All Comments on 'My Choice'

Decent people all around dealing with tough decisions, almost messing it up, and coming up alright in the end? Which section of the site am I in again? Nice story, successfully did a switcharoo on most of the LW chestnuts, and did justice to all your characters.

A great story: can go as a councellors advice.

Very nice ending....his wife did a deplorable job of communicating with her husband. Basically telling him she was going to have sex with her ex. Such a good thing Robert was a true honorable man.

I would recommend counseling for our married couple because of how easily the wife was at throwing away the man she loved! Not taking into account his feelings at all. Truly do not see her making a good life partner at all if she could do what she did so easily.

Sincerely,

Payenbrant

5 stars

After reading I honestly don't know what to say about the story it's well written and I glad there was a 2nd part. I'm on the fence with my eyes closed letting chance decide....?!??

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Your tale was much better than the first. I rated the first one a Good Read ⭐⭐⭐. I thought it was a decent tale for 750 words. I accepted that you cannot get into the details to create the imagery you normally do in your tales. The rating was not a knock on your writing or even the storyline. To me a Good Read ⭐⭐⭐ is a normal rating for a tale. It is always my starting point and usually where I end up after reading most tales.

This one was at the same Good Read ⭐⭐⭐ rating until page 3. The way you ended the tale was the emotional move for me taking the tale from Good Read ⭐⭐⭐ to the Outstanding Read ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ rating I ended up giving the tale.

I really enjoyed consuming this one and I am looking forward to your future productions for our consumption. Thank you for taking the time to share your creations with us.

Keep Writing

JH4Fun

What a great wonderful written love story! 5*

5***** Thank you for an emotional excellent story!

Beautiful Story.

Poignantly written.

Two good men.

5/5

This was a very good story, and I gave it five stars. Having said that, and being amongst the crowd calling for a sequel, I think I should admit I liked the original ending better,

Finally a ‘back from the past’ story where the wife did the right thing.

Excellent. Full marks.

Thanks for the story! Gotta say, though, that I was troubled that she intended to "give herself" to Robert for a weekend, and then left. Sex or no, that was a betrayal. I suppose it was good that she didn't do the deed with Robert. But I credit Robert's integrity, not her integrity, that prevented a further betrayal.

Yep: a story of how 2 good guys made things right.

Great story. Thanks for writing it.

She still left and she only changed her mind cause Robert was a good man

Tom Hanks might be pissed that you took his story line, Good read but predictable.

Excellent story. Very heartwarming.

5stars

Happily Ever After. thanks

I like this ending ... :)

Beautiful, but she was prepared to cheat. She was rescued by her first love. Nice escape. I liked it.

5*

Great story. Thanks for a good read.

MormonJack got it right, She fully intended to give herself to Robert and then break the news to him on Sunday. She even showed up without her rings. I can't help but think how devastated Robert would be on Sunday when he found out he had fucked Tom's wife all weekend! Both men are morally grounded and would have been severely harmed if she had carried out her plan. Selfish bitch just wanted to do what would make HER feel good about the situation. Fortunately, the men had balls enough to do the RIGHT thing not just the thing that felt good. It was a happy ending, but Tom should not feel too secure about his future.

Great story from top to bottom! Great balance between narrative and dialogue. Captain Obvious has pointed out she expected ti cheat if pushed. So what. Life is like that with circumstances often sending us in directions we didn’t anticipate. That scene where Robert figures it out and leads her to do right makes the story feel more real for me. 4.7*

Good story. you put the two together to create a better, and more complete story.

Wow. All parties acting like adults in believable roles. Very well done! 5 stars for sure.

Wow! A beautiful story!! 5* Thank you so much!

Wonder if Rob got paid for 24/7 while in captivity, as well as all medical, and schooling? What was Rob's major?

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The story went as I expected but it was nice they all did the right thing. The only miss is that Robert was referred to as 'Godfather' Robert.

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5.5***** Hooyah, Salutes....

Ok but a hostage has no point if you dont ransom them. 3 yesrs is a long time to do nothing

If my wife left, I wouldn’t want her back. She said her intentions from the start, with the usual “if you love me” BS. If she really loved Tom she wouldn’t even consider this line of action.

Robert got royally screwed over like the POW from WW II and Vietnam They returned and found the women they thought were waiting for them moved on If they had kids sometimes had to go to court to get back their rights to be a parent and also 50 % of all monies that were joint Some women were sluts others just moved on sad

Robert need to sue the his employer for all monies owed

"No, sweetheart, he's honoring our marriage and so am I. Please come down and call when you get close to the hotel."

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Lying cunt

she took off her rings and planned to fuck him

she only backed out because Robert wasn't a piece of shit and refused her

she didnt choose to honor her marriage

Nice story

@secretsal Amen!

