Screw or Bolt

Next time i see a story posted by you

Ill just bolt

Strength

The Sam's made sense. Their view was from an outsider who wanted him to reconcile, not necessarily do what was best for him. How do you regain trust? Is it even possible? Journeyman electrician travel a lot and she would be by herself quite a bit so there will always be doubt. Regan said trust but verify...shitty way to live.

Don't listen to the morons having already commented.

This was pretty damned good. I'm a huge BTB guy after having been burned myself, but when a reconciliation is in order, well, I'm all for it.

When my wife screwed her old boyfriend a few years after we married, I bolted. We didn't have children, thankfully. Never been back, don't even know if we're still married. That was 22 years ago and I met another woman and we had a family together. Someday I'll have to check and see whether I'm divorced or not, just to make Mona an honest woman.

Forgiveness and Divorce

You decided to mix religion into a cheating story so here it goes:
1. Jesus allowed divorce in the case of adultery because even God knows that cheating is beyond redemption. Matthew 19:8
2. Forgiveness? Of course he should forgive her, it is crazy not to forgive just about anyone for just about anything. 7 x 70 = the number of times Christians are supposed to forgive. The trouble with most people is that they do not understand that forgiveness is just forgiveness. It is not acceptance of the wrong, or even tolerance of the wrong. It is merely not demanding payback for the loss you have suffered.
3.By all means, forgive your cheating whores, don't stone them, do divorce them, do stay away from them and shun them, they bring only misery. Move on, remember that women are just flawed people too, and do better in your next venture in love and marriage.

It is difficult

Because both forgiveness and divorce can be supported. I appreciate the end, but what she did and what he did are the most likely scenarios. The short talk from the pastors rarely results in the Miraculous and Rapid Transition your story indicates occurred. When Love or respect are forgotten marriages start to end. If reconciliation is possible someone has to stop acting like a hurt child or you just call it quits. If one of you can forgive and be the adult, the "crazy cycle" of hate, hurt and disrespect can be ended,. Working together will eventually result in forgiveness, but neither party will ever forget ... and I am talking about a lifetime effort. When you get married you need to think about how hard it is to forgive and make a decision about that before you join together as one and even think about children.

Weird

So the guy who fucked the wife decides he knows more about marriage then the hubby he cucked and now becomes the great Marriage Counsellor. What a load of shit. Didn't know the author was into fantasy stories. Oh wait he likes to write storeis about wimp cucks. Pathetic

1 star for this badly written story...

Though I prefer a well told revenge story over a recon on most days, I am not totally against recon. But very few writers have actually managed to write a good recon tale.
Of the top of my head I can only think of 2 stories where I felt recon was not only deserved but it actually made sense..

You story went to the shitter the instance you had Dick accuse Max of only wanting a divorce due to his 'PRIDE'.
What about the fact that she cheated?? And on a marriage that wasn't that old. They should have still been in the honeymoon phase. And she did it so casually. In his own house.
Why is a man accused of being prideful when he doesn't want to stay attached to a cheap whore?? Why should he risk his life, health and his future by staying with a partner that has proven themselves to be unreliable? Why would any sensible man ever continue a life with a cheater and risk his having kids with someone of such weak character.
The men who dump unfaithful spouses and move on aren't prideful. They are just being smart.

there are some of us like this out there

sad but true

I enjoyed it 5*

For the limited time and length of the story you did the reconciliation well.

To forgive divine

Good old Sugna. At least he said stoning was out.

And to the Anonymous commenter who will 'just bolt' when he/she sees the next ReedRichards story, may I suggest that you look at his Romance stories before you do. I think he does old Romance stories better than most. Loving Wives stories not so well.

But I did like the way the outside help and advice was accepted in this story. Sometimes when you are lying there wounded, you're in no condition to help yourself.

Lue

1*

cuck shit.

I wasn't expecting high scores . . .

