All Comments on 'The Story of Cadence and I'

Cadence was a fool and naïve and perhaps a touch delusional. I truly don’t think she set out to cheat. But being a passionate woman, she was going to react to intimate stimulation. Alls well that ends well, but she realized her actions and good came of this fight. It’s a good story, if a bit long.

A better story than what l thought the first time l read it. I enjoyed it a lot more

I rescored it 4/5 from 3/5

Not your usual fare. Have you been taken over by an alien?

Good story but the blame game at the end with Felicity and his wife saying her was not supportive, despite their prior agreements was vexing. Not to mention the husband took and inordinate amount of time to confess that he saw them during the first rehearsal where she was over the top. Look Cadence was stupid. She was clearly infatuated with her role and with Nigel and they used that to imply she was cheating and the simulated sex was real. Them ahe ran to her husband when things blew up. But somehow it is his fault? Ok some of his word choices were poor (e.g. "I forbid") but she was clearly besotted with Nigel for a time, something that only changed when she woke up to him and the director being absolute pricks. Then it is up to the husband to set things right and save their reputation. But then the blame switch afterwards. While he may not be the most tolerant husband, what was he supposed to do, especially when she lied about the first rehearsal and he knew she was lying. So yeah Cadence didn't cheat, but she was really quite vapid. And the blame.ping pong got annoying. Still 5 stars. Author writes the best stories when.no actual cheating happens. Disrespect or bad judgment? Yes. But not cheating. Otherwise the author has really issues processing actual cheating and its ramifications and breach of trust, instead spinning it as "male ego".

Far better than this author's usual submissions fo I had to give it a 4

"...the disillusionment of our marriage." What does that mean? Did you perhaps, mean, "the dissolution of our marriage."

Terrible. hesw hould have divorced her in page 1- Zero stars

Good story, I still agree with doctrpt Cadence really did "think with the little head, not the big one". All in all, great wrap, thank you.

Anonymous7 months ago

OMG.

Could there possibly be any woman as stupid and moronic as Cadence in modern history?

This author doesn't do modern women any favors painting them as lead characters this clueless.

the author writes so well that it is impossible to think that the wife's stupidity is a narrative device, it would be an insult to his skill as a writer.

the only conclusion I come to is that, after reading his stories, he simply doesn't understand how men and women think/act.

He had nothing to apologize for....she was a shew in that moment and clearly put herself ahead of all considerations, including fidelity. Typical for your works, though...have you ever written a strong male character without shaming him down and crushing his fortitude?

So all of sudden at the end of the story, all the behavior that hubby was objecting to is now okay? Doesn't this nullify the whole story?

"Of course, the kissing scenes hurt a little. Watching them kiss, and it was a steamy kiss, filled me with trepidation."

"It took a couple of rehearsals before I could bring myself to ask. "Good kisser, is he?"

"Hhhhmmm, very good actually." She giggled sexily."

'We talk and joke about love scenes she acted in."

Not just kissing but joking about love scenes... It seems she graduated, and he turned in his man card. Much ado about nothing, indeed. Why did I waste my time reading this?

I mean this was ok plot wise. It was nicely written too. Regarding characters, I didn't like the husband all that much. He was a bit too one dimensional in a way that his world view was the only world view he could accept, nobody else could be right or have a different opinion on the subject. I thought that the plot was going to go in a different direction where he would push the wife into "getting back at him" by cheating with Nigel. The wife was just gualble. I guess that's the problem with these characters from small villages. See what I did there?

Once again a very well written story with the exceptions of a somewhat stupid/moronic female MC and very unfortunately once a male lead the author seems determined to paint as a wimp. Going back to the scene outside the he pub, Nigel and Harry would have lost the ability to chew solid food and move without assistance for a couple of weeks.

OMG.

Could there possibly be any woman as stupid and moronic as Cadence in modern history?

This author doesn't do modern women any favors painting them as lead characters this clueless.

As always excellent dialogue just far too

much of it

Oh look, just another misandrist tale from cgurl. Who could have guessed??

