- Loving Wives
- Traditions
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Click hereClaire reflected on how it all came to this, it was such a mess. When her mum had suggested an arrangement she dismissed it, but Dianne kept on at her about it for months. Then she had seen Glen Fraser at a dance, he was very handsome and delightfully respectful. She danced with him a few times at the socials and they got on well. Dianne told her about her own arrangements and how exciting they were. She made it sound like a romantic guilt free adventure and never viewed it as an affair, it was just the tradition. Despite that she knew Steve would not see it that way, so she hid it... if he never knew it couldn't hurt him. The week with Glen was fantastic; he planted the trees during the day and spent the evenings in her bed. He was very nervous but quite charming and so keen to please. By the end of the week he was a very competent lover combining his size and fitness with greater patience and technique. Claire though she excelled in the educator role. The week filled her with confidence feeling she had rediscovered her sexuality which had faded during the long years of motherhood.
Was it the tradition or just illicit sex like Steve had suggested? She had to admit it was both, but didn't she deserve some fun having spent 22 years bringing up her children and being a good wife? She was certain it hadn't harmed her relationship with Steve, things had never been so good, she loved him more than ever and they made love more often after that week.
Jake was even more handsome and she couldn't help but be excited by the thought of taking him to her bed. Steve was always smart and worked the tradition out, damn Aunt Melissa's memoirs for giving it all away. Claire and her mother tried everything to convince Steve to go along with things but he wouldn't have it. On reflection her decision to go ahead behind his back was the worst she had ever made.
She was sure though that when the pain faded, she could win Steve back. She just had to remind him how good they were together and their future aspirations. He'd also want to stay together because of their daughters and future grandkids, that angle could really help her case.
To Steve's surprise their daughters arrived on the island two days later. Nicola wasted no time criticising Steve for his appalling behaviour towards her mother and pointing out that the idea of a separation was just ridiculous. Michelle seemed to be hanging back for more information.
Steve could see the slight smile on Claire's face, had he missed her manipulation and lies over the years? Clearly she thought he would never tell his daughters about their mother's actions, as always he would protect them above anything else.
Any doubts Steve had were swept away but Claire was wrong, dead wrong.
Steve raised his voice, not something his daughters could ever recall happening, "Your mother has conducted two week long affairs with men, boys really younger than both of you. She does not seem to understand that I never will accept that behaviour."
Claire immediately denied it, saying Steve had misunderstood the situation and that men had simply been undertaking landscaping work. Steve had to admit she was good, she almost convinced him. Both girls knew something had happened but what their father was suggesting was just too far-fetched, maybe he had started going a bit 'Island crazy'.
Steve might have agreed with the last thought, but suggested they invite their Granddad Bill or the elders over to help decide who was telling the truth.
Claire feinted or more accurately pretended to!
It wasn't too convincing. The three of them just looked at her perplexed and waited for equally poorly feigned recovery.
Steve looked on with contempt, "I can never trust you again. This is over there is no going back or going forward with blinkers on. How will you feel looking in a mirror and knowing you betrayed me, nothing can erase that. And how would I feel looking in the same mirror if I accepted it?"
"We need each other Steve; we've always depended on each other, made each of us stronger. I'm good for you and you still know that deep down. Don't throw your life away in order to punish me."
"I'll cope Claire, I won't let you destroy me and I will build a new life. We all have to live with our decisions and be true to ourselves. You will have to live with the fact you cheated and lied and threw away what we had. I will live with walking away from the woman I love, but then you're not the person I thought you were, that inherently good and kind person I fell in love with, I'd like her back but not you."
Steve left the island with his daughters and decided to rent a flat closer to their University. For their parts the girls were appalled by their Mother's and Grandmother's behaviour. He never did return, his final act was to burn the trees in the orchard. Claire watched the orange glow with tears in her eyes.
Bill helped Steve sell the house as Claire didn't have the finances to keep it going. Dianne's and Claire's divorces were a scandal and sealed the fate for the remnants of the tradition. Dianne was the first person ever to be removed as an elder. Both her and Claire become pariahs, no women would trust or befriend them, despite this they remained resolutely on their Island home.
Several months later Helen Brown resigned as an elder. Islanders noticed that she split her time on and off the island. Eventually she only returned for a couple of weeks per year. When asked about it she confirmed that she living with family... somewhere near a place called Durham.
- COMMENTS
Anonymous3 months agoI can't stand weak men who have no pride, and give in to their wives and become willing cuckolds. I'm glad that this is not the case here. The truth of the matter is that she already cheated on him, and made him an unwilling cuckold, and then did it again with the same boy's brother. Going through the whole family I guess. There is absolutely no justification and no reason for him to remain married to such a lying betrayer. Are you saying that an old tradition trumps wedding vows, even if the husband knew about it? I don't think there was fine print in their vows about an exception based on "tradition", since this was a complete surprise to the husband.
