All Comments on 'Saving a Marriage for a Stranger'

Well-played. 5/5.

I rather liked that

That was a nice take. Quick and vivid.

Nice.

Decent story. If I’m reading this right then mc lied to the girl about having an affair on Tim to drive home her point. I’m going to have hope and assume she didn’t go further then flirting and planning the start of an affair. before her coworker called her dumbass out.

Still went too far but not enough that I’d break her marriage up if she ever told me.

a very smart and understanding wife

I wonder what this story’s score would be if the intervenor hadn’t told us that she didn’t actually cheat on her husband.

Lacked depth, reason only 4 stars, only skimming the surface of anything, and a few misplaced symbols like speech marks on Jill, they are called speech marks as it indicates someone spoke or is speaking, not used in waiting on someone to speak. Should have used ' not "

I dont like how she accepted the drink. I know guys have bought a drink for my wife and she tells the wait staff or bar tender to take it back. I know its true as i heard it from others and saw it once.

Finally, A real woman!

go secure the table? So the husband just walks away and doesn't look back to see his wife go and talk to that woman and ask "what's up?"

Not bad. Good advice from a stranger. Of course most people who cheat or want to cheat probably wouldn't stop. But its nice to think they would.

Confused by the story. She gave the guy blowjobs for a year BUT "I knew I had crossed too many lines and almost screwed up, but I was never physically unfaithful to Tim." ??? Sorry but I think I'm far from being the only one when I call Bullshit with a capital B. WTF?? She gave the guy blowjobs for a year!!! Disappointed and definitely not up to your usual standards.

Excellent story. 5stars

I seldom find a story worth more than a 3, yours is the exception. I gave it a 4 and want to thank you for not writing a worthless cuck story.

Short but sweet. 5 stars

Lovely story. I tend to think she still cheated. She seemed so sure of herself and more than a little selfish. However, it was a good story.

Bullshit! Once an almost slut, always an almost slut. Too bad there is not an AA type of meeting for almost sluts.

Man you know Kelly’s only purpose at that table was to get verbal and recorded verification on Jill’s past deeds and initial plans to cheat. No way you decide to go to a man’s cabin without first having gone past 1 or 2 bases before home run. She telling Jill that she won’t say anything to her husband won’t stop an email with a audio file from reaching his email or through a 3rd party.

only one thing missing from this story. She never told her husband about almost making a mistake. While she didn't cheat in the biblical sense. She did cheat emotionally by spending enough time to get to the point of planning a meeting for "Her one time do something","ONLY ONCE!". She cheated, But didn't get caught. Well if eric ever finds out the odds of him leaving her about 50/50. Not for what happened so long ago but for the total loss of respect and the loss of trust that will be permanent. Even if they stay together it will never be the same.

Good luck but, It always gets found out at least 90% of the time

So, I'm confused. She didn't cheat on her husband? The story was fake?

Nice.

@reedrichards probably a 2. There is little forgiveness or empathy in loving wives.

Sometimes, as I read these stories, then look at the comments, I wonder if I misunderstood the story or did we read the same story. As I read it, SHE NEVER HAD THE FLING. She was repeating a story that she was told which made her change her mind about ever stepping out. And for those that claim that thinking about it is as bad as doing it, I call it BS. Enjoy the stories as they are written and stop trying to second guess the author.

5-STARS!

Good story about wives waking from their slumber. If you fall asleep at the wheel of your marriage you will crash and burn. A young wife receives valuable instruction from a older wife who paid forward the good advice she received and listened to years ago. This is a Loving Wives story worth telling and there wasn't even any gratuitous sex in the telling! Remarkable! -- 5☆

Very interesting. Happy to see a marriage saved, while simultaneously showing the good advice was delivered via an allegory, and not a real life experience. So, kinda like two marriages saved, in my way of thinking.

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To answer ReedRichards' question: undoubtedly, the scores would be much lower, but the readers aren't 'invested' in any of the characters, are they? In this very brief story, we can only take things at face value, filtered through each of our own biases and preconceptions. So, are readers in this category more likely to forgive or condemn? So, Yeah. Lower scores.