I didn't score this because this author is such a mixed bag. She/he writes very well, excellent dialogue, well plotted story. But so many stories involve the woman doing something outrageously over the top wrong, like fucking a rock star for weeks and having it turn into a story for the national press which humiliates her, her children and her husband, see My Wife and the Singer. Then as the wife acknowledges that maybe she showed some bad judgment BUT hubby just was too jealous, too staid, too whatever and hubby ends up apologizing and finding bliss by accepting much if not all of the blame for wifey's bad behavior.

This shifting of blame as a device to spread the responsibility for the woman's actions has become a worne out trope for this writer. So in this story, right from the start, the husband/narrator tells us that his wife loves being part of the local theater group but that they both agreed from the time she started that she would never take a role in which she would kiss a male actor. He explains the reasoning that they agreed that the risk of such contact creating a damaging intimacy with another man was just not worth the damage it could cause. So then, what happens here. Minor actor/celebrity rolls into town and she goes groupie crazy for him. Husband objects, even raises the agreement about not kissing and she blows husband off. Then he sees her kissing the actor in rehearsal and getting into it, reacting in a way that he recognizes that she s not just acting, and he doesn't tell her that he witnessed her genuinely passionate intimate sexual response to Nigel's kiss? Why not? Just not believable. Later everything goes off the rails; videos of allegedly simulated sex including ones that seem very realistic are circulating, she is frantic but after hubby stands by her, handles the problems, gets revenge, gets her re-involved in the community, Cadence withdraws from him because he was just too demanding and over the top when she insisted on taking a role that led to her public humiliation? Maddening for the reader.

So anyway, read it or not as you choose. For me, well written, but I don't like it. So if forced to score it, I would have given a 2** for the writing but I didn't like the outcome of the story at all.

Why does this stupid transsexual mentally mixed up writer try to Perry’s males in such a negative fashion? I understand god gave u a penis and a female brain…that’s not our fault right? I know I hated every single minute u lived in A man’s body.. again it’s not the men’s fault!! So wtf do u take out ur angst on the male species?? If u are so desperate..go suck some cock u stupid tranny!

This author is truly amazing.

If the wife is stupid, it's her husband's fault.

If the woman is selfish it is because of her husband.

He would surely have to stop breathing, he must also be responsible for climate change.

What a surprise: the slutty wife blames the husband for everything and the spineless wimp weeps instead of walking away from the trash. Same thing every time, nothing more than a cuckold story where the wife always wins. Horrible stuff written by a man that hates men, especially himself. Sad, I pity the author.

And for the record when she finally accepted the role and given all that had happened and all the husband perceived, was there any way a man with any self respect left who would not leave the house and threaten separation? The author backs the MC into a corner, has the wife act irrationally and then at the end blames the husband, when he had no real option to effect a better outcome due to the wife's obsession for Nigel and the play.

Interesting story but a lot of inconsistencies. The wife is clearly into Nigel making out and kissing in the first rehearsal and in the video in the dressing room. But later she admits he is a terrible kisser with too much tongue. Ok maybe chalk that up to the excitement factor and being in a racy play. But then that shows she was basically obsessed and the excitement was overriding her judgment. So by the end it is the husband's fault for nit being supportive and not trusting her? Really? We are to believe that things would not have gone farther if he had instead embraced her role? Remember there are a couple of key dialogs where she cannot look at her husband. Not saying she is a cheater but he was getting swept up in the gray boundaries netween romance and acting. So maybe better word choice but again what was the husband supposed to do. She manipulated, lied, and did what she wanted anyways. He only left the house once she had lost control of the situation. Maybe he should have been less worried about what the audience would perceive but what she appeared to be wanting to do. I thought the talk with Felicity and then subsequently with his wife was not fair or consistent with logic.

