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maybe you just go around, go slow, and fill in where needed, but maybe a new route is needed, TK U MLJ LV NV

BIG TIME. As someone said, she should have given him warning to start looking before she fired him. She is supposed to be super smart and should have forseen the adverse affect being fired by your wife would have on his job prospects. He should dump her ass because it is obvious he is second string behind her job.

he divorces her, takes half the money plus gets alimony since she has a job and he doesn't. Then start a new life elsewhere with another woman.

Ys, it's fiction, but not science fiction. BG33 is well known for making a wimp out of most of his males characters. Now that Matt Moreau is not writing anymore, BG is filling his place. If you liked this story read "Of All People", worst story ever here, but I'm sure you might like it.

She sure as hell was unfaithful to him. Jeez you "mainstream" guys and your voracious-careerist womenare screwed up.

Chicana gang banger women with husbands away as guests of the state are more loyal to their man.

OTOH, its a silly super-contrived plot, so in the end, his MM style wimpiness is just as plausible as how the problem of disloyalty came to a head.

This is complete bullshit. I sense a Blue pill mangina. Even If he had been slacking off a bit and his numbers were down he should have been given a chance to fix things. Instead she was a delusional, self centered and self absorbed woman who didn't give a fuck about her husband. Doesn't even talk to him in private. Just fires him. There is cold and there is Stone cold. This bitch was stone cold. He wasn't a cuck per say. But he was the next best thing. A spineless wimp.

I would have loved for the story to have him rise up and destroy the wife but alas, blue pilled authors don't play that game. Such a shame. So much potential that was sadly wasted.

Worked with my wife for seven years and it was the most stressful job of my life.

Was so happy when the economy picked up and we could move on.

If she had talked to him about his performance and the consequences, he could have stepped up his game. She wouldn't have had to fire him and the company would have benefited right away. It takes time to find good sales people and a long learning curve. She really didn't do what was best for the company.

As does this story. Only read to the end to give Bigguy a big one star

You mean she couldn't have talked with him first, found a better way to go about it? She deserved to suffer some of the pain she caused him also, and he was a wuss for just taking it. When he got the new job, he should have taken everything he could and then filed!

@Emirus Re: "It’s fiction" - Of course it's fiction, but good stories make us care about the characters!

The Set-up - Obviously the set-up was needed for the story, but as I noted in an earlier comment there were ways to make it more realistic. Have him be warned about his performance and blow it off. Have him be offered the new territory and refuse it. That makes his firing more deserved, even if still handled poorly.

Comments way better than the story. But that is usually BG33's issue.

So folks skip the silly RAAC and peruse the comments insteas.

The fact that you think that his wife was "smart woman" says a lot about your own IC level (also about you willingness to embrace disprect and humillation),

I highly recommend reading "Let go" by qhml1, it's inspired by this tale and shows a very different approach

Sick of the nitpicking from anons who would criticize their own mother. It's a well written tale from one of the more talented writers here.

Just wanted to let you know i enjoyed the story i found it believable and like angela said she was a bitch in the way she handled his sacking and freely admits it at the end

,he was a bastard aswell blaming her for his problems because he took his job for granted which he admits to himself at the end ,mistakes were made by both(like in 90% relationships and 99% if you include the putting the toilet seat down/up argument)and NO cheating on either side was nice shows commitment and love can weather a storm even internal ones, a good fic that didnt have any sickening levels of cuck raac or outragously wrong getting killed(act of god giving wife aids or cancer&aids or being murdered) BTB endings , just a hopeful realistic ending where NEITHER SIDE CHEATED (will admit would have disliked angela if she had BUT she didnt and would have been the same with him if he had and she hadnt dont like cheaters)so ignore the arseholes who dont give a name(where are their stories) but think its ok to heap shit at you for not writing a story where the man can do no wrong and hate woman with positions in power and what that resposibility would entail and think straight away they are cheaters .sorry about the sort of rant in this review just got female friends and relatives who have to put up with crappy judgement from men who think their better than them in working enviroment dont hear about male ceo's earning promotions on there back

she could've had someone handle his firing, someone from the board, and not her. She wanted to establish that she is impartial and fair and thinking that it will enhance her image of a no-nonsense professional who is loyal to the company, foremost. All said it was all about her and her concerns for her own image, oblivious to what would happen to the husband. Thank god, this is less of a ball-busting and melancholic than a Matt Moreau's story, who thrives on humiliation and pain.

