, Main character was too pathetic, the more he let himself get sucked back into Lisa’s delusions the more I wanted to him with a baseball bat to knock some sense into him.

Kinda drags in several spots. Frankly, it reads more like a report than a story. I’m reminded of the old saying “nothing but the facts ma’am.” 3*

It’s that fucking “Forgiveness bug!” Again! The bitch in this story cheated on an “On Active service” man! That in reality is about as low as it’s possible to go. She admitted to repeatedly doing so and getting pregnant by the scumbag (Flogging is too good for people like that)! The poor misguided author then sees fit to suggest that because she’s as crazy as a box of frogs the betrayed fool take her back.

It didn't look like Lisa grew at all, but whatever...

This bitch was a flake! There's no way he should have tied himself to that mess again.

The story was great, but the whole reticence thing got kind of old. Her having to tell him to ask her out was a step too far. Subtle, unless it's part of the plot, is so much better than playing on the ragged edge. Also, even in the Five-Sided Nut House the whole officer/enlisted schtick died out around the time of social media. My father-in-law retired as a LTGEN, and I am a MSGT. I gave his eulogy. Also, part of rehab is confronting your demons, and in this case, the problem she had when married to Michael was El Supremo Diablo. Also, for the cruise, Michael will also have to give Big Jake a notarized permission to remove the children from the CONUS. One suggestion: when you spread a story over a number of years, give us a clue as to how old the kids are as they grow and their actions evolve. I know, I know... it's hard, but doing those things is why you get the glory job, and the rest of us schmucks bask in that glory as we read. Where you blew it was the conflict. It was all this over-the-top, childish, passive-aggressive silliness that passes for drama these days. Lisa and Michael acted the same, when all it would've taken was a sincere and honest conversation. You're better than this. Still a Five-Spot, errr, -Star!

It was hard to decide between a 2 and 3 for that. It was so drawn out that it probably deserved a 3 just for that. Then, they both got even more stupid as the story progressed, so I probably should have taken another point off, but it was more blah than anything, so I settled on the the 3.

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As to his struggling with forgiveness, an old quote always comes to mind with misguided thinking like this. "To forgive is divine. To forget is just stupid."

3 stars at best. He was in the military. She knew before they got married. She screwed around on him every time he was deployed. She didn't ask/request a divorce until after she was pregnant. If she hadn't been she would have continued to screw around. So at best he is an idiot and she is a slut. Realize that he is a teacher. But, wonder what would happen if he had to travel.

Tabu. 60 percent of the time; it works every time.

She cheated before, and relationship experts have said once a guy takes a cheater back she loses respect for him. Meaning she'll do it again. Despite the over saccharine ending.....

Your story shows that "once a cheater, always a cheater". Twice when he was overseas, she cheated and even got pregnant. Years later, when after a lot of pressure from her, he started letting her into his life. For some BS reason, she got mad and ignored him for over a month, dating other men. Why does he think that if he remarries her, anything will change. She is too unstable to be around his young children.

Cheating on a guy at war, divorcing a guy at war., claiming to love him but sexing others. Seems the ending doesn't mesh well with story.

Excellent story and yes I do remember reading it. Thanks again! 5 BIG ASS FUCKING HUGE FLAMING NOVA STARS!

Great story Eph, a solid *5 again. I am getting soft because that’s two tearjerkers in a row that I’ve enjoyed. Those messed up military marriages, too young, too broke, and too far away. It’s always been that way. Jodie, like the younger predatory Reed Richards is a constant threat to lonely young military wives. I’m very happy SSgt Carter and Lisa were able to reconcile in the end.

realized about half way through I had read it already. Finished anyway great story.

This is 4 pages long. In the middle of page 2, i realized you were writing it that he would get back together with his ex. I was hoping i was wrong, but i read the rest of the story and that is what you wrote. What a waste of a story. Could have been really good. But you had to ruin it by getting them back together.

It’s good to read these stories again, thanks!!!

Can you really go back? She lonely and seduced by a man who didn't respect a married woman. And she?.....................

