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Turn about, nice short story. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

You can get burned playing with fire!

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Quite often, striving for ten out of ten isn't worth the extra effort.

Well done.

How was it working with Martin afterwards? Was it two people avoiding each other, or an entire office knowing that something had happened? Were the younger men emboldened, or was it the older ones?

John had become open to exploring fantasies to try to please his wife, didn't he? Looks like another good intention didn't go unpunished.

A quality story from Satindesires .Another married person who after years of happy marriage dosnt really know their partner at all and what they would and would not tolerate.

Well done.

Wait, she went a bit overboard, but he didn't really warn her it was unacceptable to him. Then she did NOT physically cheat, but later he probably did, while abandoning her forever (not just a weekend). I get the idea he wanted to get rid of her, and felt this was a great opportunity. I didn't really like any of the characters, but he's worse than she is.

The typical result of a one sided fantasy and a absence of respect.

I liked that John didn't explode or crawl into a bottle. He accepted the reality that his marriage was over because his wife was a slut. He simply sought out a new life for himself.

It's hard to understand how a seemingly well grounded Trish could go so far off the rails but she did. She showed she had no respect for John. Women complain about 'mansplaining", but her affair was dealt with by "womansplaining" how it would "help" their relationship and wouldn't affect their love. In the end, HER views didn't hold up or work out very well. Maybe she should have discussed it with her parents and kids BEFORE exploding her marriage. She might have been rescued by reality.

You are right, it is difficult to come up with something new in the LW category, but you’ve pulled it off. Great story.

Although the “blame” can be put all down to Trish’s behaviour in pursuing that penetrative orgasm, I think she was being totally unfair on John in assuming this holy grail was worth the risk to her marriage - it obviously failed miserably. Martin was just a dickhead; another guy just thinking with his dick and not his brain!

He probably owed her an ultimatum. D

Nice ending. I wouldn’t take her back either. Obviously cheating usually involves sex but IMHO it doesn’t have to. Intent certainly counts too. She no longer loved her husband, one can’t do that to a lover.

There are other stories that try to stop the cheating but why would you? No spouse should be a jailer.

Clever story line with the puzzles

Thanks for writing

Original!

Creative. Loved him using the first letters of each text to send her a message.

It seemed like a huge jump to go from a single dance with Martin at the party that upset John to suddenly going away for the weekend with Martin

Trish tells us how much their sex life improved after the party. Yes, she mentions that Martin has ramped up his flirting but, we have no indication of anything actually happening with him and all of the sudden she's leaving for a weekend away with him. That was a rather large hole in the plot development to me.

Still, an entertaining story and really no noticable writing mistakes like this author normally has in their stories.

I disagree with @demander to some extent. She'd already trashed the marriage and was owed nothing. It was entirely up to him whether to give her an ultimatum or not, though it would have made more sense to me if he simply ended the marriage immediately on being told of her decision rather than waiting to see if she went through with it.

I liked the story, but struggle with the main male character's early reactions being so different from his later reaction. He starts out standing back allowing her to make a decision, then lets her know before she's actually had intercourse that the marriage is over. If her deciding to have sex with Martin was enough to end the marriage, why not start doing his prep (dividing things ...) when she first tells him, then tell her before she goes out the door that the marriage is over? Why wait, even several texts into her trip?

My reaction to the characters differs from that of @c24j only in degree. I don't consider the husband worse than the wife, perhaps because I don't share the view that the husband was just looking for an excuse to dump the wife, but dislike both of them.

Well, you certainly generated a lot of discussion - LOL! Given the series of events in their relationship building up to her date, I agree with Demander there should have been a definitive "don't do this" somewhere in his response. You don't explore it here, but an alternative plot line for him only giving cryptic responses before she left would be he wanted her to own the blow up of their marriage so he and Marlene could be together. 4.1*

Well done as your stories always are. I liked the unique aspects you added with the messages. Time to sit back and wait for the comment chaos...

Always amazes me with this type of plot line. What MAN is going to be okay with his wife leaving him to have a weekend of sex with a friend from work!

Similar to the intent to murder scenario, she was guilty of intent and deserved to get divorced.