Read 'Let Go', by qhml1. Inspired by this, but vastly better.

This story was written bleh. I wound up just not caring by the end. 3*

Me, I'd of kicked her ass out the front door of MY apartment before I'd of let her in. Told her to go get the divorce she mentioned and to leave me alone.

Of course you would have, but you're just a representative of 99.999% of humanity, and not a extreme femdom fetishist, like the writer and his intended audience.

Most companies and state labor boards have detailed mechanisms in place to properly handle terminations of employment. Things like quarterly ( 3 months ) performance evaluations, reviews etc. Any inadequacies noticed would have been addressed and the employee given the opportunity to improve performance before termination was necessary, especially if said employee was a long time top producer before the slow down. None of that was mentioned as having been attempted before the firing. They let it slide for 4 months until BAM!!!!! He was fired with no notice or counselling on his performance. His supervisor never tried to bring it up to him, nor most importantly did the CEO ( read his wife ). Because of that lack of professional conduct on their part they were possibly wide open to a wrongful termination suit for failure to fully follow state labor and possibly company laws and regulations regarding the full documention and actions taken to correct the problem before termination was necessary.

You riled up the knuckle-dragging neanderthals with this one. They can't see past their unibrow to actually appreciate the story itself. Well done, BG33.

If you want to see the difference between a well written story about the same subject and this crap read qhm1 Let Go. BigGuy33 only writes for wimps and willing cuckolds who can't find their balls.

One of the main issues with this story and the comments is that people seem to have a hard time separating a fictional story from real life. Of course that's the "charm" or the "crappy" effects you find in the loving wives section. Everybody here brings both their opinions and their bias. In real life, there seems to be no way his wife is a CEO of anything. Her business skills are non-existent. CEO's don't fire people. Managers and HR doing the firing. And had he been having problems not even the poorest of HR people would attempt to terminate in this manner. The lawsuits would be epic and endless. In real life it seems obvious that he would sue both his wife and the Company for gross maleficence. It would logically follow that since he's trying to blowup his wife that he'd file for a divorce, ask for half their assets, including the sale of their home and alimony. Which he would be eligible for. Once he settles the divorce and it's final then settle the lawsuits so that his wife gets no part of his settlement. That happens all the time in real life. Then and only then does he need to decide what to do with the rest of his life. He'll have plenty of money so working won't be necessary and he's free to enjoy his life. That's the real life ending. In this story you want us to believe he tucks his tail between his legs and sulks off to another state, finds another job and ignores his wife. But even for fiction that seems unlikely. A wimp doesn't sue. But even a wimp files for a divorce. Your RAAC'ing them seemed both illogical and improbable considering the way she treated him. Even when she shows up at his door I think it would have been more plausible to have him not let her in. That way she can file for the divorce and pay for all the Courts costs and attorneys fees. And the ultimate mistake you made was having her take her Company to great heights since she's obviously a bad CEO and then getting a golden handshake. Too fast, too soon and given her mentality, why would she retire? She's like a high flying man, making lots of money and enjoying the prestige and power that comes with it. Why would she give that up? It goes against the character you gave her? It seems like story after story you get off to a good start and then manage to flip a U-turn and fuck the ending up. Get a better editor or a better proof reader that can help your sorry ass out. This is getting old.

He should of filed for divorce in N.C. and really make it hard on her to appear in court.

checking in again. Biguys name came up in comments somewhere so apparently I'm a glutton for punishment. Wonder if Biguy can write a gripping well written story without a spineless male putz in it? Damn he's got talent. But then again, looking at Hollywood, so many of those creative people are fucked up in the head. Maybe it's par for the course.

Really like my 6/8 idea. Turn the tables on the usual. Tactically speaking, he calls the cops when she slaps him and she's in jail. Wonder how her employer would like that once the news people were tipped off? Still, my 6/8 plan is better.

Still loved her desperately? Really? Has this ever happened anywhere on this earth? I think not. WTF?

Is it possible that a talented writer could not be a world class cuck putz and write this kind of very well written pile of horse shit?