Anonymous3 months ago@Mbgdallas
He did EVERYTHING he could to save his marriage in trying to stop it. He told her what would happen if she went through with it. Marriage is as much about respect as it is about love and trust, and he knew, correctly, that she didn't respect him enough to be put their marriage first, and would never respect him if he backed down after she did it anyway.
Anonymous3 months agoThis is a poor copy of Fredoberto's Gifted: https://www.literotica.com/s/gifted-3
Mbgdallas3 months agoWell written but the ending is just awful. Why couldn’t he have stayed with her. She was between a terrible rock and a hard place. He didn’t do anything to help her or to heal their marriage.
Can’t stand weak men who just run away.
Anonymous3 months agoI am positive that I read this exact story sometime ago.
Are you re-publishing it under a different name or stealing someone else's work?
tralan69er3 months ago@sbrooks103x,
that is one of the biggest bunch of bullshit that came from your mouth, I'm sure it made your asshole jealous.
Anonymous3 months agoIt was a mediocre story. Following much too closely in the footsteps of its predecessors.
It could have used some more original content than simply changing the setting.
I'm exasperated that, once again, the young guys get off with no punishment. Also, how is sleeping with an old woman in any way equivalent to sleeping with a college age girl?
tralan69er3 months ago@sbrooks103x,
you are the king of pointless points and ridiculous nit-picks. Not names I would even consider or enjoy as you obviously do. I couldn't look myself in the mirror.
Truly sorry about your luck. I hope you can have a great day.
Anonymous3 months agoI liked it. A well written amalgamation of several simarly themed stories.
anon.1
Escape_Within3 months agoAnother nice tale of woe and betrayal. In the sense of traditions, a rationalization to further one's views. Another 5 stars for invoking a sense of betrayal in this reader. Tip of the cap
Schwanze13 months agoFirst, awesome story and ending. Thank you. Now, thoughts as I read.
Probably should be tales FROM an island.
Still page one. Just slip out the back, Jack.
End of page one: I'm already disappointed bitch.
Start of page 2? Oh hell no. Just the fact she considered it!
Staying on here awhile? Oh HELL yes!
Well shit. He went back. 😢 I guess it builds the drama.
Seems like bollocks lacks the powerful emphasis of bullshit.
End of 2
Did he want to give all that up? Give what up? A slutty deceitful wife and a crazy MIL?
Finished it. Loved all these sort of stories but the end of this one suits me much better. Thank you.
Anonymous3 months agoAnother well-written yarn! There have been several other stories like this one and those by AHDN and GA. What's bollocks is having a married woman fucking these 18 yo's. There are no single adult women or widows to fulfill this retarded tradition?
sbrooks103x3 months agoI'm just beginning, but I already see the connection with the trees, but at least in the original, the husband "benefited" from the tradition. Here he hasn't.
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"Yes Steve the tradition or parts of it still exist within some of the old families." - So why are they pissed at him since he was right?
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"just as you should be proud of Claire's sacrifice." - Oh, I'm sure it's quite the sacrifice!
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Why should he get an elder? Why not an 18-year-old?
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"father and law?" = Father-IN-law!
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My answer would be that Claire comes with me,or I'm not coming back, since I don't trust that she'll obey my wishes and skip the tradition. "Claire could sense his anxiety and insisted she travel with him and that she could take time off work" - LOL, she agrees with me!
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"Perhaps she fought so hard for it this time around as she needed to justify previous actions." - Or maybe she gave in this time because she had already done it the year before!
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"It was not like that, it was a duty... an obligation." - And her obligation to her husband means nothing?
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18-year-olds don't need any sex education! And has been said in other versions, the 18-year-old girls don't need any sex ed?
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"It was just sex" - Right out of "The Cheaters' Handbook!" What is cheating if not sex? Throwing his "ego" out there doesn't help.
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"Trust you, trust you! You have to be fucking kidding." - LOL! He DID trust her, see what that got him.
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Thanks to Helen, all the lies were exposed.
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"even then it was only ever the first night, it was never a week." - Then she said it was at the end. Who are Melissa and Susan? Okay, Melissa wrote the book, but I missed Melissa, and neither was being opportunistic.
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She shouldn't have needed Helen to understand his feelings, it was made clear after he learned about the first time.
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"didn't she deserve some fun having spent 22 years bringing up her children and being a good wife?" - Why? Does Steve deserve some fun for doing his part?
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One more thought on the ego thing. It's pretty obvious that having young studs go for them feeds the wives' egos!
afanoffanlit3 months agoI seriously expected that you were going to have him accept her lies and try to reconcile. Nice take on the story.
Buster2U3 months ago10 Big Blazing stars for the story of "A family Tradition of Whores" for the young men. LOL That is all that they were. Maybe 300 years ago the guys were bamboozled into believing it was all for the Greater Good. But Claire was the most Disgusting whore and slut, She Lied and Cheated. Hubby HAD to Divorce her Lying Cheating ass or Realize he was a "CUCK" and he wasn't about to agree to that! Great Writing, Great Heart Wrenching story. It should be on the "HallMark" Channel. LOL Thanks for the Effort. Buster2U
