by ReadyOne
'No one really points fingers'...???
Really?! She cheated, multiple times, multiple partners. He didn't. Point fingers? Fuck that, take out a fucking billboard on who's at fault.
what is the point of messing about with the font ? it only serves to annoy, as to the story itself, I thought that it didn't offer anything new , left some things without proper resolution and just seemed to slowly drift towards the old " cat lady " conclusion
Five stars. Nice job, and well-written. Very believable, with balanced outcomes for all of the protagonists. One of the better sequels to this tale, IMHO. Please keep writing and posting!!
A somewhat complex story extension. Not bad mind you. Some of Rick’s moves where received positive by me. Will now read some more of you work.. Thanks .
Interesting continuation. Marcy still comes off as insane and irrational but admits to such in her letter.
Good story for a 1sr (?) one, tho on the 2nd pg I had some problems with the reading. Things seemed 2B a bit rushed in some areas, notably reactions to the letters (both) & the divorce petition. Did he stay with Diserdra? What happened to the slush money Marcy had? Despite this, an enjoyable read. 4 stars. bob
More complex than the original maybe a bit rushed/short but honestly dunno what should be added but more detail enjoyed the read
I thought the story explains everything, and was good in that respect. However, I felt it to be too analytical and devoid of the emotions that the characters felt. There is always an element of remorse and regret.
You tried and failed.
Too much differences
Leslie and Vince -swingers
Others cheating sluts and sleeze bags
Military life prevalent with what happens here stays here while stationed away from spouse. Don't agree but some married twice (wife in states and different wife overseas -take alternating tours) Retirement?!!!
Single when in But r and r really drink and fuck.
Didn’t quite make it across the finish line. It’s so hard to do these rewrites as you are always judged against the originals. Which are always 5 star stories prompting the rewrites. I would have given 5 stars for a first effort in this heartless LW section.
Thank You for this version of the conclusion to “Just Once…”. It I enjoyed the excellent writing that you put into it.
Badly written, difficult to read, and impossible to make any sense of! A complete mish-mash of magic-mushroom mind-melding, loud and clashing, unintelligible fantasy!
Afraid it left me feeling a little sea-sick, so regrettably only one star, sorry!
It started so well, unfortunately it didn't last, I felt that English isn't your first language, or you really haven't looked to see if or rather liked for the words you left out, I think I followed what you wanted to say, but it was hard.
Actually one of the best as far as believable and loyalty to to source. One thing I have recently become annoyed with is the use of the God power that a POA is given. It is NOT a ‘you now control my life and do as you like’ sheet of paper. Only very limited power is give in a even more limited circumstance and I never read one that says ‘you can steal my money and sell my house because I did something you didn’t like’
Overall, one of the better stories written. However, I felt that sometimes events were skimmed over a bit, which could've added richness to the story. Your adding Leslie's thoughts, which the rest that I've read seemed to shorten, was a bonus. Also having Dierdra being in a positive light made me happy. Some stories had her, in her talk with Marcy, as a hurtful person.
The letter Rick wrote- very unfortunately - did not mention her statement of him "playing soldier". It could've went to where he attacked her of "playing nurse & doctor" when not in the operating room, or maybe even between surgeries. That's just the beginning.
After all the hurt & disrespect, not including massive amounts of betrayal, I don't see him willingly helping her in any way getting her apartment, or anything else. While being nice when together at family functions is a needed action, anything else went too much in my thinking. Still, a good story, & hope you write again. Bob
Got very meandering at times. Definitely need an editor or two, if, as others suggested, English is not your native tongue.
One of the better follow ups to "if you don't mind" not excessively long and a bit more understanding by both parties especially by Marcy, good job, 5 starrs
If you are not going to let this story be scored I doubt if you will read the comments and if you do I suspect they will be heavily edited.
Marcy will always be unforgivable and even at the end of your story she was without remorse. Both the cheaters walked without consequence, if fact ALL the cheaters walked without consequence.... Rick should have dumped Marcy when she had the long term affair while we was deployed back when he was still on active duty.
A decent resolution, given that life, marriage, and emotions are messy and often unpredictable. What struck me from this version was Marcy’s complete lack of remorse for her adulterous relationship with Trey. Perhaps she was conditioned by her earlier lengthy liaisons when Rick was in Korea. I thought she was more philosophical than anything else, almost but not quite “oh, well” when she was served with the divorce. It came as no surprise. Perhaps the only surprise was that she did not initiate it. The author could have gone into much more detail on Rick and Marcy’s thoughts and emotions throughout this critical period and in general the story skimmed too quickly. The quasi-accommodation that they reached at the end, after Marcy’s post-marital “fun girl” stage needed to be fleshed out much more to be creditable. I got the impression that Marcy really was into fucking a lot of men and had become something of a slut until menopause put and end to that. Rick’s post-marital dalliances with Leslie and Deirdre were much more limited, and his interest in women were more serious, even if he had no intention of getting married again. I did like that the story did not focus on “revenge,” which I thought much more realistic. I think that in real life people want to move on as quickly as possible. Exacting the last pound of flesh makes for a good Literotica fantasy, but in real life and in a good story it is usually too difficult to pull off and in any event not worth the effort. Ruining Marcy’s life for her adultery made no sense, in this story and more generally, in real life. That part of her that was not the betraying adulteress showed that she was a consummate professional in her work and a good mother to her children. This story had really good bones; I just wished some more flesh was added. Even with my reservations I would rate it a “5” for the way things were handled.