Good story,very enjoyable,the ending was not a forgone conclusion nor guessed.These real life scenarios separate your writing from others.The actions,decisions and reactions to them are realistic,normal life.The only thing I disagree with is you making the hard feeling between them end up his fault.That was a mistake.As you presented the play, a husband would not even agreed to a wife going anywhere near the theater thinking it would be ok to take the part. If she insisted,I would have had the divorce papers already prepared to hand her before she left to rehearsal and left the choice to her....5 stars...JZK

5*. Readable story. I guess I don’t understand how it was the husband’s fault. He was correct all along. If he had “supported” his wife in the original play, it would have ended in disaster.

Weird. At the 3nd it was the husband's fault? Exactly how was he supposed to act? Maybe some word choices were poor. But she clearly disrespected her husband and fell under the emotional sway and seduction of Nigel. So if he said go ahead, I support you 100%, the wife would have backed off or not been into the rehearsals (and private rehearsal) with Nigel, let alone the actual play running? Again he probably made some bad word choice like "forbid" and about the reputation, but Harry and Nigel were going to play up the cheating and simulated sex part to the hilt. So for the author who wrote this, what exactly do they think the MC should have said or done at the beginning that would have not ended up with a colossal mess anyways? Is the suggestion that the husband pushed his wife to accept the advances of Nigel? The video and the first rehearsal kiss don't lie. She was into Nigegl.big time. I am just curious what would have been a proper way for the husband to act at the beginning.

I gave a 4

No way a husband that reacts so strong at the first can them go along with more several acts on many other plays

I think what tanked this for me was the insane emotional flip flopping.

Narcissistic, disrespectful wife, cheating on husband, husband gets mad, wife gets humiliated and apologizes to husband.

But then... It's all the husband's fault? It felt like mental whiplash going from her sobbing and pleasing and apologizing to resentful and angry overnight. It made very little, to no sense.

I guess it's supposed to be like.. a moral lesson or something? But it feels more like a "hey if your wife cheats, disregards your feelings, disrespects you, goes behind your back being dishonest, you should be more supportive, ya ape!"

Definitely a blunder at the finish line.

It’s awfully hard to derail a starstruck bride . Even your wife. The story does a nice job of exploring the delicate balance between being starstruck and sane. Good story.

Ed

Didn't like the lack of respect she had for her husband and his concerns. Didn't like his muleheaded approach to the problem. A real lack of communication. At least they didn't divorce. Thought he might sue Harry and Nigel for the doctored videos but that's another story. Sorry that Harry didn't have an accident and get his ass stomped. That would have been good. 3 stars

Most of your stories aren't bad but I hate it when the character that was right through the whole story ends up looking like they where wrong at the end. It damages the storie as a whole.

Don't worry about anyone taking offence to the so called "homophobic" part as some might say. It's your story and there is nothing wrong with being homophobic. You don't have to agree with someone's sexual preferences. LGBTQ don't hold back talking bad about straight people so it's only fair. Cancel culture and critical race theory can eat a🍌. We are all human. One day we will act that way....

Anyway, politics aside, keep up the good work😎

Good, promising story that got a crap ending. The homophobic "resolution" is cheap, disgusting and lacks credibility and the suggestion that the husband was somehow at fault manifestly absurd.

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An entertaining tale about the rise of the Taliban in rural Dorset and it's one man jihad against a rather racy play.

I'm sure men like Roger exist I just hope I never meet them.

LA

Your writing always brings out such strong emotions, the proof is in the many comments you receive. I hope as a writer you take that as a great compliment, if I could write, and get this many readers ( 110 comments as of this post ) to love my story, or hate my story, I would feel successful. Thank you for your effort. KS

. Editing on this story is about the best I have seen for Cagivagurl. Correct usage of "to lie" (past tense "lay") versus "to lay" (past tense "laid") is always a surprise on this site, so congratulations! However, incorrect usage of "to/too/two" is so complete here, even "two" is written as "to". Also, a simple "to versus too" search on the internet will provide instruction on proper usage. Finally, I suggest a search of the "possessive apostrophe" as well - this is universally wrong here and quite confusing.

. Am I a grammar fanatic? No, I just find these errors interrupt the smooth flow of reading an otherwise enjoyable story. That , in turn, reduces the enjoyment the reader experiences. I work on the assumption growing authors "want to know."