Was a fun story sad it took the missing twist but things worked out in the end , even though it was a story line , she should have never gone she was pretty much newly married , have to know when to do smart things

Great story.

She was going to sleep with robert....she can't be trusted.....3*

There was no way to meet Rob without creating a massive issue for Tom and it was good that she made the correct decision at the end.

I wanted Robert and her to get back together.

This was great.

But I seemed to firget what happened at the end of the original story. Was it a like this ending? I could maybe and read the furst story but if the ending is different from this then I won't ruin my impression of this beautiful sequel. Nice work @2wrongsandaright thanks.

Awesome story! 5++.

Just a story, but in reality it has always amazed me how women can go from one man to another as easily as changing buses.

When she left she was cheating in her mind.

So, basically a re-telling of the Tom Hanks movie, Castaway. Where a married Tom is in a plane that crashes, killing the others and leaving Tom on an island. After a few years, he builds a raft and sets off. Eventually a Tanker finds him and he returns home. Only to discover his wife has remarried after a few years because he had been declared dead. Except that when he approaches his wife at her home, he realises she has remarried and is happy, so no getting back together. Same story as this, really.

More Romance than LW, but still a good one both ways. Wife with good reasons but not enough to make her behaviour acceptable: she choose her selfishness against her new husband. Interesting and twisted tale, well written and developed, with a good deal of realism. And since here we have rare realistic men, with values and morals (in total contrast to the unrealistic brainless and submissive husbands, starring in the typical fetish cuck tales), and a wife that in the end made the right choice, this lead to the inevitable response: 5 full stars ! Good job.

so she chose Robert, really, but thing did change. And they name their child Robert? Ummm, no way. I would have done annulment.

Payenbrant, I agree with the lack of communication but it's no way near as cut and dry as you suggest. I can very easily imagine this scenario. Your suggestion that it's tawdry ignores the plot and Sandy's character development. Rob wasn't some prom date that shows up with a sad story. Sandy wasn't clouded by limerance. No, Rob was her fiance and first love. He was ripped away from her violently and tragicly. He eventually returns after years of torture only to learn he has nothing, literally nothing.

She felt as though she had an obligation to Rob, both due to what happened to him and due to their former relationship. The internal conflict she would have felt could have been developed more but nothing about Sandy's behavior or motivation is akin to JPB's Pauline French. Your argument ignores nuance.

It's very politically correct, but it somehow fizzled at the end for me. Others may find it different.

I somehow still like the original 750 word version.

"I'm sorry, Robert. I came prepared to give myself to you for the weekend but I don't think I can do it."

Should've gone through with the annulment. The marriage's survival is not convincing at all.

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This Tom is obviously different than 750 Tom. This story spent so much time weakening his resolve and eventually making him look wimpish. 750 Tom was resolved but this one is so uncertain.

Meanwhile Sandy keeps getting worse, removing ring and "prepared to give herself". She's only saved because Robert the 3rd-party got cold feet.

With husband's weakening and ex's cold feet, it means she have zero contribution in the salvage.

Sandy then called her husband, made him drove all the way to where she is so she can show that she still loved him. Wow. Instead of, you know, Sandy driving home to her husband. And worse, husband did! What a mess up.

In the end, they even named their son after the guy. What a story! The choice is not about Tom anymore, it's "Richard's" story now!

Could have figured a better way to make Robert a good guy. This was not it.

Disappointing change to the story. Disappointing end.

I dunno, she was prepared to sleep with this guy regardless of how if was hurting her husband. The only reason it didn't happen is because Robert had more integrity than she did and stopped it. I don't know if I could have just forgiven her, but I damn sure wouldn't have named my son after him...

Sorry, 3 stars. Robert came off as a real and honorable man. Sandy kinda was pushed into the right choice eventually by Robert, but the fact that she didn't make it RIGHT AWAY (never mind had to be pushed into it later and didn't make it on her own) makes her a shitty wife. Yes she apologized to Tom for the pain she caused, but she is also the SAME person who spouted to him the whole garbage she did before going to meet Robert and who STILL wasn't even sure she wouldn't have sex even after Robert said it would be wrong. I can easily see her choosing to cheat on him later - she's REALLY good ad juststifying to herself and others why being shitty is actually OK.

I know it would be a buzz kill for the story but the husbands in. these tails never say that they themselves are also going on trip. If it is a harmless reconnect then who would care? He can see for himself how she reacts etc. Also, if she decides to stay with her present husband then her remaining friends with the former guy would be a problem as you never know what will happen.

3 stars for a decent story.

I thought the whole "good thing I got two bedrooms" and Noble!Robert was an incredibly horrible cop out. Even if Sandy would have reluctantly slept with Robert, she still would have willingly done it. While I certainly appreciate this going in a direction I'm sure most didn't expect, I felt it hurt the story. I highly doubt that after four years of torture and captivity, where his only thoughts were of Sandy, that Robert would have acted like that. Not pursued her or pushed her into something, sure. I can buy that. But what happened in the story? Not believable.