Enjoyed the story. I wondered about John's passivity. Of course he knew he could not control his wife, but outside of a single, 'those were fantasies' line he never added, 'it should never come true.' He should have made his displeasure clear at least once.

The messages were great. And his timing to tell her the key behind them to spell out the word was right on. But like he said after her intent was all that mattered.

The outcome was to be expected. The notion that "Hot Wife" is a secret desire of most husbands is pure bullshit made up by the tiny few who actually enjoy the masochistic practice. While it may be true that many men wish some other guy's wife was a hot wife, they most certainly DO NOT want their own wife to be one.

Well-written story, thanks for sharing.

I gave you 5 stars and a big part of the score was the difficulty factor in:

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a) Writing in this category, which guarantees that a quarter of the readers will HATE it, and another quarter will mercilessly pick it apart.

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b) Using the word puzzle, which I found new and refreshing.

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My only criticism, is more a general malady that everyone who writes in this category must deal with. Unfortunately, the problem is best explained by a rhetorical question. Since humankind proves it is a valid question, regardless of how disappointing it is, we are stuck with a plethora of divorces.

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The question is:

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How can a couple live together and forsake all others for so many years, and even decades, have so little understanding of the person they pledged their lives to?

That worked. A little more development around her change of heart that led her to go off with Martin would help. Hard to understand her self-destruction while Martin is a common bit of garbage we all know too well.

Clever. 5*

Imaginative take on the cheating wife theme. There were a few holes in the story as pointed out by other readers, so it could not be described as “real” in any way. This, however, allowed for a fantasy resolution that seems satisfying.

Well done.

painful example of a couple that are really shit at communicating openly.

Very clever story, funny take and unique method of telling her of the demise of the marriage. 5*

I think this is actually plausible. Just leave...don't fight, don't fuss, leave and find your self-respect with someone else.

I will have John equally responsible for the demise of this marriage. He did not communicate clearly what his limit was. They had even played with talks about attraction to other people

Short and sweet, she brought it all on herself. 5*

She knew better, but still did it. 5*

I would have loved more to this story, but well done.

Thanks for posting.

10 big blazing stars for writer for a great BTB. perfect! Buster2U

Fucking burn the worthless bitch. She doesn't even deserve the term cunt.

Not a lot to this one.

3 stars

Perfect .Marriage was over at the christmas party . 5 stars .

Indeed you managed to find something different .. but still sad story ..

It is always dangerous to think using the sexual organ instead of the brain. This a funny story, wifey was hilariously obtuse i always love to read the pussy-hounds' marriages gets flipped over. Nice one @satindesires. Thanks.

I didn't care for it. Why didn't John say no? This story was silly

The seduction process used by Martin is called "validation." Google why when need "validation" and why they succumb to it when received from others. Ladies, those of you reading, should do that in order to defend yourselves from predators. Its a well written story, but sad that her husband seemed to be so shallow.

Dumb slut gets hers.

Well done, 5/5

i wouldn't expect him back either

good read but your stories usually are.

Maybe she will orgasm when martin has some angry revenge sex with her. He may not want her as a wife and thrill of the chase is gone but at least leave with some sex.

Pretty boring, boilerplate. Nothing new here.

It was Ok but a well 'chewed' theme I have NEVER understood how a married woman could so badly fail to understand the man she married. There are some writers out there who think cheating can be rationalized, I don't understand how anyone sees a 'one time only' to be seen as acceptable, forgettable and anything but the deepest posssible betrayal. The comment by 'c24j' is cynical, misguided and I suspect born of personal experience and the miscalculation that caused it!

How stupid can you get!

It is right that the husband decided to divorce. Surely Martin would have persuaded her to make it a regular thing, with or without John's permission. Especially if she finally felt a vaginal orgasm during sex with Martin. Trish would argue that nothing has changed between her and John - John still gives her pleasant oral orgasms, and Martin complements what John cannot give her. Moreover, it seems to me that if she hadn't had an orgasm with Martin either, then Trish would have continued to look for this feeling with other men, convincing herself that she definitely should get this experience and that John doesn't mind it, since he once already let her go with Martin for experiments of this kind. So why upset him once again and poke his nose into male insolvency again? It is better later that she shares her joy with her husband that this happened and tells the excited John all her feelings, experiences and details, right down to the second of this event. And, of course, the love of her life sincerely share her enthusiastic emotions. Undoubtedly, this will be the case...