. For the record, Cagivagurl's (note proper usage of the possessive apostrophe) grammar and punctuation ranges from average in other stories, to above average for this tome, compared to the standard Lit author. Oh, and BTW, I enjoy reading this author's (there it is again) stuff.

. Keep 'em comin'.

Wonderful Story, please write more such stories in loving wife category without infidelity. Such stories should have jealousy, suspicion, trust issues etc as theme

@DDAY55

-"If they don’t like the stories why read them?"

How would anyone the like the story before reading them?

Are you stupid?

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@Legio_Patria_Nostra

It doesn't matter how well the writer wrote, if the plot and premise is shit the whole story sucks either way.

And can you point to where I can get my 15 minutes back, please?

-ANON & Associates

Let me see if I've got this straight. The wife ignores their agreement about her acting. She then proceeds to humiliate him and his daughter in front of the whole village but in the end it's all the husband's fault. Yeah right, got it.

Anon didn't bother. OK that was funny.

Very well written story with a great plot...till the end. If she still thinks he's the problem, cut her loose. Probably should have cut her loose after watching the first kissing but whatever. Most of the story I was thinking this female author is doing a helluva job of writing from the male perspective...but then no. Blew it at the end. He supported the hell out of her till she went star struck skank on him so don't play that BS female card. Write what you know I guess. Good score but not a five.

The husband accepting blame for not being supportive is as unsatisfactory as the husband accepting his wife's adultery in Richard Gerald's "Another Love". Please consider letting (encouraging) other authors provide alternate endings.

As always, your stories flow with a keen certainty, finding their own way like a great river. You throw in enough little machinations, happenings and variables to keep us guessing and turning the pages! This one is no exception!

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As for SOME of the 'ANON & Associates', oh ye of the perpetually pissed off and angry, please understand that Literotica will DOUBLE refund your money if you really hate the free stories.

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Thanks for the great story. As always, ma'am, 5/5!! I can't wait for the next one!!!

swedishreader1 You'd like to think people involved in PR and marketing would not make such a catastrophic mistake.

But they do. Like the UK marketing company that lost many clients with their Easter card mailing to clients one year. A piece of stiff card to which were Sellotaped four long nails. On the card was printed "DIY Crucifixion Kit."

And Gerald Ratner wiped much of his business away by declaring that the only reason products sold by his family jewellery company (founded in 1905) was so cheap was because it was crap.

I really enjoyed this! Well done. I'm off now to read your other posts. One tiny thing. I get annoyed when Americans - usually Americans - write piss ant. It's actually a French word, one word, pissant. Google it; you'll get the meaning. And thank you for a great tale.

I'm only going to comment on the "well written" claims, including by some of my favorite authors, which led me to re-read the story in case I had missed something. I don't think I have, and though you have the basis for a good story here, I don't think this was particularly well written.

The main problem is that essentially nothing happens of any significance between halfway through page 1 and halfway through page 5. It just loops, like the background of a cartoon, with the main characters repeating "I want to/am going to do it!" and "I don't want you to/I forbid you" ad nauseam. There's no forward motion for literally half the story. Then, from page 5.5 to 7.5, it's similarly just looping "OMG I made a mistake, how can we get out of it?". The only actual character development, what little there is, is shoehorned into the very end.

You've shown you can write very well. It might be worth while taking another look at this and seeing what you can do.

Dear Anon, "angry old men" don't like wimpy cucks like the husband portrayed in this story.

I think I agree with swedishreader1. No need to say she was going to screw him on stage. Just say it could never happen because he was gay. That said, writing a story is sort of organic. Maybe you don't really know what happens until it does.

It was a decent story and well written.

The one massive plot hole that spoiled it was the fact Nigel and Harry in any reality would never have claimed that the sex would have been real or was going to be

The fact is she was married, in England that would have gone down like a lead balloon attached to an anvil.

There is no way people so heavily involved in public relations would.make such a catastrophic PR mistake.

Anon of "Didn't bother reading",

you are absolutely correct.

I want my time back.