No the MC didn't do anything physical. The woman who saved her from herself thwarted those plans by telling her what happened to her. MC retold the story to Jill as if it was she who had the affair, making a stronger impression on Jill in the process. Reread the 3rd and 2nd to the last paragraphs.

Finally, a fresh idea in LW! Well written and it's a story that is truly believable and a good lesson for anyone who reads it. In fact, maybe one of the readers here will use it one day in a similar situation. 5*

excellent

I'm with Imnotananon, did she cheat or not?

Ahhh ...

The ever popular question

of what is cheating and what is not.

Personally, I wouldn't want to be married

to either the MC or the woman she gave advise to.

Neither are trustworthy to me.

I wonder if the MC told her husband his 'friends' had hit on her.

Not likely, is it?

That's the kind of person she is.

This was an interesting story.

Pity it mostly dealt with characters I dislike.

3 out of 5 from me.

think i missed something the last person was the woman waiting at the bar? she said she gave blowjobs to her boss and then say it didnt get physical. think maybe something got messed up

"So you cheated and got caught, well too bad, but I won't get caught." - Why is getting caught the be all and end all? If I embezzle from my employer, or rob a bank, and never get caught, does that make it right?

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"It's my last chance to do something naughty and then I'll settle down and be a good wife and mother to our kids." - That's what single life is for.

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Nice twist that the narrator hadn't actually cheated herself. I thought that something was going to trip her up, maybe her husband knew all along.

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@Anonymous, you don't have to hope, she DIDN'T cheat. The author knows, had her say that, so it's a fact.

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@FireFox59, read it again. The NARRATOR did nothing, the story she told was one that was told to her that STOPPED her from cheating.

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@Just_Words, she DIDN'T cheat! As I said above, the author knows, had her say that, what you tend to think is immaterial.

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@ImNotanAnon, correct she didn't cheat, but the story wasn't fake, it was about someone in the narrator's past.

The grass isn't greener on the other side of the fence...

Good story and thank you for finally letting me know what b to b means .

An excellently well-told story that sums up exactly what cheating entails or can entail! If only all spouses would read this story before making their decisions! 5*!!!

"Jill, do you really think you are the only woman Collins will be fucking, and that he is a virgin now? After I infected my husband and was divorced I somehow found a widow with children who took a chance on my rehabilitation and the remission of my disease with medication. Good luck with your outcome of playing venereal roulette."

See, even a woman with no morals or ethics, like Jill, could understand that reason to stay faithful, maybe. Or maybe she would just use condoms.

A thought provoking story. Thanks for the effort.

Dear me! Why the confusion? She told the story in the first person but she was told the story by a colleague who DID cheat on her husband. But the protagonist decided NOT to cheat on her husband after SHE was told the story she was passing on.

It's a sort of pay it forward story. 5*, of course.

Nice to see her pay forward the kindness someone had done for her.

You have to remind some one to do the right thing?

But still an emotional cheat just as bad

Great story but watch out just like amygdala said.

It is GREAT to see morals still live on, even on a site like this.

Kudos

Smokepole

Good story!

4

Not bad, 4/5

Great story a good loving marriage should be protected. Not many of them left.

What a wonderful world we could live in if every one thought this way! 5 BIG FAT BLAZING STARS!

I enjoyed the story and concept

Another morality story.

Marriage is hard but just because she didn't physically cheat doesn't mean it still wasn't cheating when talking about the woman who butted in

Great little story

5*

Too bad real life is not like that. Female infidelity is topping male rates now,and will only increase.

Really a nice change, but I'd have preferred a buck's worth over a mere 2-bits.

So, the message here seems to be that planning to cheat is not cheating. Hmmmm!

What if Kelly's husband had returned unexpectedly, to overhear her telling Jill that story? Repercussions?

Good story, oh so true. Thanks for your writing.

This woman didn't follow through with her act of cheating (this time), after having it pointed out that her current plan may not be as risk-free as she thought. It's obvious that she wants to cheat, planned to cheat, and is simply waiting for the "perfect" opportunity to safely do so. If those don't describe a cheater, nothing does!

Browsing through previous comments, some readers appear to hold a position that "intent" to cheat, and other acts that stop short of the sex act itself, just don't count as cheating.