I've seen this premise a lot, but I really like this take on it. I like how he just decided what to do almost right after she told him she was going away for a weekend. A man shouldn't have to beg his wife not to fuck another man.

The defence used by cheaters have got to be some of the most ridiculous statements in the history of ridiculous statements.

“It was just sex”

“I love only you”

“I always come back to you”

“It wasn’t an affair”

“It was just a bit of fun”

“It didn’t take anything away from you”

“They were no threat to our marriage”

That last one is a doozie.

Great story. many thanks. Cheers.

If my wife couldn't orgasm, I would think there was something wrong with me. Ergo, there is something wrong with John. Perhaps they should have seen medical help to see why this beautiful moment in a relationship didn't happen. Tough category, but you did not come up with something new. A fan.

Why does a spouse have to tell the person they committed to that making a fatal choice is wrong. Vows are vows. Not simply suggestions. She was totally given over to dreams and lust. He recognized her flaws and the destruction acting on dreams had already caused. His response might have been harsh, but she got what she earned. In her heart she destroyed them.

Coming up with something different doesn’t mean window dressing. Cookie cutter, done to death BTB is the same no matter what little quirk you try to mask it with.

Good for a BTB story.

This happens in real life. Friend's wife was sexting a married guy over a period of days, and the guy's texts were getting disrespectful calling the husband names and suggesting getting together without him. When the husband found out, it was an immediate divorce. Wife tried to point out nothing physical happened, but the disrespect in the texts was always there.

Many people are wondering: What is considered adultery? What are her criteria? Where is the red line? Maybe it's an interest in a person, but not in a spouse? Secret lunches, dinners, hanging out together? Mutual affection? Kisses? Sexual caresses? Oral sex? Sexual intercourse? A full night together? Having a child out of wedlock? Each person has their own limit of tolerance and, often, they are very different in relation to themselves and their partner. In my understanding, cheating happens in the head. No, these are not sexual dreams or fantasies about another person. This is a clear thought-out and formed idea about the permissibility of doing something unacceptable, inappropriate. That's all - the betrayal has already happened. Next, it's a matter of details or chance. And if this is voiced or permission is asked from the spouse, the marriage is over (if your spouse is not a pervert).

Excellent !

Trish misunderstood John's concerns that she had not experienced a vaginal orgasm. It was only John who was upset that he, in fact, could not bring Tricia to orgasm during intercourse. However, Tricia interpreted this in such a way that she thought John would be pleased if she tried these sensations, regardless of who was in bed with her. She selfishly and in a naive way, considered her husband a stupid altruist.

This was definitely unique, and I liked the hidden message in the texts.

I usually prefer stories to be more fleshed out, but you covered all the bases.

Outstanding! Get away from the cheating skank slut and let her fend for herself. Looks like she's attractive enough to sell her body to make ends meet! Love to see good men burn empty headed self-absorbed bimbo cheating sluts!

@CJ24 who said he didn't warn her...

Ha haha hahahahaha and on an on...

What a sad life you must live sitting your spouse down every morning, and warning them about what is moraly or ethically acceptable behaviour for that day.

Any person who has the interest in fucking a person outside of their marriage is a cheater and does not love their spouse.

She did not get quite what she expected.

Great

lol, using her hobby to mess up "HER" fantasy.......Did she really think she had a chance after the announcement...stupid bitch.

Nice burn. Stupid woman. But then, LW is overflowing with stupid women. Hence, all the stories 😎

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4 ****

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Wow she was the architect of her own downfall. The word play puzzle was a brilliant idea, and definitely made it a fun read.