Who knows? Who am I or you to judge, it's just a story but if you look around it's real life. I'm 80 and have seen a lot and still understand little. When it comes to relationships there are no nuts and bolts or wiring. Huh? You say! I'm a mechanic, I can fix almost anything. A car, house, electrical problems? No Problem.

A broken marriage? Haven't got a clue. A cheating wife, haven't got a clue. What to do? Let them go and find some nuts and bolts that need tightening. In my cas eit took two years before I could hold a job and found a good woman that help me get my head on straight. Good story. 5 stars

Very well done. Thanks.

FANTASTIC story!!!!

Great touching heartfelt story. 4.5 *

Once a cheater, always a cheater

RAAC for EVER!!!! ps even Paul would be a cuck to some morons on here.

uhm.

well.

if he can take it that she cheated on him and had her lover's baby...

I guess it is ok if he wants to SIMP to his ex-wife Lisa.

Really, I think in the story there are only two women in that country.

Other than the moms.

continuation:

didn't read it all through.

after I though Michael began simping to Lisa I lost interest.

Nice story. You write very well but it could be so much better if you can cut the meandering out. Lots of words don't mean a better story.... concentrate on the words that move the story and create emotions. Tiny example: nobody cares how your characters take their coffee, yet you devoted a paragraph to the exchange.

I think cheating is bad. I think cheating on a person serving their country is even worse. I can totally understand the guy still loving her. You can love someone and still "hate them" if you know what I mean. Once she has that "Timmy" epidote and saying she can have sex with whomever she wants and it's her body speech that should have been a huge red flag for him. She has serious issues.

Everyone wondering why someone would remarry an ex its called true love. I could never do it because my ex is a bitch and there has been too much water under the bridge.

Fine story. Four stars.

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Too me, the relationship went too far off the rails and became unrecoverable when Lisa reacted they way she did for as long as she did when she learned Connie also worn Tabu. Given the history, that sure felt like 3 strikes to me.

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Unstable drama queen has too many issues to be a life partner. Marry a woman like that, and you will be picking her up from self imposed rehab every couple of years.

Nice

Truly a shitty story even though it is brilliantly written. One can understand Lisa and the stress of overseas deployment and loneliness and her immaturity. It is still a terrible thing she did but a person can understand why she succumbed to her sexual desires and could not stay married. People are flawed and they are weak sometimes.

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But her reaction to the perfume after they are starting to reconnect and then cutting him off for a couple of months is completely unacceptable and a huge stumbling point to this ridiculous idiotic reconciliation

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. Perhaps one can understand Lisa getting upset for a day or two and then calling him up or meeting with him to discuss it. But to completely disappear from her connection to the kids as well as her ex-husband over something this stupid when she is trying to reconnect with him makes no sense at all.

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Not only is her reaction ridiculous and over the top but it is in direct contradiction with what she is trying to do.

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A truly idiotic and stupid story and the reconciliation is laughably bad and totally unjustified

Lovely story quite possibly your best. I loved it. I remember now why l liked your stories, they are seriously good. You and 8Letters were in the top ten with me, always.

Scores a well deserved 5/5

Great writing but not sure she deserves redemption.

Amazing story! Gonna check out some of your other yarns!

Another good one, Femdom agitprop, that is…

Women get pissed for the craziest reasons.

So let me get this straight, she cheated on him while he was deployed, got knocked up by her lover, but never stopped loving the MC? Riiiiiiight, sure, so of course he’d forgive her and want to remarry her. NFW!

Buy a big bottle of the perfume, but stay the hell away from that selfish bitch!

Really good. Thank you 5+++++

I liked it but i have to voice a pet peeve. It is not just this author, there are many of them on this site who seem to think the past tense of drag is drug. It isn't! A drug is a medication. The past tense is dragged. Please pass the word. Now I feel better.

As perfect as Holiday Hammer Blow but with a much better ending! Great story.