I can't believe you made the husband take part of the blame at the end just because the wife was feeling resentful that he was completely and utterly right about what would happen. For fucks sake, she almost wrecks the marriage and then leaves him to pick up the pieces and fix it while she mopes around the house. She has agency while infatuated with Nigel and fights Roger on starring in the play, yet when it comes to getting herself out of trouble and earning the reconciliation she's like a whiny child expecting others to clean up her mess.

She even accuses him of throwing her under the bus when she did that herself, against the wishes and will of her family, friends and most of the theater group.

The ending just paints both the husband and wife as so small and weak. Where did that strong will and passion in the wife disappear to? Those traits displayed in her in the first half of the story could have been utilized excellently in having her deal with Nigel and Harry and rebuilding the marriage. And similarly, where did Rogers goal of holding his wife accountable for her choices and actions go? He's firm before the damage is done, yet crumbles immediately after and acts like it was his choices that lead to the disastrous outcome.

This was a great story. All the angry old men can make your comments, but the writers who commented know how good this author is.

It was good shows how married react to pressure from outside forces. The writing was good and it was a very believable story.

Good story!

5

Cadence agreed to not do any parts with involved kissing or sex before she started acting and wanted to change the terms because she was star struck and became completely self centered. Rodger warned the town would gossip and laugh at them and he was proven correct after the first rehearsal.

Rodger definitely should have brought Diana along. While that would make the marriage worse, it might have helped Diana understand why her father was against it before she saw videos of her mother kissing and being fondled by Nigel.

Rodger should have served her with divorce papers the second time she brought Nigel to their house to pressure him into being part of the play.

It might have made her stop to think about what was really important in life before ruining it.

Turning Rodger into basically an apologetic simp with him encouraging his wife to do the very thing that started all of their problems made me lose all respect for the character.

Well I remember a story in which the girl is refusing to marry and her mom is trying to get her to change her mind… it goes like this..

‘ dear.. u r an ambitious girl and will be very successful in life! On the way up there will definately be times when u will be frustrated and need to blame someone for your failures..! That’s why u need a husband!…

I guess Cagiva sticks to this principle !

wimp

Very well written but I agree with some of the comments about the author being stuck in a certain story telling mood. Wife being a slut and making the husband out to be the bad guy. I get the main story line but not all woman are that dumb. Some yes but not to that degree.

LOL. These BTB crowds are a bunch of stupid clowns. Despite the author's clear depiction of the MC's positions, these clowns could still come out with comments like, "cuckold" and "have the kids DNA taken". Obviously, they were expecting Cadence to get fucked by Nigel, but unfortunately, it didn't happen, and so they would have to resort to making assumption based on their frame of minds--crazy conspiracy theories. Perhaps, these BTB extremists had already been infiltrated by Qanon. LOL!

Interesting and well done. I’m trying not to be a Neanderthal, but I struggled a bit at the end with Roger’s acceptance of some of the blame. It seems to me that they forced each other into a corner, but then the question becomes “which was wrong to do so?” Events seem to have proved the husband basically correct about the situation and, for my money, either partner in a marriage who pursues something that threatens the marriage is the primary one at fault—and I would think the same about a husband who blew off his wife’s concerns about his similar role in a play or about questionable closeness with his secretary.

What an odd concept of "support," allowing, acquiescing, even ignoring your spouse while he or she does something demeaning, cheap, embarrassing, and in the end clumsy and crude. A sex scene is what an author uses to get attention when he or she has no better wit and talent. While there are numerous examples, Pride And Prejudice has several aspects of lust and promiscuity, but the author was able to execute a rather well received story without describing penises and vaginas in action. Cadence was abandoning her morals, ethics, and betraying her family through self indulgence and obvious lust, and a complete lack of common decency. Its great that their daughter was able to be properly raised before her mother succumbed to mid-life vanity and stupidity. Nigel deserves an upgrade to a smarter and more intelligent woman. If Candace cannot rise to the challenge I hope he replaces her.

Thanks for the effort.

Almost always superb. Thanks for your offering.

