All Comments on 'The Heart Wants What It Wants'

A different story from H57. Touching base with life.

Great story, very touching. Not sentimental at all, but kind and beautifully written. Thank you.

Nothing to say...........just something to be remembered.

Not enough stars

Masterful.

AS a cancer survivor I had to add this story to my Favorites first. Now I offer you my heartfelt gratitude for offering this wonderful prose of love and commitment. It was so professionally written that I'm going to read it again soon just to get that feeling of contentment. Thanks

Goddamn it.

Great.. that's all ,... great

One in a million. Thank you

What a gut wrenching story, All the way through you felt his pain at not being with her, then when he gets her she is taken away.

Just feeling a little broken. Well done Hooked

5 Stars for sure . I dated a Girl named Kathy who was also my best friend and Gay . She hated Doctors so they found the breast cancer way to late to worry about . Damn I hate Cancer and what it does to people and their loved ones

Giving it low ratings. Because loss is real in our lives. Write something a bit more upbeat next time?

Heartbreaking story but one of the best written I've read on this sight.

Contrary to your bio, there's nothing average about your writing! Another 5 star story. Sad, but passionate. Like Randi and Cadivagirl, who are obviously fans of yours, you are among the best of the best!

Please keep writing. Thank you for sharing.

G

This is a deft and lovely story. Thank you for it.

If you ever revisit it, you might take a look at one word? When Cat first understands her own sexuality, you describe it as her "decision." Try on the word "realization"? Nothing about her character or genuineness suggests she had what felt like a choice about who she was. That's part of why her relationship with the narrator is so magical.

Damn. Must have something in my eye. Wow. Hits you in the gut. One of the author's best stories.

To Hooked1957, do you have a fetish in making your readers cry. If you do you must be really getting off after the comments on this story! I am 75 years of age and cried like a baby, no onions, no pollen, no dust. This was probably the most beautifully written story on this site and yes I have favourited it. It would be top of the list of favourite stories if I knew how to do it. There are some people commenting that no one would put their life on hold over a gay woman. He was totally in love with her and couldn't move on and when he did it really went well didn't it. (NOT) Life sometimes sucks and then you die, hopefully I will be around to read many more of your stories. Thank you so much for your storytelling ability. Mel B known as Hornydevil47

I like the story, at times predicable. I hate the ending.

5* - Beautiful. Thanks

This story was quite good. At 71 I have buried almost all of my family.

WOW! awesome story

Awesome. Just awesome @hooked. One of your very best, among many goodies.

Damn this pulls at the heart strings

I loved it!

Emotion piano.

Holy fuck this one hurt. Beautiful.

There's a reason you are on my favorite authors list. Easily 10*

I felt that ... and it hurt.

5*

Another story of great love that hit me right in the feels!! There aren't too many of those here that make that happen. Good work! 5 Stars

Excellent story. I'm normally a pessimist, but I loved this story.

Second reading and still avery sad story with a little bit of love in it.

Can't read this without ending up in tears.

Just a lovely story.

The MC wasted his life on a woman who used his love as a crutch.

No family, no children, no legacy, what a wasted life.

Forest Gump without the nuance or heroic overlay.

First off, what did this have to do with loving wives? Secondly, she used him his entire life. What a waste of a life.

2nd read... still the same 5-star love story.

Jerry Lewis was asked one day about his involvement in the MDA telethons, and his work with ttelethon,

His answer was succinct, and elegant: "...for those who understand, no explanation is necessary, for those who don't, no explanation will suffice."

Yes, this is a "Loving Wives" story, and a very good one.

Perfect.

Wow, very touching. The story was well written and believable, and left me in tears. I don't know that anything could have been done better.

Beautiful story

Easily one of the best

Depressing, and what a waste. I feel dirty in a bad way.

It should be in romance, but I'm glad it's not. I probably wouldn't have read it there, and this was a good'un

Hooked, you just keep getting better and better. Simply amazing...

Bugger..I have tears..

you write so many tearjerkers seems to make me think of many things in my life that have brought teas to my eyes. makes one wonder of all the sad things that happen to good people.

Why are you always trying to make me cry? I love that they found each other in the end even if their time as true lovers was short. This is like a soulmate story

Holy moley! That was an amazing story. Probably the author's best. Nice departure from the thr BTT or "burn the Traci" stories. Absolute 5 stars!

Patience, commitment to friendship and love.

Unusual story with serendipity.

Nice, well done.

The best I've read on Lit-n-LW so far ... n boy, do I luv to read!! Trust me, the relationship there was NOT surreal - I know what it is like - been there, done that n miss her!! Kudos, Hooked1957 - u did elicit me tearing up a bit, man!! Luv it - wish it could be more than 5*'s from my end!!

Ok it was a good story but damn why did you have to end it on a sad note

Wrung me out, again. Hell of a story. Thank you

Wow! What a love story!

Damnit, I'm not sure if that's a cheap shot ending or not, but cancer endings get me every damn time.

You seriously got this one perfect even with the most awful of endings. What a stunning love story. Thank you for making me cry. BardnotBard

4 stars - but waaaaaay too many people I know and care about have passed on from that disease.

Love Story. Lucky from an early age to find a 'Soulmate'. So rare.

Made me fucking cry.

