All Comments on 'The Opposite of Love is...'

Cheating is a very destructive thing no matter which one does it, not a happy story but well written, thanks.

everything. She is just a slut that ruined herself, her marriage, and in a way her husband. Maybe she just needs to terminate herself she is so useless and uncaring for the hatred she heaped upon her husband by her actions.

One wonders how she and Chaz found themselves cheating if she felt so strongly about her husband. People who do not read literotica loving wives tales are always being surprised by the price of betrayal! They never evaluated the probable results.

You bet, there is a price for cheating. In this case, loneliness and regret. ML

very good, the way cheating spouses should be treated.

Short. Concise. Sad.<P>

Thanks for sharing.

Cheating and divorce are ugly and painful and sometimes takes years to get over the anger, pain and resentment.

Well written and to the point!!!

This short bittersweet story told me everything I needed to know from the beginning to end. Give us more of this wonderful writing." Thank You "

Flash stories are a lazy writers way of not having to do the work of developing characters and plot. As you indicate, just a scene. Unfortunate in that the scene is written quite well.

....This was an excellent snippet, flash or not.By Mcw's reasoning, a short story is just an excuse for a novelist not to develop their characters! Estupido!

nothing special about it, since nothing --- neither idea nor character --- is developed.

A snippet about feelings displayed and earned.<P>

Nice work Author.<P>

With High Regard

And it is true, in life. (Applicable to friendships as well as to romance.) The opposite of love is not hate; it's complete indifference.

-- KK in Texas

In a very short piece you were able to tell us all we need to know about these two people. Well Done. I disagree with the one comment that a flash story is a lazy way to write. I have written several stories myself and for me a "flash" story is very hard to do. It takes a lot of work to paint the entire picture in a few words. Like you work, please keep it up.

A painful exercise in regret. Or moving on.

No sympathy from me. She deserves his indifference.

I liked the story. A kind of which there is far too little of at times. It was realistic and poignant and reflected what happens to people AFTER the divorce. We fail to recognize that a divorce changes everyone involved no matter what the reason. The wife changes, the husband, even the kids.

Good effort!

OH, for those who don't get it...the Opposite of Love is not Hate. It is Indifference!

In a flash story, it is about the emotions. They are like a picture, they are worth a thousand words..... The emotions elicited by this quick story are extremely deep and poiniant. Great story!!!

The wife in this story has condemned herself to her own personal hell. I would have liked to hear why she trashed her marriage. Was it a slow death or quick and painful after the discovery of her betrayal?

I like your style. Thanks for sharing.

One thing that I usually comment on with most authors is that of grammar and style.

Things they get wrong. Continual mistakes they make.

I don't know who is doing your editing or if my grammar scanner is broken but I haven't read a single story yet (only three so far) where I've noticed a glaring mistake.

Short and sweet story.

I really did not want to feel sorry for her but I did. A bit more information on what she had done to end her marriage would probably have cured that.

Nice story from ex-wife view point.

Would like ex-husband's point of view.

Apparently ex-wife still have feelings for the ex-husband and is surprised at his lack of reaction to her date.

Seeing a cheating ex-wife realize that her husband moved on without her, in fact acting like she never existed, makes her humiliation complete. She still should have caught aids, however.

HA Ha ha

ego in the bedroom versus ego in the kitchen....TK U MLJ LV NV

Fun point of view and insight

I enjoyed it very much, thanks.

So much revealed in so few words - characters brought to life, emotions displayed and, above all, the only kind of revenge that is completely satisfying.

Interestingly this story points out that while cheaters cheat their spouses out of a marriage, they do the same to themselves and worse. They cheat themselves out of their honor, self respect, the respect of all who know them and the future that they had worked for years to obtain.

... I wish it could be true. But it is unlikely, cheaters blame others. It is never their fault.

Panther Fan.

Absolutely perfect.

you achieved your objective with this tale.

until they finally realize???????? TK U MLJ LV NV

She will have more regrets to come in her future. Harold will move on, she will not. She may continue to drift from man to man, but what kind of man would want a cheating wife? No man she could ever respect. If she tried to keep her past a secret, then that secret will be a wedge between them. Either way, she will always regret her actions if only for the selfish reason that it was bad for her, let alone Harold.

Five stars. Very well done.

Indifference. The indifference is destroying her. Stupid bitch.

Five Stars

Indefference is 1.000 times worst than hate...Well written

LIKE A PIG WITH WINGS...NEVER GONNA HAPPEN

no, i just cant stop thinking about her. no i miss her. no lets talk so we can reconnect. just fuck off. i love it.