I liked the story overall. But she suffered no consequences at all. He never bothered to make her suffer in the least bit. She fired him she got him back and he had no revenge. She even rubbed his nose in it saying the guy that took his place was killing his numbers. He should have thrown her out right then.

This story has been done before by others, and been done better. This could have been a good version of the familiar storyline but the ending was just way too rushed, it seemed almost forced.

If you have an employee under preforming you let them know, try to help them, help them develop a new strategy, only in the last resort do you fire them. Bringing on a new salesperson is incredibly expensive.

She is the one that needed to be fired if she can't get more out of her people.

As good, if not better than the original. I like your version as it has a different slant, but still has the good ending.

Fired out of the blue, and in a high level sales position. No counseling, no warnings, no conversations about performance......BS.

Well if this happened in the real world the results would have mirrored her actions at work.

No conversation, no discussions, no reasons given......this is for you dear, please sign, press hard the third copies yours. Nothing but love for you, GOODBYE AND GOODLUCK!

Utter rubble sh.

That first day she came home should have been to doors with changed locks.

When he left he shouldn't have told her where.

Nit worth the time taken to read.

that is more deceitful than cheating. She cheated his job, plain & simple. Sure, he was slacking, everyone gets comfortable after some time. He wasn't doing anything bad, he just wasn't doing more than he could have. She could've given him any kind of advanced warning. No way in hell would any man stay. When she came to his apartment door, the only right motion is to shut the door, not allow her in. Well-written, impractical nonsense.

I was so happy for him when he got the job in Charlotte and was moving without her. I thought that would be the beginning of the end, which would have been more realistic, given the beginning of the story (fixing the house in consideration for selling during divorce, the man was angry enough to punch the wall and break his hand). Then she spreads her legs and all is well. Bullshit.

Consider this, reverse the roles, husband is the CEO, wife is the sales person. Would the outcome be the same?

real fun to read; I see that you have also managed to warrant some nasty comments here, which are also fun to read; basically I read Matt Moreau more for the comments and somewhat less for the stories; however, that said, he is a sick fuck who writes great stories and there's nobody who can induce pain like him; that way I sincerely hope you will more of the stories of that kind; pain, and then redemption, and redemption from the woman who caused that pain; you get my drift? Great story, and I do mean it. Need more like this.

of BigGuys men magically turn into spineless turds at their back story is retconned in the last few paragraphs?

A salesman gets a commission on how much they sell. He would be trying to sell everyone of his customers of his wife’s company as much as he could! That is bullshit that he didn’t try to maximize his sales! The story would have been better if his immediate supervisor purposely lowered his sale numbers in order to get him fired by his wife so his supervisor could screw the company president!

Sales Not Up To Standards? That excuse just doesn’t fly. If Henry’s sales were down for the past four quarters the CEO should have called him in for a sit-down two quarters prior to find out what was wrong and reviewed his actual sales to identify what new products he wasn’t moving. To me it seems that it was the CEO who failed to handle a problem long before needing to fire an established sales rep. Plus I can’t think of a reason why any sales rep wouldn’t promote new produces. Commissions are based on total sales so a new product would be an additional source of income and therefore a fatter paycheck.

I gave you 5* because it was well written and she ACTUALLY turned out to be a loving wife! But it wasn’t better than the original, which isn’t your fault, but it affects how you read yours because you wonder when she is going to cheat. lol.

I think the biggest issue is he would have been called in and warned before being fired. It made sense in the original why he wasn’t, it didn’t at all in this one.

See title.

While I can suspend disbelief enough to accept the failures relating to his firing as being needed for the plot (although, as have been stated, there were ways to fix that), what bugs be is the revisionist history used at the end to make his firing justified.

We've gone through this whole story sympathizing with the poor guy who was wrongfully terminated, only to be told that he deserved to be fired, even if it was handled poorly.

You pile up the anguish and seem to believe that all of that can be overlooked simply because you want it to be. Try looking at pgs 1-4 and then try to think if you can really overcome that in any plausible manner. You did it with fairy dust.1*

Sorry, but none of what you wrote made enough sense to fit into the neat and clean little box you tried to stuff it all into at the end. You even had to change the story which you built up the last 3 pages during the 4th in order to make it all fit into YOUR neat little box.