5 Stars and Thanks for bringing tears to my eyes .

Very good story, every 5 stars well earned!

You carted / told this story very well... You made me laugh, smile and cry... All in the one story.

Keep the good work coming !

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Great read thanks! 5 stars.

What a cheap shot - good old cancer tearjerker. Almost never fails. Just as good as a kick to the crotch. Shoulda made it ovarian cancer, if you wanted a real waterfall...

I love your stuff, but this is an awesome departure from Traci. This is also one of the best pieces on this website. Brutally emotional. I know it’s just fiction, but I was heartbroken reading it. Tearful even. But Cat was right, worse case would have been to never have come together at all. 9 blessed years. His heart finally got what it wanted.but Julian thought it didn’t last long enough. But then there’s that spot she was saving for him.

Thank you for a great and terrible story. Several years ago I lost my best friend to colon cancer. I pray that we will have a cure for this horrible disease. Too many have been lost already.

Poignant and well-written. 5

Another hit outta the park! Thank you for sharing! J2

Awesome….

5stars m.⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

there is nothing that hurts more than knowing a loved one has terminal cancer and there is nothing you can do about it . every time i read one of these stories i remember my late daughters struggle . she was 30 years old . it will be 9 yrs in january .

Whoever's chopping onions, please stop.

Well done.

As I lost my brother-in-law to cancer this year this really hit home.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Fuckin allergies!

I'm not crying. You're crying dum dum.

Stupid story. 5 stars.

Wow! didn’t expect the ending. Glad they finally ended up together. 5 stars.

Whoever's chopping onions, please stop.

Sorry this comment was perfect I had to copy and paste.

Stunning. There wasn’t a dry eye on my face

Five well earned stars. I wish I could give more. True love, forever.

JPB

Thank you

Stupid fkin onions goddamnit

For some reason this thought experiment came to mind as I read the conclusion of this submission: I envision a parallel story in which the MC is a lesbian female who is hopelessly in love with her female best friend who, unfortunately for the MC, is sexually attracted to men. The friend marries but is betrayed by her husband leading to a divorce with no children involved. The friend subsequently develops a life threatening illness which the MC helps her to survive by devoting all of her free time to caring for the woman she loves. In the aftermath of her recovery, the friend realizes she has romantic and sexual feelings for the MC, and they eventually marry. Sadly, they only share a little less than 10 years of married life before the spouse develops another life threatening illness which this time proves fatal. Is this story just as sweet? Does it tug at your heartstrings just as strongly?

Maldito desgraciado..... Gracias por NO hacerme llorar

excellent once again, sure a lot of dust in the air.....................

Bastuird, now I can't see my screen, thanks

5 stars for a well written but very sad tale. DMW aka

Superb story, very touching.

A first read for me, this is very good! This and 'When One Door Closes . . ' are your two best. I've been fortunate to be into my 6th year since being listed as terminal with lung cancer. Thank you for your tale!

somewhere east of Omaha

I knew it! I fuckin knew it as soon as they married. It was either HIV or Cancer.

This poor guy has my kind of 10 years of happiness in the middle of a lifetime of disappointment. Tear jerker.

Very good... 5/5.

@thought experiment anonymous - yes, yes it does. It's a tear jerk scenario regardless of the genders involved m

5 Stars on bringing tears to my eyes .. Yes it was that good a Story . He got 10 years with the Women he Loved . I was only engaged to the Best Lady ever when She Passed away at the age of 19 . To Me he was one Lucky Guy

Sad! Oh, so sad BUT written very well! Full Marks 5

Sad, well written, funny, captivating, thank you.

Such a beautiful story of genuine love and the long and winding road these two were on.

Great story. I don’t cry anymore, but this bright screen sure does make my eyes water.

Well developed main characters and a highly emotional story. I should probably remember not to read these kinds of stories during allergy season. because those damn allergies make my eyes water.

Intense, deep, eternal love. Bravo!

Married 28 years and same ending. Wish I hadn't read this one. Great story but painful.

Good, poignant even.

Wow!! Brought tears! Thanks!! DerMtMan

This is a reminder that this author can really a write a great story when he puts his mind to it. I wish he’d quit churning out the copy and paste cheating wife stories he does so often

F…k man or respected lady - u made me cry at night. !!!

Thanks for sharing

Fucking dust.

Excellent. So sad but as Cat said, they had 9 good years as a couple and 40 plus years as best friends. Really liked the part where Julian first told Cat she was beautiful.

Onions? Dust? Allergies? Bright lights? Nope the reason I'm crying is because you wrote the perfect love tragedy and love story. Even second time around this made me tear up and I'm real good about letting people know that this bloke can shed a tear when it's appropriate. BardnotBard

A real tragedy. A boy, who was raised by both his own and his friend's mom to be henpecked wimp. He apologize for not doing anything wrong. To accept being slighted by his so called best friend when the mood hit her, to give without ever expecting anything back. It's not a beautiful relationship in the least, but absolutely unhealthy. And no dad, no brother, no uncle or male friend acted as a male role model.

Pining away for years and years instead of carrying on with his own life, raising children. The two MCs could still have stayed friends, you know? This whole lopsised relationship was more of an obsession from his side, not love. I'm glad that reality is different, that we are able to accept when feelings are not reprocicated and to move on.