Meaning that you still feel SOMETHING towards her. Nothing hurts more than indifference. It means that she is so small in your memory that she doesn't matter either way to you. It means that she matters so little that she cannot even evoke a simple emotion from you. The best vengeance anyone can reap on another, is to forget them completely, while they are still fixated on you!

Unless he's a total ass, most people wouldn't tell someone who had cooked for them that she wasn't a good cook. They might say, "it was a little over done for me," or something like that. He was doing fine at ACTING indifferent until that barb. Fortunately for him, she didn't catch his slip.

I have a child with my ex-wife and other than dealing with the child. She is a non factor in my life. I think about her as much as dust on my car. You wash it off and keep going. She married the guy she cheated with and the only thing I ever tell him is don't touch my son. One night he got drunk and put her ass in the hospital. Her mom call and asked could she stay with me, I said no and life went on. She asked if I could help her get an apartment. I said no, because it would take money out of my and my sons household. Then she went and tried to get custody back. It was a no go because she signed it away because of her husband. Now I'm married and we have a 5 member family and she has nothing. She just doesn't exist.

I'm sure your son will thank you when he's older.

The opposite of love is not the hate but the neutrality. Her exhusband reached the neutrality now and he was honest at the end. She did not reach the neutrality so his neutrality was a very good ROMANTIC REVENGE SITUATION!

Duna

bill...

I do agree with duna's comments regarding neutrality.

I have GF's to be up set that I have ignored them in public. Some how after they have cheated or end the relationshipbetween us as it was them that had changed. Only to see them teo weeks later with a new man, strange that !

I always believe best revenge is a life well lived and that's what i did. Ended up marring a lovely woman, made enough money to be comfortable. I know some of my ex GF's are in rented accommodation as their financial situation due to their partners did not work out that well for them, ha, ha, lol

Good one

I liked the fact that he was able to just go on with his life. I'm sure he still felt something for his wife, but after being betrayed by her cheating, he had a choice of crying and pissing and moaning or sucking it up and going on with his life. Nothing to be gained from crying all the time. He did nothing wrong, if we can believe the clues from the story so why should he show he is weak and dwell on his loss? Ego is not a character flaw, it is in fact a sense of self and self worth. We all have it and the only people who don't want men to have a good sense of self worth are psychologists and the women who are trying to manipulate them. Thanks for sharing your story.

Short, but very definitive of how divorced parties can react towards each other after the divorce had been final for a period of time.

Sometimes we don't see the best things in plain sight until they are gone and then we reflect on how we squandered them!

I wish more authors would follow this theme. The real test of moving on is indifferance to your ex. What they are doing, where they are going, who they are seeing should be immaterial to you. Never ask the kids about her. If you are brought together at family events be polite but avoid conversation. When she realizes she elicited no emotional response from you she'll understand that she is in the past and no longer relevant in your life.

Thought this was really good. The woman wasn't so self centered and the male wasn't wimpy and moping around. Showed how actions have consequences and change people. Nice story.

Publish flash stories. Longer pls (that’s what she said at the Bell Picnic lol)

Very cool to see the perspective of the cheater instead of the cheated, this time around.

You never felt sorry for the girl, though, and end up loving the fact her ex completely moved on from her - a sad rarity in those type of stories.

Wish that most married sluts that got dumped felt at least half of the pain this one seems to be going through...

Very nice. Very, very nice.

Another good story,.showing a great deal of what life must be.like after divorce.

We had been married for over thirty years when my wife in not a nice way asked me to leave, She didn't want me around her anymore. I asked her to give me at least a chance to find somewhere to live since I didn't have that much money to my name. Wow!! When I told my manager at work what had happened that day. he says. "Hold on I think I can help you." Well that day he found me a one bedroom house through one of his friends. It was fifty miles away from where I used to live with my wife. Yes I had been commuting fifty miles everyday for thirteen years. Wow!! Word spread around like wildfire, before you know it I was dating most every night taking a different girl home for the night. I never failed in sending my wife a check every week to cover bills and some extra for her and my daughter. About two months later my wife started showing up at work, taking me coffee and cookies or a sandwich, she had gone on a diet and lost over twenty pounds. then she started inviting me over because as she said it. My daughter missed me. Long story short. we got back together again. She never went back to whom she had been before. She died the year we celebrated our fourty fifth anniversary.

Move on get along little doggie

5*

I haven't seen mine in over 30 years, I probably wouldn't even recognize her so I wouldn't have to ignore her either. Although I wouldn't mind getting reaquainted with some of her old coworkers. Signed: BTW

Still an ex excellent story about the aftermath of divorce.