This story mirrored another one where the hubby gets fired, goes into depression, comes out of it, moves away and the wife chases him realizing SHE was the problem, not him. Not to mention, finding out the Sales Manager was just trying to get rid of the husband for his failed shot at the Wife/CEO. Even as far fetched as that one was, the story stayed true to itself all 6 or 7 pages.

This was a train wreck that as written, had only one possible outcome when faced with reality, a divorce. It's because that is the way YOU wrote it but decided to change it and destroyed all of the work of 75% of the story. What a mess.

Narrative of his salesmanship at beginning turned 180 at end and finally bring up his replacement sales which I was waiting for half way through

Suspended reality especially when company interview a joke

Too much 'satire 'or black humor?

Yep, she had Wes waiting on the side lines for Henry to leave her..

I read another story somewhat like this one where the wife was the ceo and listened to his super about his supposedly lousy record and fired him without asking why his record was as it is. It turns out that super egged her on because he wanted into her panties and him out of the way. I did not get what I expected and was very disappointed.

It didn't take me long to hate the wife. CEO or not, you call an employee in, especially one that had been very productive in the past and give them a chance to explain their poor performance and / or correct it. Her's was a cold-hearted humiliation of her husband that even a regular employee didn't deserve. I suppose in today's corporate world, she likely fits right in, but as a wife - he deserved much better.

First move: Give the opportunity to improve, if his numbers didn't show satisfactory results, and termination was imminent, he should have been allowed to secure another job, then resign.

As his wife, she could have at least allowed him to resign, (if waiting for him to get a job wasn't on the table)... but definitely not be fired.

At bare minimum, she could have tipped him to clean out his office prior to the meeting with her, so he doesn't get escorted out by security! If a wife did that to me, I not only would get divorced, but I would get my pound of flesh, some how, maybe by lawsuit, I don't know, maybe videoing her screwing me and slip it to the internet to ruin her status with the big wigs, but something.

Then her practically ordering him to agree to a long distance marriage arrangement?

NO FUCKING WAY!

Even though I disliked the ending after several pages of this guy being humiliated, the story's grammar, word usage, etc was good, so for the effort I voted 4*s.

BG33

The similiar tale referred to by some commentators is "Let Go". The two versions match each other in the beginning when the bitch fires hubby. However, the other version focuses on the absence of any disciplinary procedures prior to the hubby's sacking. In your version, you obviously decided that to hell with due process when it came to industrial relations. There was no reference to that side of the sacking whatsoever. You also ended up having his bitch of a wife as the self-righteous cunt who was shown by you to be totally justified in sacking her loser of a partner. In doing so, you cut off the balls of the husband character and made him look weak. The sex scenes were neither here nor there, for they did nothing to develop the plotline.

In all of these "wife is his boss" stories, he's supposedly treated harshly because she doesn't want to "show favoritism." But she's actually treating him WORSE than any other employee. ANY employee should be called in to discuss poor performance prior to termination, ESPECIALLY if they've been a top performer in the past. If they've gotten too comfortable where they are, transfer them to a new territory.

Give him the opportunity to resign, so that he's not looking for a new job as the "guy who got fired by his wife"!

I know we'd lose the "unfairness" of the firing plot line, but why NOT make him a little less sympathetic, refusing the transfer, for instance, or denying the evidence of his lowered performance?

Wife was a bitch. I won't reiterate how badly she handled the firing which should have been done by someone else any way. However, she never apologized for the way she did it. Never even realized she was in the wrong and when she flew in to have sex with him insulted him by telling him how much better his replacement was and did not apologize. He would be better off without her.

anon.1

....(imho) that deserves a higher rating.

Very well written and the dynamics of this relationship in trouble is not one of the more common themes here.

And because not all marriages breakdown because of infidelity, I can appreciate writers who choose another path in exploring that in the LW's category.

As for the wife, some studies have shown many CEO's are a bit of a psychopath. The way she fired her husband was shameful. No heads up and having security escort her husband from the building in a very public way was cruel.

The only word that comes to mind is, 'Bitch'.

5 stars.

Why do you always write stories about males who will put up with any abuse as long as they get some pussy. Makes one wonder!!

