All Comments on 'Regret'

No long drawn out list of excuses, just own it and do better next time.

very good. Cant say I blame her but if she loved him it wouldn't have been that soon to move on.

Well done.

For sharing.

One the best stories , of any length, that I have ever read about cheaters remorse. He definitely lives in a hell of his own making.

This is what happens when you cheat on a faithful, loving wife. You lose, asshole.

So much for 750 words being the minimum allowed on this site. 734 words in this, the third to be UNDER the so called minimum.

Maybe I'm wrong but wasn't the challenge to write the minimum 750 but not to go over?

. . . being a known homo at a time when gays were very much looked down on and not accepted as anything other than mentally ill.

Good story.

Must be because everyone really needs to focus on the plot of the story, but several have been so very... different from the authors’ usual plotlines. And often with the protagoist as the cheater, i.e. the antagonist. It makes for a refreshing spin.

Again - refreshing/original plot, and (as usual for Ahzura) well crafted.

5-stars

I copied and pasted this into Word, Word said it was 750 words. It was stated that the Word count would be the standard. I don't know where you came up with 734, but this story meets the requirement.

I have to own up to my bias against cheating wives, so intellectual honesty requires that I hold him to that same standard, but I admit to feeling conflicted.

I know we're not going to see it in a 750 word story, but in a traditional cheating wife story, a one night slip would allow for at least the POSSIBILITY of a reconciliation.

In any case, as he himself admits, he got what he deserved.

If you erase or deduct the title and author lines then by using the UK 2016 version of Word on a Win8 pc this author has posted exactly 750 words,

Yes, it's a sad story, but at least he seems to be in a mentally healthy place. He doesn't try to pass the blame, he's happy for his ex, and now he's moving to a new location to start over - sadder but wiser.

For the one who found the word count to be 734, you forgot to include the Oscar Wilde quote. It's part of the story and brings the total to exactly 750 words.

Good people can do bad things, yet remain good people. Nice story. Thanks for posting.

Sucked

Nor does it fit the category at all. This is supposed to be about wives who have sex with others, not husbands. Sorry but I consider this a fail.

No story. It is hard to write one in 750 and you did not.

You are generally decent in longer stuff but you have nothing here.

Mine left me for a similar reason. We can claim the weakness of the flesh and all of that, it doesn't help. It's been 44 years, perhaps once a year she sends me a post online, sometimes I even answer, then no more response until the next time. So, for both of us, the pain is still there.

So is something else.

They say there is just one true love, while others can fill the bill, it's not quite the same as that one truth. She remarried, 4 kids, a nice life, happy. I see the photos, lots and lots of them. My new wife and I, 40 years, one child.

Also happy, content.

Then, every now and then, an email, a facebook post, something. For.. 44 years.

It's almost like a ghost that never leaves.

deserved to be in hell and more

all cheaters do

People make their own hell. Truer words were never spoken. But it's what you do after making a mistake that defines your character. They were obviously young since she was still in school. They hadn't been together long enough to have their marriage mean all that much since she managed to fall in love and re-marry so soon after her divorce. And he's doing well again. Moving on. Moving forward. learning from a mistake and becoming a better person. Their marriage didn't mean that much to her since she bailed without really trying. Better off without her. Thanks for the read.

No. Flash story should end with a twist. This one just sort of petered out

There isn't much to this story, but then, it's difficult to convey much in 750 words. He regrets cheating on his ex-wife. The end.

We all live with regret. This one just happens to be about cheating. At least we finally have a LW story where the cheater comes across as human and sympathetic, so thanks for that.

as long as he has him self, TK U MLJ LV NV

Good short.

I gave you 4* for your previous work I have enjoyed... This one... NOT SO MUCH!

So she was one and done. Her choice. Its a very harsh and personal dynamic. They may both be better off, or worse. Interesting sequel material, as several of the 750's are. I wonder if that might be the next challenge? Except you can't sequelize your own.

Who cares, as long as it’s “close enough” AND this well crafted.

You got the job done. Laid out well. A different point of view than many. Interesting and thought provoking.

R.

Ahaz, at the top of his game. Well written story of regret. Thank you, my friend. Randi.

women tend to lack sympathy, but they have tons of empathy.

a woman that decides to cheat will rarely feel remorse at the actual act of betrayal. it's bad enough men feel more complex feelings if they cheat...but courts are so heavily biased against men....women have abused that system with over 70% of divorced being initiated by women....with a natural decline in marriages by some gigantic percentage for the reasons listed above.

i guess all those beta male white knights wont be in the comments yelling at the wife for not swallowing her female pride and fragile female ego too.

It was OK, you conveyed they snap shot of his life at the moment, the moment he made the decision to move on very well. It was sad, but as he knew, he had no one else to blame either.

Maybe one day the world will be one big bowl of sunshine and roses, but until then, we have to work through our shit one way or other.

Great delivery and depiction of self destruction

Thanks.

So much in so few words. Great work !

There was far more truth in that story than any BTB story told here. Good job!

Enjoyed

*mic drop*

But he got off cheap and should have easily moved on since he so easily cheated. Sell his new house and start another one. A good woman will come along. They always do. Crying over spilled milk is a waste of time.

Great story. Cheating bastard deserves the same fate as a cheating wife.

Nicely done.

A male nurse wouldn't last long against a welding torch.

750 is a lousy format

One does torture oneself...A good story.

Oscar Wilde also said, "I'm not young enough to know everything".

Who knows why men or women cheat on those they profess to love and when they get caught cry and whine for their loss.

Barretta the cop, played by Robert Blake, also said, "Don't do the crime if you can't do the time".

Just thought I'd prove I'm old enough to know nothing.

"A male nurse wouldn't last long against a welding torch." It wouldn't matter because she still wouldn't come back......

Agree with my earlier comment. He cheated, so to hell with him.

It's simple. Don't cheat.