The story was engaging and well written, but stumbled during their reconciliation; for her to get defensive and state she will sleep with whomever she likes, that the MC doesn't 'own' her, is beyond stupid, given that precisely this selfish, egocentric attitude led to their divorce in the first place. For me, that statement would have been an *absolute* deal-breaker and the story should immediately have ended at that point. Her attitude reveals she has learned nothing, and will likely cheat on the MC again. The MC sounds like a genuinely decent and sincere man; Lisa not so much, more typical of the garbage women infesting Loving Wives. She is either beyond stupid, or seriously psychologically unbalanced; that whole section of the story raises a forest of red flags. The MC is a fool to stay with her.

How come his dress uniform was at his parents,as he never went home and situated in Washington he is more than likely to need it ?

I liked the story, and really liked the ending. Nicely done.

Kinda goofy but still entertaining.

Another 5-star.

I am giving it a four mainly because it's well written. But I am troubled with the premise of this story. In the end I would have not reconciled. Lisa seems impulsive and immature both in the past and now, and it appears she has not truly learned. The MC's late wife was a great wife to him, and together brought 3 children and was tragically taken away. She is not some ex floozy who hurt the MC, but a person who despite having died is still a part of his life due to the children and the grandfather, and that is correct. So Lisa has to make peace with that, rather than drive a wedge. Her reaction to the perfume was equally immature. But the kicker is that she then decided to date another guy after. In the context of what they had at that point that was childish and spiteful. Considering the MC needs to care for and protect his children I would see her behaviour as a risk, especially as it's similar immature behaviour as to when they were married, proving she has not learned not matured.

Awesome great story 5 stars

A wonderful story. Thanks for posting this old story. 5 stars.

This was a great story! i loved it and give it five stars.

Well written but sorry, she's soiled goods.

I HATE RAAC STORIES....BUT...I GAVE YOU FIVE STARS FOR THIS ONE!

Well written but Lisa's an accident waiting to happen still

Fucking useless sap.

Now this is a good last line.

Exceptional! Five stars ⭐️ for this one.

Lisa: "I loved you when we were young, I loved you when I married you, and I loved you when I divorced you."

=======> well then the problem is how much Lisa loved the MC WHILE they were married. I like a reconciliation as much as the next guy, but she was quite duplicitous. She has her one time fling the first separation. She could have owned up to that one time fall, and asked for a divorce then or tried to heal things up. Instead she thought her secret safe, but never let him know anything was wrong.

Next separation (military marriages are really hard) and she is immediately back with the asshat. No guilt now, huh? If she hadn't gotten pregnant, she would have banged that asshole the entire time or until she fell in "love" with the dipsh$t. But apparently she either chose not to use reliable birth control or something got messed up. MC has no idea if she used condoms or anything. Seems pretty unclear but probably was just accidental and asn't planned. It almost sounded thoigh like she hoped she could make a life with the asshat after the divorce, but he pulled a runner. Then she loses the baby in a miscarriage. And then wants to try to pull back on the divorce, but since that would mean telling the truth, she can't.

A lot of years go by. Says 20 at the end. Suspect that it was less given the kids' age and his time after Lisa when he met Ruth. How old is Ruth? Like 10 years old. So maybe she had the bottle of perfume for a while.

Sure she has massive guilt. In fact so much so that she has mental issues (i.e. the alcoholism). Clearly when she gets mega depressed she drinks. Bad combination. Not seeking treatment and AA is a bad move for her. In part, feel bad for her in that when MC was away when they were married her depression drove her to seek companionship because she was miserable. MC misinterpreted. It was not horniness, it was not even loneliness, it was being cut off from him. The fear of a second one year separation after having one good year together between stints, is what made her easily vulnerable to seduction for a longer term affair. But the point is she has mental issues.

She clearly cares a torch for the MC. But her overreaction to Ruth's question about the perfume shows she is still really insecure, fragile and immature. She wouldn't even listen to his explanation and ghosted him. She was probably already dating Tim (non sexually) before she and the MC had their post lake discussion f$ck session. But wow that disentangled fast. From hot and heavy and her being wildly happy to her flipping out and back with Timmy and being a real bitch.