Five stars from me but that would not fly in a marriage that included me. That kind of humiliation could and should have been avoided. Having said that I worked at a company once where the Chief Compliance Officer fired the CEO's wife and got away with it. They did rehire her after he left though.

That wife is cold - she puts business before the marriage. There are at least better ways to handle it and she did it as badly as is possible. I don't think that leopard can change her spots. I would not want to live with her. Well told, but very disturbing.

Not a pleasant story and a worse ending. She is as insulting as can be, telling him how superb his replacement Wes has proved to be, when in fact it was Henry who had set up the clients for the updated version of ABG's product but even that she finds fault with and and tells him not to detract from Wes's success! Some loving wife. She comes across as someone who feels she is superior and bears with her husband only because she loves him. - but what a love! Good writing but the plot is hurried and weak. 3*s.

The original story was longer and have a alit up N down.... And the end , they have issue about children. .... But it wasn't mentioned here......

what's the title of matt moreau's version of this

Me, after getting the job with Hanover's, I'd of packed my things while she was at work, contacted a family law lawyer, started the paper work for a divorce, signed a Power of Attorney, and left for Atlanta. I'd of made sure NO ONE knew were I was going so that I couldn't be found. Set up a dummy e-mail account so that only my lawyer could contact me.

This author has the largest delta on the site between talent and having their head screwed on straight. Huge talent combined with serious baggage and mental issues. Again, to paraphrase the movie, I don't know what is wrong with him, but it is not a small thing. Serious couch time needed.

Another great job.

"Your marriage deserves more loyalty than your company does" was a great line, and it summed Angela up perfectly. The only thing worse that her arrogance, was her sneering patronizing attitude throughout. In her eyes, she didn't have a husband as an equal, he was just another employee, that happened to share her bed at night.

She needed a massive attitude realignment to make the reconciliation work, and it didn't happen here.

You two are about the only ones as far down that I read in the comments that had anything constructive to say and I agree with both of you. As for the ones who stated anything along the lines of her never apologizing for the way she handled it I suggest you go back and (pay attention here) reread the last two paragraphs before the authors epilogue. Good twist on a rather unique story arc, I can certainly believe a man could react this way as well as the reactions by other companies in the area not hiring him for the reasons given. I can also understand if a certain rep from that other company that deliberately humiliated him had some comeuppance. I don't know whether I'd react the same way he did, whether I'd file for divorce and collect a ton of alimony but the odds are pretty good when she knocked on my door in Charlotte I'd have had a radically different reaction than inviting her in!

So in reading the author's prologue am I correct that now anytime an author uses a plot device originally used by another author they Must get permission? I'm not talking about plagiarism here. If I understand that correctly perhaps it's one of the reasons some authors are now only posting elsewhere? I certainly understand authors contacting others in regards to doing that themselves and to offer alternative arcs with the same characters. I like when they do that and mention it, it lets me know there are other versions out there, some better than the original. But the way the requirement is written in the prologue seems too restrictive to me. Stars to MM for saying 'Yes'. BG33 no matter how you ended this story you were going to get roasted so all I can say is "Fuck'em if they can't take a joke." After all it's your universe and I enjoy being in it. Signed: BTW

Had a talk with him about his diminishing sales record?

Pretty sure at least 12 other people pointed out this glaring plot hole, but there it is.

Most bosses, most GOOD bosses, warn their workers beforehand. Firing people right out the gate is stupid. It's only good business-wise if and only if the employee in question violated some company policies, or did something completely untoward. But that's not what the husband did. His crime was becoming a bit lazy. And sure, you will get fired for that attitude...eventually. No one I'v worked with got fired for being lazy immediately. They are given at least one warning, usually three. That's kinda the bosses job, to motivate people. She seems like a really lazy boss. It's a lot easier to fire people than to motivate them. But in today's world, that could land you in legal hot water if done flippantly.

I don't see them reconciling over this. Lack of trust, respect, and communication got them into this mess. I guess they never cheated physically on each other. That's something. But love dies for more reasons than just infidelity regarding sex. How about treating your spouse like a child, and not an equal? That seems pretty vow breaking to me. To cherish in sickness and in health. Well, she didn't cherish him very much. Marriage is honestly a very difficult en-devour. Most people have dysfunctional marriages, the ones that don't fail publicly. It's a lot of work and maturity. These are very immature people. The ONLY thing they have going for them is being the roughly the same level of immature. They both value fidelity, and while one treats the other like a child, the other acts out like one in response. A perfect pair of broken people.