Being somewhat alarming of itself, this viewpoint is also a likely factor in the rising divorce rate.

Paying it forward with interventions.

Blowjobs for a year? Is this a planet where sexual harassment is not against the law? It is called get a recording and get counter leverage. Tell him if he welches or squeals, he gets burned. Seriously burned. Sometimes the extortionist has a lot to lose also.

Excellent. Need a lot more of that on this rotten site - and in our world...

Paying it forward.

I’m still lovings BTBs, but it’s good to be reminded of goodness in the world. Fidelity may occasionally be boring but you sleep better.

Very good!

Why doesnt the supposed slut tell Tim about his supposed friends hitting on her!! Tim doesnt need those kinds of friends

Great feel good story. Enjoyed it.

Good story. She heeded the advice from another 15 years ago and saved another woman from destroying her marriage. Ironically whether a man or a woman, all some of them need is a nudge or a push to get them to consider the consequences. They don't factor in guilt, blackmail, loss of respect for their spouse (due to their own guilt), and IF they get caught. At least that can work for those who are more or less happily married and are just weak, not evil. Note 75% of married men and 67% of married women would cheat if they had a guarantee they would never be found out. Just process that for a moment. That is from a large psych study conducted in recent years. So if the person in their stupidity or their fantasy or their naivete believes they cannot be caught out, well then the super majority of either gender will cheat. Thatbisnwhy inhet frustrated with LW stories where the husband knows that something is happening or about to happen and does nothing but let it play out with no confrontation or possible intervention. The aggrieved husband relinquishes all agency then and now let's the worst case scenario become high probability. Why? Because their spouse thinks they won't get caught. It is a myth. Eventually they will, most of the time, maybe through the fault of their lover(s) or the spouse of their lover(s) or their own kids, or their siblings or friends, neighbors, coworkers or random strangers. Sure if a husband finds out after a multiple encounter or months long physical affair, then burn down the marriage. Heck if premeditated and only just getting off rhe ground or a long emotional affair about to go physical, the husband can still seek divorce. But that is his choice. If he does nothing, he has already chosen and consigned himself to dela with the sh$tburger scenario. I am not saying that intent doesn't matter. But preventing a person from committing suicide gives them a chance to get help and NOT commit suicide again later. If you let then just jump without intervention, then they die and all that is left is the worst case scenario. Maybe a prosaic analogy with some flaws, but isn't adultery a form of marital suicide? Sure a lot of hownto react depends on the circumstances. Just engaged or recently married? Haul ass out of there. But married for 20+ years, three kids, one still young, and you still love the wife and know this is her first time and she has not YET jumped? Then intervene and decide to do what is best for you and your family after the intervention. If intervention fails because she just denies and goes through with it anyways then go to the divorce action. Seriously even if there is a minscule chance you are wrong, so what let her get pissed and gave a huge fight. You can recover. Erring on the side of action is preferable to doing nothing. Of course trickier if the sex genie is out of the bottle. Then have to decided what you want. But spending weeks getting additional evidence in a no fault state makes little sense unless you can use kompramat as leverage to get better custodial rights for the kids or a lot of assets are at play.

5 Stars, great twist, very nicely done.

Well-written, thanks for an enjoyable read.

really good one

A nice story for LIT, another non-cheating wife!

Good story. She used shock and awe on Jill. The blowjobs for a year was a nice touch. That scared Jill, who was already convinced she wouldn't be caught, despite people at work already knowing, not just Kelly and the other ladies at the bar. Jill isn't very bright. But then the MC almost lost her way and an intervention by someone else save her marriage. Passing it forward. Good stuff. It wasn't like either had an emotional affair. They were tempted and self rationalized. Each needed an injection of health fear and reality to back off. There is a profound difference between jumping off a cliff and standing at the precipice. There is also a big difference when the there is an emotional affair and seduction prior to the decision to cheat.

The MC was good at acting the part. Nice twist at end with the MC.

A fucking cheating skank giving advice for a happy marriage

"Bard will never know and I will never do it again."

Who is Bard?

*****Good read> Thanks for sharing.

NICE