Technically he doesn't have much right to ask if she slept with Timmy after Lisa and the MC did, under normal rules of engagement, but she is the one that needs to atone and make an honest effort to rebuild trust. Nothing is normal here.

Instead she says some stupid and really hurtful stuff, namely ""I'll sleep with whoever I want to. Do you understand that? You don't own me and you never did."

Well he had a valid and cutting reply, but the fact she doesn't see how her behavior is risking everything she hoped to regain is just surreal. She seems to have destructive tendencies. Seriously could easily see the MC saying "Goodbye" for real and just cutting her out of life after that scene in thr mall.

Her biggest gripe at the party is his "accusation"? Wtf? They have bigger issues. So yeah she has the guilt down pat and it has been a (very) long time, but she has mental issues, doesn't know how to atone and once he forgives her (which he had since had been so many years, can't live with that anger and hurt forever.and besides he thought was "amicable" for most of that time apart), he can never bring up again? Really? Is this a double pinky finger promise? What happens when they argue or fight? If he makes a mistake and brings it up will she hit the bottle again or go date someone again? Find some way to hurt him? Is that smart to expose your kids to that risk?

Maybe, maybe not, but only if she gets help in the form of therapy. Seriously her actions and statements the last page would almost undoubtedly kill reconciliation in the real world, except thr MC is so desperately alone. Ruth's statement was innocent and she went bonkers. Then ghosted him. Then went back to Timmy. Good luck with that. Without her getting serious mental health help, he is putting the kids at risk. Of course all loving relationships have risk. So to each their own I guess.

I liked it, and enjoyed it. Sure it was long, but then he had two wives during the time frame of the story. His first wife was Lisa, and then after the divorce he met Connie (the generals daughter) while he was still in the military. Together they had 3 children, Ruth, Kerry, and lil Jake. After Connie died, they moved back to Oklahoma City (his home town), and restarted their lives. I thought it was an interesting story, and while they had been divorced for some time, they seemed to fall back into step, as they had common friends. Their divorce wasn't the usual type found in most of the cheating wives stories found in this forum, although she divorced him after cheating on him while he was away, she divorced him because she got pregnant from the other guy who ended up doing a runner. Being that he was out of the country, the divorce would take some time too.

Even with the ups and downs a great love story. Thanks for your writing.

Sorry, -but "R-Tripple-A,. C" stories (Reconciliation At ABSOLUTELY Any Cost ) are just a step TOO far in the incredulity stakes for me!

The "Totally-Preposterous" is about as far as I am comfortable with, the compulsive death-wish of the signature sociopath is one step beyond unsettling, IMHO!

R.S.

Hey @ Dicksnuggit, it’s not your life so don’t worry about it; and by the way, your preferences are of no concern to us; just go back to your internet porn in grandma’s basement. Excellent adult story Ephesus; adult redemption earned over time, which leaves everyone happy except @Dickhead below in grandma’s basement.

Good one mate

Great job, but after cheating on him and later when they are working on a reconciliation and she came back with the infamous statement: " "I'll sleep with whoever I want to. Do you understand that? You don't own me and you never did", I would be done with her and walked away for good. She clearly had that attitude while they were married. Not sure why he would ever consider going through that again. Her vows didn't mean anything to her the first time and her attitude when angry indicates that she hasn't changed.

Thank you. A beautiful, well crafted story. More please.

Seriously? First, you (author) destroy him by killing his wife. THEN, you make him love a useless selfish bitch. NOT just because of cheating, but because she was using "friend" Timmy (you DO NOT do that to actual friends), to pay for get movies, meals etc... without ever intending to be interested in him. I give it until his first travel longer than a week till she cheats again. Bleh, and 3 stars, despite decent writing quality.

Not sure why he would want her back after she got pregnant with another man while married to him and then saying she could fuck who she liked, anyone with half a brain would have walked away from her.