If he had calmly left, he'd be right to do so. She didn't deserve him after her decision. If she had left him, while he was acting like a spoiled child (and wasn't fired by her), she'd be right to leave him. But since they're both acting like brats, we can only hope they grow up together...very slowly.

Actually very realistic.

Despite hr policies many companies fire without even saying why let alone giving someone a chance to fix something.

❤ = ☆☆☆☆☆.

The faves-to-views ratio is extremely good: 1.256 faves per 1k views!

I agree with others I would have been so pissed I would file for divorce and get spousal support. Make her pay me every month and if she still wants sex and I feel up to it then fine. Her having to write that check will remind her how poorly she handled the termination.

Interesting that Anony 5/24/20 and 5/11/20 have such different views of US labor laws. While there are mechanisms by which an employee can be made redundant and terminated, none of those were used in this story. (i.e. reset territories with one fewer salesmen required) Termination for performance decline alone without a well documented Performance Improvement Program (PIP) simply opens the company to wrongful termination suit. True even in Right to Work states.

Fortunately, this small plot weakness does not detract significantly from a well written problem to reconciliation story.

Keep 'em comin' BigGuy.

Three years ago, I wrote the very first comment to this story referred to employee discipline procedures. Many many others have voiced the same concern.

The thing that has amazed me is that so few of us were complaining about the story's writing. We pretty much got fired up over an issue that's a part of our day-to-day lives. It's the time that I've most felt a part of a community here. And over an issue that had nothing to do with sex or love!

Anyway, I failed to mention how much I'd enjoyed the story itself and that I had rated it a 5*.

I am of the opinion this should be scored higher despite the unrealistic aspects of the firing. Some of the comments pointed out the flaws in the premise. Companies always have firing procedures and quite frankly, it is below a CEO's responsibility to fire someone who isn't a direct report. The argument that the husbands boss didn't want to do it makes no sense whatsoever. She should have directed him to take the responsibility despite the drama that is his job More than that, HR would have been present. There would have been warnings given, he would have then been written up and a plan for corrective action signed by both the husband and the company.

If he failed to meet his targets then be would have been fired. He still might have been pissed off at his wife but the it's just business would have made more sense IMHO. That being said, I suspect the low score is also a product of the typical puffed chest, he should have divorced the bitch.

The husband WAS an asshole. The wife may have been dismissive and certainly niaive regarding the fallout but she was completely correct that her husband got lazy both in his job and his home. It is possible that some in his industry would pass on him as an employee but it is pretty unrealistic that he could only find a job 1000 miles away. Certainly their marriage was going to take and it was stupid for Angela to believe otherwise but I find it completely unlikely that she would have been involved with his firing at all.

All that being said, the reality of the situation and the tension was pretty well constructed. Maybe the outright firing was unrealistic but the fallout led to a pretty solid examination of a marriage strained by two idiots. It deserves a higher score.

completely unbelievable.. the firing her actions that skunked his chances around their and most of all them staying married. No way a man puts up with that, even with his screw up, No one talked to him before this yeah he'd sue win and get divorced.

...to qhml1’s “Let Go”.

BigGuy33 wrote this story before qhml1's version of a common theme. Please read qhml1's introduction to his version, "Let Go".

Gave you a lot lower score and apologize.

Let’s see, his figures are in the trash and have been for some time.

As husband and wife presumably they live together, and as such are allowed to talk to each other, I mean it’s not against the law.

Perhaps a little heads up when he started to tank, you know something like ‘Hey babe think you need to work on improving your sales’.

Saying that because they keep work and home separate she couldn’t say anything, would be like letting a bus run over your wife, but you couldn’t shout a warning to her because she doesn’t like it when you shout at her.

There are just some things the rules don’t apply to.

Two stupid morons

so he wass super secretly revered at the last hour to have been a douche bag all along, and therfore not really deserving of our emotional investment in him

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This story is the equivalent of being invited over to your girlfriends house for a home cooked meal on a Friday night, only to be handed a sleeve of rice cakes and told to watch her kids as she runs out the door and starts giving road head to the guy parked on the curb before he even starts his engine

I have no idea how to vote. She absolutely did betray him. She's an extremely foolish woman. I think I would have divorce her. So 3 stars...