. . . in the LW category. It seems that the vast majority of the LW stories are either revenge stories or accepting cuckold ones; I added a reconciliation story, with no revenge -- at least not after Max stormed out -- and no (known) continuation of cheating.

I just think like @sugna...

I just think like @sugna...While reading, I could understand the lover trying to clean his sheet, but never could understand the priest and his wife...They seem to forget that he took her child as his own, and give them a not rich, but a proper life, and still she cheated...Forgive, yes...forget? It seems almost impossible to reach...And this story will never be completed without the most important POV: the wife! Why did she cheat? why did she put in danger the life she and her son had? And in this part, she never tryed to tell him the "Why"! Only with that, and only with the truth he could decide clearly if he wanted to stay and try again, ot just forgive her and go on with his life in another direction...2*

Re: I just think like @sugna...

There's two of you ?
Lue

I have to say...

... a lot of LW authors seem to be in a really forgiving mood nowadays - what with forcing reconciliations on their characters and all. I have to paraphrase that other commentator as a response from now on.

1*
Fag cuck shit

Good but...

I'm usually OK with reconciliation IF the person is both remorseful and honest. In this story the remorse was there but the honesty part was overlooked. Why did she cheat? Did she do it on a whim? Was something missing at home? Was that the only time she cheated even? None of this was addressed. He just forgave her and moved on.

Otherwise the story was well written. Looking forward to your future work.

Good story with more than a touch of reality to it. I only gave it a four, because that was how I saw it, but now realize it should have been a five just to offset the ones from people who should be reading elsewhere.

WHOLY SHIT

You are a pile of dumb shit. it's his fault that she cheated ? you are a dickless bitch just quit.

Kind of flat and pendantic.

There was a lot of reporting of what happened, but very little emotion or characters actually being themselves. You told us about people, rather than letting the people engage in conversation and interaction, and thereby communicate the story. So this was kind of stilted, like a news report. And boring. And very shallow.

Just some questions...

Just some questions: Did she said she was sorry? Real sorry? Did she asked for him to forgive her? Did she explained to him, why did she cheated? I don't think so! The couple of ministers (were they real ministers?) convinced him, that he had to ask for forgiveness for leaving the cheater and her child? why? The child wasn't even his!Then the cheating wife fucked him and made him forget the big question: Why? Why risk to live in coupons with her child, just for an easy fuck? 1*

5

annony is just an old ugly fat fag fool!

Hmmm

I like this writer's style of storytelling, but I didn't like this story. Getting outside advice is all fine and dandy. I find multiple POV's to be helpful in most cases. But, the advice of they guy who fucked my girl is worth shit to me.

Still, it works out in the end for him. She shows no evidence of cheating. Any reader who claims that she is still cheating is imposing his own ending on another author's story. Even if she doesn't cheat ever again, the story still fell flat for me.

I don't know how to score this. Do I score the author or the work? I may think about it and come back to it, but for now I am leaving it unscored.

well

this chapter honestly just fell short. in this chapter all we really get is that the guy that fucks his wife tells him to man up and take her back, then the ministers tell him he is somehow at fault also and then he immediately goes back to her. I know that it mentioned 5 months had passed but him going back to her just like that just seems rushed.

Needed a lot more.

The slut needed far more in the way of explaining why she became a cheating whore.

The ministers were abject morons with their pathetic rationalizations and trying to compare her whoring to his leaving. Extremely stupid.

I'm for reconciliation sometimes so the ending was fine but never fleshed out or explained.

re: anonymous-5

Describing yourself?

The ministers' advice

The Sams could see that what Max really wanted was to find a way to get past what had happened and get on with his life with his wife and child. So they gave him the advice that was most likely to make that happen. If what he had told them made it clear that what he really wanted was to get on with his life without her, they might have given him different advice more aimed toward that end.

Complicated by having the child present

and abandoning the boy was the biggest sin. The wife was an adult, and should be held accountable for her actions, but the boy was an innocent.