What man would freely allow his wife (yes, I said “allow”) to leave for a weekend with another man? There’s truth in the husband’s thinking that the wife’s desire to go with the other man / her intent - is enough to get the gears of the divorce machine greased up and running. He could have explained to her that if she wants to screw another man, she’ll be free to do so after the divorce is filed. Now… is there a chance that the wife would immediately see the error of her thinking when faced with the consequences of a divorce? In this story, based on the wife’s non-hostile attitude towards her husband, it could be possible. So, had the husband had a pair, and clearly explained the consequences of a divorce in advance, the divorce might have been avoided - which doesn’t mean that they wouldn’t have work to do. 4/5 BRB

He insinuated that he could accept her going and used it an excuse to go off and burn her and do his own thing. It would have been the perfect lesson had he returned to try and fix things. After all, she didn't actually fuck him and Martin is now out of the way.

The "hidden messages" was a nice touch. At the very least he divorced her and blew up everything on his was out the door.

Very good plot along with a well written story. I know it was a terminal ending but I found myself wanting more, the sign of a very good writer.

Enjoyed it immensely. The problem with chastising the husband when the wife confronts him with, 'you know I love you so much, blah, blah, blah, but I want to do this one time and then come back to you and be your loving wife again, blah, blah, blah is even if he says no, even if he forbids her from doing it, she will do it anyway, with or without his approval. I also agree with Regguy69 that it is pure bullshit that "most" guys get off on having a "Hot Wife" and or being made a cuck. His response and corresponding actions were perfect. Basically, goodbye good luck.

That was pretty good. Creative communication by Hubby. Five stars.

Someone from the peanut galley shouted "What the actual fuck?". Next, she is laying on her back getting jammed as hard as the boyfriend can do it. And her phone is in her face texting her husband. Modern love? Crazy you say.

"I didn't want to draw out the conversation and thought it better just to get on with things." - Without getting John's okay?!

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Did I miss something? When did John say okay?

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"Honestly babe we will, I'll dress like this for you as well." - Yeah, after doing it for Martin first. I've said it many times, how would she feel if it was the reverse?

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"Gardening leave?"

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How does she go from flirting and fantasizing to a weekend away? No late night at work, then an overnight, THEN a weekend?

Oh, come on! It was just getting good! Nice invention. 5*

It's a bit rough and I almost gave up on it before it picked up and turned out to be a pretty good story.

And they say the fairer sex are the wise ones.

A well told story from the cheaters perspective. Great job!

It seems that John became aware, or at least had a suspicion, at the Christmas party that he wasn’t enough for Trish. It was apparent, when they returned home from the party, that Trish had “just about attacked” John sexually because she had been worked up over Martin. So now it’s becoming even more obvious to John that he’s not enough for Trish. A lot of commenters are saying that John needed to put his foot down at that point, and at points after that, to let it be known that he wasn’t onboard with this interest that Trish had in Martin. But if he had done that, and Trish’s interest was what it seemed, then she might well have taken it to a clandestine level and had an affair with Martin behind John’s back. He did let it be known to Trish that he wasn’t onboard with the weekend away when he stated, in reply to Trish wanting to explore her fantasies, that "That was just a fantasy Trish." Trish even mentions that she saw the “hurt and confusion” in John when she tells him that she needs this. She notices how John slumps against the wall. She even tells Martin that John did not take it well. It’s not like she doesn’t know how it’s impacting John. So no, I don’t think that John needed to state his position any more than he did, particularly if he wants to see what Trish’s actions, of her own free will, will be. John confirms that when he states, "That's a shame... it's clear you wanted him, I don't want to hold you back, it's your body, your choice.” In the end he concludes that Trish needs more than him, and starts the process of cutting loose from her.

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I do think there’s a slight chance that John may reconcile after giving Trish a taste of what she dished out to him (OK, maybe several orders of magnitude more than just a taste).

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It’s a great tale (five stars). My only complaint is that due to John’s subdued responses, the reader couldn’t feel the anguish he was undoubtedly experiencing. I’m debating with myself whether a few mind bubbles (thoughts known only to John) would have ruined the ending to the story. I kind of expected it would turn out the way it did, and the mind bubbles may have telegraphed an ending you didn’t want revealed until it arrived.

As they say, "Curiosity killed the cat!"

Postscript to my previous comment:

Even her parents saw how stupid she had been ("My parents were equally furious and couldn't understand what I was thinking") ... so why didn't Trish. The answer to that is she simply didn't want to hear or recognize the obvious. She couldn't separate fantasy from reality.