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I did enjoy the history of their relationship. It's just everything that came after the original that is a detriment. Still, thank you for sharing this.

The bitch could stay gone

Better ending... Tom never answered her calls or her texts. She'd gone too far and even if the cheating skank slut pretended to be faithful Tom knew if it wasn't Robert, at some point it would be some other guy the whore would open her legs for. He went on to have a wonderful life with a new woman who wasn't a selfish slut bitch. Sandy and Robert got married. It lasted for four years until he caught her fucking the neighbor. Robert wasn't as understanding. He sold her to a Mexican cartel that owned several whore houses in Tijuana. That is where she spent the rest of her days but nobody gave a flying fuck about the lying betraying cunt.

VERY EXCELLENT

Happy ending? Just cuck shit, fix the tags.

Sandy is a cunt and every intention of fucking Robert until she saw how badly he was beaten. If she had any type of heart or soul she would have insisted on Tom accompanying her to see Robert. Tom should have dropped her like a flaming turd.

I didn't like it. She damaged her husbands trust. She went with the intent to sleep with Robert. That in itself is cheating. You cannot fix that.

Did he have a friend called Wilson?

Story was well-written, but Sandy made the wrong choice. She left her husband for an old lover -- that is incontrovertible. She was prepared to fuck him for "old time's sake."

Many are tested in life, sometimes by choices they didn't want but still have to select an option from. The "right thing to do" would have been to stand by her husband, not her old lover -- the old lover who exhibited far better ethics than Sandy did.

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5*****

Rob last his mother and father to the grim reaper, what happened to the his sister the was in the wedding as a bridesmaid to Sandy

Still like the story

"That wouldn't work in this longer version so I went with the original name of Robert" - It's worse in a shorter version because it should be easier to keep track in a shorter version.

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I don't see the need for describing her courtship with Tom. They obviously dated and fell in love or we wouldn't be here.

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"Baby, I didn't know if it was real or not." - Why is she speaking in past tense? "Baby, I don't know if this is real or not."

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"Before I leave Sunday afternoon, I'll tell him that I'm married and that it was just for the weekend" - Why not tell him BEFORE the weekend? If he's an honorable man he won't want to come between them? Maybe she's afraid that he'll tell her not to come?

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"I wasn't sure if we would qualify for annulment" - I think that if she had been married to Robert, and obviously not divorced, an annulment of the "second" marriage would be pretty much a no-brainer, but since she WAS free to marry Tom, the marriage was legit, so they need a divorce.

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Looks like I called it about Robert being an honorable man.

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Nice ending, but while it would have lessened the drama, it would have made more sense for Robert to simply invite them both down.

What a great surprise: maturity and a truly adult, realistic decision and outcome to a tragic circumstance that was truly nobody’s fault. Well-written, with likeable characters, good pacing and narrative clarity. Bravo!

Nope, she left and that's that. I wouldn't respect this guy if I knew him.

Story was okay but I’d have held off having kids. See she was just to quick to decide to head off and jump in bed with her ex. Worse she couldn’t understand why her husband would not accept it.

The whole well reunite after an exciting weekend ?? Huh?? How did she presume her husband would have an e citing weekend home alone while she went to a resort to be with her ex? And her plan to jump in bed with him and tell him before she left she was married and it was only a one off, she comes across has a total user willing to mess with people feelings as long has she gets her excitement.

Husband said it’s me or him and if you go we are done…. And she went.

Husnsgd folded fat to quick, I’m not saying I’d give up on the marriage but the disrespect and delusional thinking would have meant some work to put things right and certainly no kids without a prenup.

Agreed with Payenbrant’s comment.

This is how we can see good moral human beings.

Awesome story

Wrong decision. Once she makes the decision to go to Robert, that ends the marriage. She shows by her actions what her INTENT and choice were going to be. It's enoigh that she goes - that's the end. Bad story.

Too bad you couldn’t work Wilson into the story! 3*

Good Castaway story here. Well written. Checks all the boxes for me. 5 Stars..

That was some story. The poor guy held prisoner for 4 years and had the wearwithal to accept the cards dealt to him. One in a million. And the marriage survived . As you wrote it.

Good story you took a good story a little incomplete, but with this you made it into a great one! Tom is one heck of a man and I did not think it in the beginning that Sandy was going to be, but it turned out that both her and Robert were as well. It was a nice touch adding the son's name Robert at the end. Sandy is a lucky lady to have experienced such love not once but twice.

Nice one.👌

Annulment

If she acts like a shitty wife, you can expect a shitty life. Two stars

AH A GREAT tearjerker I must be a romantic I loved the story (jaybee186)

The author earned points for an unusual storyline. I appreciate the author’s efforts to sprinkle errors throughout the story, but would prefer to read a story that was error-free.