Very detailed story about two hard heads not hearing and caring for each oother.

Liked the story and the writing. The ending was weak. How could she blame the Husband for her foolishness ? Sorry, makes no sense

Same plot different characters. Is this therapy somehow for the writter? Same story in different packages over and over.

Up until about half way through your story I was thinking 4* but the story writing improved as it went along. I will say that our basic story line has been covered almost verbatim by at least one other story I read in LW. I'm not implying you plagiarized, only that there is significant overlap with another author (unless it's one of your earlier works?) somewhere on the site. (I've read literally hundreds of stories in LW in the past year, so I can't give you more specifics.) What I can say is the story felt "real", was believable and well written. Anytime I see one of Randi's proteges, I'll always read it regardless of the score showing. Enough drivel - well done an a solid 5*!

This is a very interesting and well-written story.

And yes, stuff like this DOES happen in amateur theatre groups. The stories I could tell! Hang on! I don't want to throw any plots away!

Has an intriguing set-up, but the development is limply structured : pages of repetitive arguments between husband and wife while daughter weeps. Arguments aren't dramatic (unless written by George Bernard Shaw or Tom Stoppard). Story needed more incident.

They had rules. He was right to be jealous. She was a stupid cow...easily led astray.

All I couldn't believe was that he didn't actually say "I told you so you stupid bitch."

This author seems to have s theme. Wife has some compelling reason or justification to get with another man...husband gets jealous. They almost divorce. Stay together with a lot of drama...and in the end the story somehow turns so that the husband gets the fault and blame for his normal reaction to having a stupid cheating slut for a wife. And then he has to apologize...sometimes publically and profusely. In order to get the cheater back because geez he used the word "forbid" or gave her an ultimatum. When everyone in the entire story could see she was making a HUGE mistake. Even her best friend. And her daughter. But after all...he's a man. So it has to be his fault.

That's the pattern with this author. I gave it 3 stars. Decent writing. Decent story. But just know all her stories are gonna kinda be like this. Wife knowingly acts like a slut. Story is written with difficult situation...that some how makes her have to cheat in some way. And then it's the husband's fault because he reacts at not wanting to be an accepting cuckold of the situation.

Glad I skipped to the comments before I spent that much time reading 8 pages.

Usually anything over a few pages turns into a worthless mess so I always head to the comments first.

Cagiva, you are one of my favorite current writers. A couple of points. This story could have been just as good if it was shorter, which I would have preferred. Also, I disagree with your comment "Can a marriage survive vicious rumors." There were more than rumors causing problems. The wife was stubborn, lied about the meeting, and went over the top for the actor. However, hubby was not without blame himself. He was arrogant and acted like he was a dictator, which probably contributed to wife's behavior. 4.5*

anon.1

More drivel by this one-dimensional writer. Zzzzzzzzzzz...............

So to recap the wife nearly destroyed her marriage once by being a lying cheating whore

and then nearly destroyed it a second time by being upset that her husband didn't support her in being a lying cheating whore?

It was a great story until the last page.

Not a bad story, except that the conversations are too repetitive, and that puts a bit of a burden on the reader. What I found really disconcerting is that there is a grammatical error in the title! You surely would not say: "The story of I and Cadence"!!

Well, Well Done! THANKS

You're a decent writer, but it's impossible to ignore your obvious misandry. We get it: you hate all cisgender humans born with penises. If you're not feminizing them, you're cuckolding them and rubbing their noses in it. It's just so pedestrian and shallow. Might I recommend working on your self-awareness?