Doesn't seem to me that hubby cared. If you love your wife, why not fight to save your marriage while there is still time? Why not tell her not to go or there will be severe consequences? I agree with the wife's assessment. He wasn't happy, but he seemed to be all right with things. This sound like a tale of two people who really weren't concerned with saving thier marriage.

Would loved to see more characters development still I loved the idea of the story

Darren

The marriage was over when she told him and he slumped against the wall. You can't be a jailer and intent shows the break in fidelity. That's the point it's over. The rest is just salt in the wounds by both.

Didn't work for me.

John is a total pussy just letting it happen. He practically encouraged her.

Good story except for flimsy end

Enjoyed the read. A little different

Nice work John! For him it was over the minute she brought up the trip with Martin. It was very amusing how he got her to provide all the evidence he needed to burn Martin and trash her. Well written indeed. 5 stars for an original take on the cheating wife story.

Hmmmm... LW parents. If Trish was 46, her parents had to be in their late 60s or early 70s, or older if she's from a large family. Maths are haaaaard.

Great story! What did she expect!

Well, elling50, he stated that she had intent, showing that there was nothing he could do as he told her that she needed to differentiate between reality and fantasy. Clearly you could not either because that was where he wanted something to stay as a fantasy, meaning he didn't want it become a reality. She had the intent to see it through, there is a matter of communication, but there's also the matter of how one perceives the communication, she could not see his distress, when he was telling her that and continued to go through with it. At that point, it's not worth fighting for someone like that, when she had the intent to go through as someone said he knew he couldn't control his wife, but he could at least control what happens after.

Need part 2

Need part 2

Are there women that are really this self-absorbed? I hope I never meet on...

John made it clear before she was gone, that he wasn't on board...

First of all, you had mew captivated with this story. You're very talented at this type of subject matter, evident in the angst and nervousness I felt while reading./ My criticism is founded only in my personal tastes, so it is my problem. But yes, you get to hear about it.

I felt Trish progressed much too fast from mild flirting to "Honey we need to talk." It felt rushed. In that span I would have expected more dialogue between John and Trish as well as the expression and thoughts such inner turmoil would bring. Suddenly, she was leaving and we didn't really know John's reason for letting her go. Or his reason for not telling her how he felt. John went silent at the worst time. In the end, she exhibited intent but you can't equate intent with the action. The fact that she dropped everything and sped home in a panic to her husband speaks volumes especially since we knew her true thoughts and concern for her husband, while his pre-trip demeanour , was at best, passive. I am not letting her off the hook. Her actions were definitely disgraceful. Most women, yes most women, don't always achieve orgasm during intercourse. I went about 4 years of post-virginity sex without having any orgasm, and I was a slut and enjoyed some hot studs, (white, black, huge, small ) for partners, Among my little vixen girlfriends, three of the four of us were in the same situation. except for that bitch Kerrie, who claimed to have them every time but she lies about everything,

Also, I hate the copycat revenge for infidelity. While it may be justified, it tarnishes my opinion of the character and leaves me without a connection, and that connection is huge in these stories.

Poor choices, fucked up results. Apparently she presumed he was a pussy wimp and would tolerate her taking a shit on their marriage. In the end he allowed her to take the shit, then he flushed it for her.

There are not enough stars for this one. It is an ode to the passive aggressive. I have read through the 43 comments posted at the time I decided to add mine. For those who object, awareness and identification is the confrontation. John advises his wife that her attraction is obvious. It is a disapproval and notification of disapproval. It is not blunt or obvious. She rationalizes his personal view of failing. The orgasm you can not give me another might, not even a another can. The issue of one’s word (vow) over freedom of choice. She wants to try someone else confirming his failings. He does not protest enough according to other readers, but “He who is not with me is against me.” Unlike the text messages to him he is not on the Bandwagon before hand. He is silently against it. She just doesn’t want to see it.

Then he gives her “enough rope to hang herself”. The intent is enough and had it not been for the content of his messages she would have completed her betrayal. Someone pointed it out. She had been with him long enough. Why didn’t she know this? Because she didn’t want to.

Passive aggressive is a valid behavior type. The husband is this type of person I know well. Fantastically done.