A powerful moving tearjerker about love lost, love found, love lost again, love transformed and finally love found again. A well written story with few mistakes that has a strong emotional pull and rewarding ending. Impressive! 5 stars and a standing ovation.

I’m with the previous anonymous, great job of thinking outside of the box, and giving us a different story line. Thanks for the time and effort. KS

A well written story. I was happy Tom got to keep his woman . 5 stars from Xluckylee

A really good story.

So many emotions in this very well told story. 5*****

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@sbrooks103x

"That wouldn't work in this longer version so I went with the original name of Robert" - It's worse in a shorter version because it should be easier to keep track in a shorter version. - A nitpick disguised as constructive criticism.

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I don't see the need for describing her courtship with Tom. They obviously dated and fell in love or we wouldn't be here. - Since it's NOT your story, you don't get to choose.

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"Baby, I didn't know if it was real or not." - Why is she speaking in past tense? "Baby, I don't know if this is real or not." -- She was very emotional at the time and that's just how she said it.

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"Before I leave Sunday afternoon, I'll tell him that I'm married and that it was just for the weekend" - Why not tell him BEFORE the weekend? If he's an honorable man he won't want to come between them? Maybe she's afraid that he'll tell her not to come?-- MAYBE?...Not much chance of that, I'm sure. You are always trying to twist what is said or done to change the story.

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"I wasn't sure if we would qualify for annulment" - I think that if she had been married to Robert, and obviously not divorced, an annulment of the "second" marriage would be pretty much a no-brainer, but since she WAS free to marry Tom, the marriage was legit, so they need a divorce. - YOU THINK?...So a person isn't allowed to say something that has come to mind as a possibility!

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Looks like I called it about Robert being an honorable man. - Well of course you did! A legend in your own mind.

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Nice ending, but while it would have lessened the drama, it would have made more sense for Robert to simply invite them both down.- Here again...trying to change the story to suit YOUR wants!

Shouldn't of answered her and dumped her instead. She knew what he was going to do and still went ahead fully prepared to fuck him. That's no wife, that's a slut.

Thanks for the extended version I'm not a fan of 750 so yeah great read more meat to the bones fuller story enjoyed it I think I gave the first one 3 stars but this I've given 5 now looking forward to your next story

You basically kept us off balance, because we knew Robert was coming back. And then you carried it forward. Good job. Four stars from me.

JPB

Great story, though I am bothered by the request that Tom allow her a time out from their marriage to go fuck another guy, no matter who he was. No, it wasn't Bobby's fault or her fault; or even Tom's, but a deplorable set of events. However, the sands of time moved on and she needs to tell Bobby the truth with no delay. Fucking him, sharing the lost passion with him, only to turn around and dump him would be the most cruel thing she could do to both men.

It’s a good story, a terrible set of circumstances turned out okay. I’m a bit surprised by Tom in the end. He still left the weekend knowing that she was willing to risk their marriage. She may not have intended that result, but admitted to herself that there was a chance she’d have sex with Robert. That’s a difficult thing to bounce around inside a man’s head.

Whew, that was so much better than I was imagining. I'm so relieved. Thanks for sharing this!

Firstly this is a good story, and well written, but now for what I feel about the characters. Ok this is a tricky one, and for once I can understand the wife in the sense it is a hard choice. I could have understood her need to just communicate with him first and then make a decision on who to be with, and I would not have faulted her if she chose to be with Robert considering her and tom were not married long. Yes it would have been sad for Tom, but ultimately he would be better off. But her involving sex straight away and demanding that she sleeps with Robert and then she comes back to Tom was a red flag, it was plain selfish, and immature. Full credit to Robert who the moment he realised that she was married did entirely the right thing, and steered away from sexual activity. Maybe it was Robert's actions that really is the reason that she stayed with Tom, however I don't think their marriage was entirely the same. Sure it will work and they may be together till they die, but her decision, despite not being acted on would always be there, cltaking something away from them.

Very enjoyable story.

Excellent story. 5 stars.

Well that was a double surprise. The 1st being that I just read/ commented on the 750word story, then looking at what else you wrote, saw this. The 2nd was this story, heart felt, emotionally rendering, & surprising when Robert asked Tom to have dinner at the hotel. I was not expecting anything close to this, judging the end of the short story. The author did a wonderful job, earning the 5 stars I'm giving it. Bob

Great story. A real Loving Wife, and an honorable other man. That is a real rarity in a LW story.

She left Tom... period.

Very moving story. Well written and realistic. Thank you!! Five stars.

Well done and much better than the original. I'm not sure I could have accepted her back. She decided to betray him and only backed out when Robert realized she was married. That's a pretty sorry woman.