Really you made him out to be the bad guy even tho he said many times I do support you just not on this and with the video would’ve been used in divorce to prove cheating and why I should get custody of minor child while mom being a whore lucky fucker it’s in Britain because here in the states we got Sam Colt the equalizer and bothe nigy and harry would have a verry short life hope the x liked porn cause all she be Abe to do after destroy her

3 stars from me and no more. As demander correctly points out, the title should be "Cadence and ME", not "I". Then I agree with waratah that you have the same conversation between husband and wife 14 times!?! I mean, come on--14 times!?! We readers got the point after the first couple of times -- you didn't need to smack us in the head 12 more times that the wife wanted to do the show and the husband didn't want her to do it. And lastly, the 'effected' near the end was a grammatical slap to the face when the correct word was 'affected'. You can obviously write, and you handle dialogue pretty well, but you don't need to keep having the exact same conversation over and over and you are wont to do in your tales. Oh, one final point--this is supposed to be erotica, so please have some semblance of hot sex in your stories to charge us up because that's why we are here. Good luck in your future!

well written ,, good story , thanks for sharing ,

Nicely written. Believable characters.

I do have to agree with Cay that Roger appeared to be a "a jealous insecure rude man." through most of the story. His transition near the end to a supportive, loving husband was a bit hard to process. Still. well done.

Let's see:

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Wife does bad things, but, according to the author, for a "good" reason? Check.

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Husband loves her so much he tolerates being constantly humiliated and hurt by her actions? Check.

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Wife doesn't really understand why husband responds so negatively to her behavior? Check.

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Everything would have been fine IF the husband hadn't been such a fascist pig? Check.

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Yup. Just another formulaic, oblivious-wife-tortures-husband-without-regret, cuckold story from Cagivagurl

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You should have the template perfected by now. The only variables would be things like, names and professions, the degree of sluttiness in the wife, and, of course, how much pain the unappreciative, pigheaded, wuss-of-a-husband will tolerate.

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The end comes with either a divorce (which confuses the simpleton wife because she doesn't know how she could have done anything differently), or the pansy husband lets her do whatever she wants and accepts the blame for all the trials and tribulations endured. Well, actually, your husbands are always blamed, divorce or not.

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With you template now complete, you should be able to crank out codswallop like this every 3 or 4 days. Congratulations.

That was appalling. Far too long too.

One of your worst by far

Well written. I enjoyed it until the end, where you seemed to suffer an attack of balance fallacy. The husband and wife had an established agreement about her participation in the theater. No roles with kissing (or other intimate scenes, it is assumed). She broke that rule, gaslighted him into thinking she was going to abide by the agreement and ultimately broke her word to participate in the play. Based on the agreement, he was well within his rights to refuse to agree to her being in the production. She was already cheating, almost from the git go, although it was an emotional affair at first. So she lied, disregarded her previous promises to her husband, disrespected him, and in general treated him as an enemy rather than her partner, and in the end, it's partly his fault? And then she gets to go ahead and break her original agreement anyway (the no kissing parts rule)? They are your characters, but I don't see the husband's actions as being consistent throughout the story. His acquiescence to her acting ambitions at the end ring hollow and him taking blame for trying to stand up for their marriage (as they both originally agreed to) was annoying (at best).

That being said, it's a well written piece and I appreciate your posting it.

Glad Roger pulled his head out of his ass at the end. The fastest way to get your wkoi to do something is telling her you forbid it.

Have previously commented but was just musing on something else. Roger should have insisted that their daughter Diana attend all of the rehearsals and performances. If Cadence was not agreeable to this then her performances would obviously not been suitable for young eyes. If your public actions are unsuitable in front of your own children, maybe you should reconsider what it is you are doing?

So this whole torrid tale is really due to Cadence's vanity and lack of respect for her husband. It also involves her desire to break a standing agreement with her husband which heretofore had protected their marriage. She paints her husband with a poor light for his refusal to agree to her rebellious attitude involving the on stage kissing. And if the kissing was not a contentious enough line for her to cross, she knew Roger was extremely unhappy about the near nudity and simulated sex scenes the play called for. DUH! What husband would be happy about his wife being showcased like this, even in a small town production? This is a major cause for marriages in the acting professions. The nonacting spouses can't wrap their heads around what happens on stage/screen. Not to speak of the off stage/screen shenanigans that take place. Cadence bears the lion's share of the responsibility for HER fiasco. She undermined Roger's responsibilities and authority as head of household, often going behind his back by playing mind games with him inviting Nigel over for meals or chats! And yes, Roger is head of household! Roger is the primary income earner. Roger owns his own business. Roger has many legal and implied responsibilities which fall to him. In the eyes of the village they would have held him accountable for his own actions as well as those of his wife and children. Cadence can get all moany about Roger "forbidding" her from doing something stupid. BUT in the end, Cadence's stupidity would come home to roost with Roger. Roger would have paid a price way beyond what would have been fair to him.