As for the adults, a pastor talking to only one half of a married couple, about infidelity, is a quack. And telling the man by himself to forgive and return is the worst kind of "man up" bullshit that would send him in the opposite direction. As someone pointed out, infidelity was grounds for divorce even for Jesus, so the pastor has no legitimate ground to stand on when counseling RAAC.

Now asking him to talk to his wife to arrange a couples counseling session would be plausible.

The cheating whore never even apologized, right?

Horrible story.

Was This a Provocation?

As one put it this was almost a by the book RAAC except that he did not get her to explain or ask forgiveness. The idea of his being guilty was a red flag in the front of our haters and suggesting that there was male pride involved was a bomb bound to go off.

Still I wonder what led her to cheat since I am not an absolutist who does care about why. One Thing is that five months were enough to allow him to change his position and make a deal.

Forgiveness

I rather liked this story of a simple, working class guy sorting things out. The fact that the guy who caused the breakup, was the one who brought them back together again was a nice touch. The irony is that life is actually pretty strange sometimes.

I´m glad he became a licensed electrician and she was able to get off of food stamps. Thank you for writing a story about real people, dealing with real problems and a reunited family.

Forgiveness works, sometimes.

To @luedon...

To @luedon...Of course @sugna and I, we are two different people, sometimes with different opinions...I don't even know him...I'm not afraid and never will to refer to a comment that expresses what I think! And I always refer that comment to the person who wrote it...In this case she cheated the man that accepted her and her child and care about this child as his own, put her child living in poverty, just for a night fucking a man she just knew a little years ago...And then those two clowns (they called themselves ministers) put the blame in him? And made him ask forgiveness to a woman that never said she was sorry, never told him why she felt the need to cheat, and never (not even once) asked for his forgiveness? You asked that question, because @luedon refers to you and your husband? Even in your case you are two different people...

Story. Was okay, some weakness

But at least they made a go it. And the BTB crowd voted this story in the trash can.

Sorry, Impo

Mine was a flippant comment. Sugna and I hold differing opinions on most things that arise in the commentaries, so having somebody who stated agreement with him elicited my flip comment.

And yes, 'Lue' and 'Don' are married but differ on some things (but not many these days).

As I said in an earlier comment, I respect ReedRichards as an author in the Romance category and The Cabin by him is one of my favourite stories. For mine, he does romance among those of advancing years particularly well.

But this story of his contains the same hole that so many authors' LW stories have. His 'cheating wife' character does what she does with no explanation to the reader of why she did it, and then her husband reacts with no attempt to get her to explain her actions to him. In this story he has come back to her without any apparent understanding of the infidelity.

I like the idea of external help, but in this story it didn't seem to me to be very competent help, it just triggered the action the 'wronged' husband wanted to do anyhow.

All in all, I wouldn't have read either chapter of this story if it hadn't been written by ReedRichards. But I will continue to recommend his Romance stories.

Lue

Thoughts

"so what would happen if you just admitted to Leigh that you've both made mistakes, and you want to try to patch things back together?" - Let's see, he leaves the seat up and forgets her b'day and she cheats; yup, all even! And who says he wants to get back together? Forgiving the lover is different than forgiving the wife, the lover never vowed fidelity!

"The only thing standing in your way right now is your own stupid pride." - Not the "pride" crap again! Like Dick has no "pride" and wouldn't mind if HIS wife screwed around! Of course, HE'S not married, so he's got no dog in this hunt.

"ask Leigh to let me back in, is that it?" - ASK to be "let" back in? As if HE'S done something wrong? IF he goes back, it should be to see if she wants to get down on her knees and BEG him to come back! And to give him a post-nup giving him everything if she cheats again!

I couldn't finish this. When the Sams said Leigh would have to forgive HIM I bailed! I hope he enjoys sloppy seconds because I see a lifetime supply in his future!

