All Comments on 'No One Won'

Surely you could have written another chapter that either let both of them get closure or try for a redo.. MtM

He fucked up but she was a despicable bitch!

Not to sound insensitive, but there is a difference between simply cheating and knowingly foisting the results of an infidelity - a child- on a unknowing spouse for an entire marriage. I means, she cheated, got pregnant, and went forward knowing the truth? It's not the contraception issue some commenters state either, because she was probably drunk at the time and rational thought doesn't enter in. There would have been options in the aftermath: a 'morning-after pill', a quiet abortion, or even getting down her knees, and begging forgiveness. Men marry women all the time with children by other men. My wife of 31 years had a illegitimate child in college from messing around before we married and I accepted her daughter as part of the 'package'. Never knew a child on that level before, and we've had a close bond ever since. Would he have done the marriage knowing this before the fact? Maybe, maybe not. My guess is if she had given him a choice, things would have been different, even if nuptials had not occurred. For the rest, HIS infidelity was also forgivable. In sum, two despicable acts don't add up to a good outcome when egos become involved.

The wife character has some sort of mental illness. Nothing else explains her unbridled rage and incredible venom. This kind of emotional instability would probably poison her relationship with the daughter over time, and any potential suitors going forward. An epilogue would have her parents getting her psychiatric help because such instability would manifest in other negative ways than just relations with her Ex.

left it at a point that could have headed towards reconciliation between two flawed cheaters. not the most natural plot but I did enjoy it.

Ignoring that both parties were cheaters, Jean got impregnated during drunken sex duringnher bachelorette party. Isn't that right before thr wedding? How woukd she know it wad thr othrt guy's progeny before the wedding. Not possible. She couldn't have known. She might be worried, depending on what she remembered, but she couldn't have known. In fact how did she even know she was pregnant. Women don't usually test till like 6-8 weeks depending on cycle. Besides wasn't she on the pill? If not, that is stupid. To be safe, any woman with half a brain would get a morning after pill to ensure not pregnant unless they were already trying for a child or she was deeply religious. Neither seemed to apply. Anyways, the point is that while a cute plot twist, she could not have knowingly entered into the marriage as a fraud, or at least certainly coukd not be proven, and ergo no annulment and certainly no possible criminal penalties. What struck me thiugh is her hypocritical vitriol and going nuclear when she damn well knows she cheated right before their wedding. That is so wrong on so many levels.

Wife cheated first. Projected all her self loathing onto him. Had the audacity to HOPE the child was her husband's. Or not. We'll never know. She's never once apologized for her affair. Or cuckolding her husband.

She committed the worse sun of the two. And her logical projection cost him many friends and family. He will never take them back after they left him alone and hurting. Fair weather people are useless.

Husband stepped up. Took on way more blame than he ought to. His demons are gone now. The title says no one won. But I disagree. Husband and his cuckold daughter won.

I stopped most of the way through the first page.

I can totally understand that kind of temptation and him failing.

Personally, very disturbing having been there and close to there many times.

Did not want to read about the destruction of their marriage, know that I have read many hundreds of loving wife story and like the intensity of many but Not when it's the man I guess because I can certainly relate. Most of the stories where the women are cheaters are unreal; there would be a lot more guilt unless they had a shitty marriage. Thanks for the story but I read enough.

It's quite refreshing to see a female character play the authors usual male role as the entitled, spoiled child with a fragile ego having the hissy fit.

The fact that Jean became pregnant at her bachelorette party indicates she couldn't have known about her pregnancy during the wedding, rendering the fraudulent annulment aspect of the story nonsensical. Moreover, the church's opinion is irrelevant if the state doesn't share it, just as the church's stance on divorce is independent of the state's recognition.

What's truly shocking and condemnable is the ex's presence at the bachelorette party. Perhaps they were frugal and didn't opt for a special venue, or maybe there was a more sinister reason? And what about the claims of the prior controlling relationship? If she knowingly slept with her ex just weeks or days before marrying another man, she couldn't have found him that objectionable... unless she was drunk and it was non-consensual.

Jean's hatred for Steve appeared out of character. Indeed, people endure bitter divorces, but these are usually the result of a series of events that culminate in one or both parties already harbouring hatred or strong dislike until the last straw finally breaks the camels back. However, in this case, while the incident was significant, it was merely a slip-up, not something that should have sparked such intense hatred... Honestly, it appeared rather superficial, but I'm certain that if the roles were reversed, the crowd would have been clamouring for Jean's blood, insisting on an immediate divorce and retribution. So who am I to argue.

The narrative underscores that some individuals lack the emotional maturity for marriage and parenthood. Neither protagonist acted in their own best interest, let alone their child's.

The main character's abrupt surrender and abandonment of retribution also feels out of place, as if the author lost interest in the story and hastened its conclusion.