You made the date clearly the most shallow of the three characters. That really was excellent!

I wonder about Harold... It's a cold hearted man that can tell his ex, with whom he shared 5 year, "You don't exist." She carved a big hole in that man's heart and he needs help.

I wish there was a way to give this MORE stars.

the opposite of love isn't hate. It's indifference and this guy proved that.

But what was funny was the fact that she couldn't remember the name of her date and it's just as well, he didn't deserve it.

"I wanted to spare your feelings while we were married. Now, well, I really am being honest. You weren't that good." "Damn you Harold. You had to take that away from me as well?" Nothing like what you took from him. Signed: BTW

Dont know how I missed this mini masterpiece until now. 5 full stars.

I hope this made it into a larger part of one of your stories.

Want the best BTB, indifference. Kill the memories, the feeling, she was just a stranger, your kid was just a stranger, your in laws, your friend, escape the realities you created yourself and enter the new ones, you think people care what you are doing or thinking? There's only one best feeling in the world, seeing the suffering of the person under your machination

The value of Women is way too overrated in society. There was a time, when men had to “ earn” being between their legs. Obviously, procreation was not treated lightly. You want a woman, you marry her. So modern science now has created solutions to the problem. You procreate, but can control if and when, you have a child. This was supposed to give women control over their bodies, and freedom. What I actually see, is women giving it up for nothing. Their sex no longer has any value. There is no reason, for a young man to get married. There are more divorced women 45-55, than Oriental Carp, in the Illinois river. Once what ever beauty they have fades, and age creeps up, they are destined to live out life alone. How sad, how poetic.

It was a sad story that reflected that in the end they both lost. Her affair may have been the spark that destroyed a five year marriage but in the end they both lost the love they once shared.

Very good. MGTOW is gaining in popularity at the same rate marriage rates are decreasing. Women have ruined it and it no longer makes sense monetarily, emotionally nor societally for men to walk the aisle. Modern society rules have taught many young men how to be entirely out of touch with their own feelings. Their children are not even theirs as men have zero rights and zero decision power in matters of dispute or paternity. Why do fems fight and lobby so hard against making in hospital paternity tests as part of the full standard suite of services at birth? The answer is obvious when you consider in most states men have limited time window in which to question, before accepting all financial responsibility for t he child in question.

Well done!!!

Sorry Drgng this is sheer idiocy "Women have ruined it and it no longer makes sense monetarily, emotionally nor societally for men to walk the aisle."

Try and check your misogyny before you post. Cons are such fragile little snowflakes when it comes to women, seems they really feel threatened these days. Find that safe space kid.

I don't get this woman at all. Woman cheats. Now she is angry when he shuts off. Where is it said or written that the victim must be heartbroken? Also why is it his responsibility to care? It reads like she is an attention whore, and he is getting "revenge' by moving on with his life. Best "get even plan" is to live a good life. No fuss, no muss just apathy. BTRH

Nice little story. 5*'s. While her actions at the restaurant are understandable, so are his. She cheated, he responded with divorce. Now she is sorry and he has responded with indifference. She wants him back by trying to get him jealous, he doesn't seem to notice. She reminds him of the good times, (pasta), he responds with the truth that it wasn't that good and he doesn't miss it. She has no more cards to play. He will find others to satisfy his needs. She may not. For such a short story, so much more is dealt with. Thanks.

Ha ha! Good little story. As has been mentioned, the difference between men and women, are their thought processes. She cuts him out of her life emotionally, then physically. But for some unknown reason only a woman can understand, it’s important to her, that he still misses her. Here is a news flash. Guys get divorced. They either allow themselves to wallow in pity, or they move on. Woman like to constantly second guess everything. Men make a decision, follow through on it, and accept the consequences. That’s life ladies. Deal with it.

My ex girlfriend found out ,after five years apart, that I moved two states away. She was shocked and hurt. Strange thinking

Very short but self contained.

Bill S.

one great alternative story for a BTB story

I’ve read that the true opposite of love IS indeference .

Bill S.

True but still very sad

For some reason. Folks don't seem to understand. That there is a cost for every action, decision that is made.

Con la pasta no, no bromee

Frankly my dear, he just doesn’t give a damn.

A perfect portrait of remorse

I was once foolishly involved with a woman who refused to commit to me but insisted that I be committed to her. I wanted us to be an item but she was adamant that it wasn't going down like that but she would freak out at the merest hint of me getting close to any other woman. Go figure. When I finally wised up and banished her from my life she went into meltdown but I stuck to my guns and relieved myself of some of the most serious stress I've ever experienced.