I was surprised to see the note from Matt Moreau immediately below my comment.

This is still one of my favorites and IMHO certainly deserves more than the just over 4 stars it currently sports.

Your story does point out some of the pitfalls that lay in the way of marriage to coworkers. If Angela was a worthy CEO then indeed she was conflicted and blinded by her personal relationship with an underperforming spouse. But then Henry's immediate supervisor shared some blame in the sales shortfalls.

Hope to see many more submittals from you soon.

Ok, I'm a sales guy have been for over 30 years. You don't fire a sales guy unless you give him a warning and things don't improve, especially when you have been with a company for many years. So she was just a power hungry bitch trying to act like a man. He should have dumped the cunt and moved to greener pastures where his wife would be supportive.

i liked Skippy's version better. nothing was resolved here and long distance relationships dont work

Like some other commenters, the process for the firing doesn't approach normal for a supposedly successful company. Her handling of the firing does not remotely resemble the actions of a competent CEO. His actions and lack of backbone reveal that he is a major caliber WIMP. Good plot, poor execution. Since by the authors own admission, it is not even an original plot, I consider my time wasted. 1*

I hate to say but the original story was better, a lot better. The original ending was vastly superior to yours. I hated that story too.

But you made Angela right and she was not right. She was a bitch and a total asshole and truly deserved to be curb sided.

You made just too superior, it just grated. Scores 2/5

Just re-read this. Of course there are other versions and they have their merits too. This was a decent RAAC version of a story and yes, it fit perfectly in Loving Wives.

great job.. thank you

lee

I think this was too much of an RAAC for me. I like your stories, but I think that what she did destroyed his pride and self-worth. I think he should have filed for divorce. She can be the rich and successful business woman, and also have to live with the fact that she destroyed the love of her life and made him hate her. That would be a more realistic outcome.

Much prefer the original version.

1 star. He should have kicked her to the curb and publicly burned her down.

This star -rated voting system seems to be dishing out "bidens". I vote two stars and it assigns 5. How does that work? I like BG33 well enough, I just don't feel this was his best attempt. But to give him 5 when he never left his basement (like Biden....)????

Smokepole

Dlh143, why? The dude was a lazy, whiny pussy the entire story. At the end he even admits he was using his wife's title as a crutch. Then he spends 2 pages saying "you don't fire a spouse"? Uh yeah you do, esp if they are underperforming on purpose.

Ending ruined the whole story! Henry should have dumped that self centered bitch and moved away without telling her where until she got served.

Vey good, believable, story. It's a well crafted and well written piece. Had a look at some of the other comments and all I can say about them is that there are some sad people reading stories on this website. Makes me wonder what kind of lives they have as they seem so miserable.

He is a wimp, per the story he was just fired with no warning, no performance reviews, purely on one quarter numbers after how many years.? Then to be fired by the CEO/wife (with pure conflict of interest) not HR. She never warned him to shape up but she gleefully fired him - to demonstrate to all how tuff she is?!?! He should have sued ABG for wrongful termination. I'm confident ABG CEO violated their own HR Policies in method of termination.

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Also in the manner of how he was surprise fired for performance; how many other employees buffed up their resumes and bugged out in the next 6mo? If the CEO can do that to her husband, I stand no chance, and moral now sucks - who else will get it --- F this I'm out of here! Her Hillary [I am woman] routine would have been a general moral killer for ABG.

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She had no respect for him as an employee or husband - time to dump her ass, trust/respect has been burned beyond recognition. He did the right thing in leaving, but he should have followed up with a divorce - no kids, no future, what the hell find some new love, trust, respect.

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3*, Hooyah

Not a bad plot overall however .... This felt like someone was trying to write a square peg round hole make it fit kind of tale. Angela comes across as an extremely selfish person. Everything is me me me or I I I. The ending does not fit the development.

JMOYOMVW

A self centered, conniving, manipulative bitch and a pathetic cuck and loser

Should have fired the husband as well

Was much better.

Good story. Not as good as the original version.

Great story that ended with a happily ever after even with all of the drama. It goes to show you that love conquers all and this case it did. Well done 5 stars