If 26thcuck likes it you know your writing is shit!! Anything 26thNCuck likes I give it to 1*.

ok finished it i see hat ppl are saying about the end. just doesnt seem like it was from the same story. this felt very weird coming from cag just doesnt feel like her/his work. swear i looked at the name a few times to make sure i wasnt seeing things lol.

Stupid drivel

A really well-told story. I liked that very much. In terms of content, however, I cannot agree with your statement. The protagonists had a clear agreement that she would not play roles in which people kissed. So why should he be the "bad guy" for insisting that she keep the deal? 5/5!!!

this author's transmission is still stuck in first gear.. always a stubborn wife forcing a cuckold situation down the throat of her loving husband and in the end making him apologize for being a man..

ew that was yucky his wife became his daughter. if a spouse needs a babysitter its time to divorce and move on. if a 40 year old acts like that get dna done on ur kids. she is too dumb not to have cheated (probably by accident) before this

Fairly common plot, but well done. It still seems like a story of a stupid couple -- a husband who is a bit possessive and cannot explain his feelings as opposed to giving orders, and a clueless narcissistic wife. But we live with stupid people. Still it is hard to accept that wife would have so been so passionate even in rehearsals simply because she was clueless.

Very nice story arc

She's the selfish asshole and yet the author attempts to make the husband the bad guy for a clarity of vision. Ludicrous. Nigel spread scandalous propaganda about the woman in press and media of all sort. He distributed faked photos. If Roger had sued for defamation of character, it would definitely not be a "he said, she said" case. His utterances were made in the public domain. That was one of the really stupid aspects of this story of which there were many.

Hmm

Well, you have produced some good writing and entertaining storytelling which is par for your talent.

I was fully enmeshed and engaged until the end.

Your conclusion seems quite a bit off target by throwing much of any of the blame on Roger.

Cadence was the dunce of this story. She single handedly destroyed her reputation and almost her marriage with her belligerent disrespect of the rules she agreed to with her husband. I don't think a short time of idiocy like she displayed has to be a marriage ender but it easily could have. I didn't mind the reconciliation and Cadance seemed to have finally woken up and pulled her head out of her stupid ass until the ending where she had the gaul to blame any of it on Roger.

The ending statement about his jealousy being any part of the problem was so bad it almost derailed the whole story.

I liked how he, Diana and Felicity worked together with his leadership to give Cadence a chance at showing her acting chops but for Cadence to blatantly show no understanding of the difference between Nigel's slimy script, not to mention his molestation of her, and the much cleaner rewrite shows that Cadence is really just too stupid to be married to someone as great as Roger. You did write Roger as a great husband BTW.

I'm choosing to ignore the less than stellar conclusions you tried to draw at the end and still give this high marks.

Thanks for an entertaining read!

Bravo!!!!!!!! Loved this story. It is brilliant. Have always appreciated your stories, and this one finally pulled me up of my butt to tell you do. What a treat!!!

Another cuck story, under a veil of attempted chicanery to pretend like it's otherwise.

I do like the way you write but this story appears to be similar to one that appeared a while ago. Yours has a different feel and I liked it but could not help trying to remember the story I had read previously.

Would have been better if you didnt twist everything that happend at the end. Suddenly everything was his fault because he wasnt supportive of his wife making out with the guy she was crushing on with almost no clothing on her? There are lines you do not cross if you are in a relationship and that was one of his and even hers before the play. Has nothing to do with jealousy and being insecure, that was just pure disrespect. Great 6,5 pages and than the horrible end with everyone guilt tripping him and he actually assumed most of the fault. Fucking delusional.

I'm with LTW, 5 stars. You have a unique sense of writing emotions.