Marriage Counseling

5*s. short sweet final just. rk

Re: Imshaken’s comment

I believe that the category is loving wives and therefore it is about unfaithful wives/partners just by definition. Depending on the author or story, sometimes it’s actually welcomed as erotic and for others as the basis of either an emotional trip for revenge, reconciliation, or somewhere in between with high stakes emotionality.

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I suspect you’re right about the cheating. I believe that cheating is more prevalent in men than women, but most of these are self-reporting studies and there are issues with that. But I suspect that the gap will close, though I think the cheating is for different reasons.

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If I’m to speculate, I’d say that LW has the highest male readership proportion of all categories, but romance is probably more female driven. I do believe that both categories appeal to the readership as a whole.

Romance seems to focus of what I am guessing may appeal to women in general (redemption, abandonment, tenderness/care, empathy, emotional/physical safety). As a male, I feel as though I’m being too broad and am happy to be corrected. In contrast, LW often engages with tropes of common male anxieties (paternity, partner sexual gratification, economic standing [wife leaves for rich guy/boss], victimization).

Delusion versus hypocrisy. Like government trying to control peoples behavior. Your mental cobwebs are far beyond my ruminations. Kudos for thoughtful *.

More please!!! I really want more of the the counselors perspective, to read about how she failed a marriage in her private life and now in her work life! how she failed herself and her client! and the realizations that go along with that.

What a brilliant starter. More, please

A good story, for sure. 4 Stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ! There were a few, minor grammar/punctuation items noted, but nothing of importance. Characters were clearly defined as well as their personalities. I enjoyed the story and your style of writing.

she fafo'ed........her tears can't wash being a slut off

One of the great llines in the LW literature, "... I think that marriage counseling is not the best fit for you".

A 5 star story.

The story earned 5 stars for the relatively dry humor of the husband. The arc of the story was obvious, but still entertaining.

As an aside... I'm curious why most of the loving wives stories where infidelity is involved that it's almost always the wife doing the cheating. I don't know, but would guess the reality is somewhere near 50 - 50 in the being unfaithful in husband vs wife. Could it be that the majority of readers here are men and we would prefer to see women being unfaithful more than men? Any thoughts?

This puts me in mind of high school counselors. You know, those people who do their best in urging you to do the things they’ve never done.

Is there ever a story with a Traci that isn't a cheating slut? I've yet to find one. Less than an hour after counseling she was already at the motel with the guy? Yikes.

For every good therapist, there are ten charlatans. Yes I made those numbers up....ten seems low. Great story, loved it,.

The slam on the marriage counselor made this story a five star winner on its own even though the story was awesome as well.