Not science fiction

People do stupid things. Mean, nasty, awful things on a whim. They sometimes pay the price. Braggards come to mind in a court of law. After they fuck up so so terrible, they sometimes begin to understand. some of them will never understand. Thanks for the second installment. -- Somebody who fucked up and never made that mistake again

What a fucking wimp character.

This effort really sucks,

Nice work. Now take out the trash.

A small group of anons trash every LW story and hatefully insult the authors. Delete their worthless utterances. I scored your story 4*.

Great story, people forgive, Unless your one of the losers who often comment here. Those guys are alone and will die alone

1*

Vote 1* for 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐀𝐓 𝐃𝐔𝐌𝐁 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐘 𝐖𝐇𝐎𝐑𝐄™ (that's what her clients call her) aka BONNIE/VASTIE aka NEEDYOU200 aka ANON!

Idiotic cuckold/wimp crap!!! MINUS 5*!!!

What an idiotic author!!! Always the same cheap cuck/wimp crap!!!

Really liked it

I'm sometimes a BTB man but this was well expressed and I liked the way the reconciliation was handled. I was worried that there would be a finale with further justification for the "once a cheater always a cheater" but luckily not so.

You cucky sissy

Eat used condoms ya fag !

All she learned

was that she had to be sneakier and even if she got caught he would huff and puff for a while then crawl back to her.

Once as a stupid kid

I was walking with my friend in a school tennis court. Men were working on the roof nearby.

My friend, without any knowledge on my part, pulled out a knife and started cutting the tennis court nets because he was a dick and that is what dicks do sometimes. I was wearing a bright green shirt with huge white 'Adidas' printed on the front.

So the men on the roof started yelling at us and we ran. Not very far, in fact cause a cop pulled us over (Remember when all cops had to do was chase down little shit for brains and the occasional DV call?)

They brought us back to be identified. But I was a tall lanky SOB and I was wearing the most garish shirt in the world! (It was the 70's. We were all fashion victims).

This old guy and this cop looked us over, had a quiet talk and decided to catch and release us.

We had done some incredibly stupid stuff. They could have made our lives miserable forever, but they figured that even two 'Shit for Brains' like us who were walking around carrying knives could learn from their mistakes.

Sometimes it works. Sometimes it doesn't. But I recall, sweating my ass off in the back of that police car how...incredibly good it felt to be given a touch of forgiveness. How aware I was that even though we had earned whatever trouble they wanted to pile on us, that we were being given an entirely undeserved reprieve.

So...I am sure that most of you guys are perfect people. I envy you. For those who had 'Shit for Brains' moments, maybe consider the possibility that even a total 'Shit for Brains' woman MAY actually learn.

This story, while a bit clumsy in execution, outlined this perfectly.

Because I went on the straight and narrow. My friend...did not. So it is still a coin toss...but I owe that cop and that roofer a debt I can never repay.

It makes me thoughtful when it comes time for to address someone's wrongdoings.

A nice story, FD45

People can learn, as you suggest. And not necessarily to be sneakier next time as Aonymouse's comment before yours suggests. It appears that what you learned gave you a positive outlook on people and the world. I wonder what horrible experience Anonymouse had to give him/her an outlook like that?

Lue

Don't forget the corrolary Luedon

Some people just learn that punishment is a crap shoot and that they CAN get away with murder if they just say 'I'm sorry' enough.

The people who worry about recidivism regarding criminals or cheaters DO have a point which should not be dismissed.

Maybe the anonymous guy before me forgave a cheater...and she still cut his heart out again. There is no pithy or dismissive response to that situation.

Some people are just assholes. Find them...isn't that the trick?

Oh dear, FD45

It'd not nice for you to splash mud on my rosy glasses.
Lue

@FD45

"Shit for brains" moments are a far cry from cheating on your marriage!

But even there, it isn't the forgiveness that bothers me - if he believes that she learned from this experience and wants to forgive her, fine! What bothers me here is the attitude that "Oh, he's made mistakes too, so he should forgive her 'mistake,'" like cheating is like denting the fender on the car, and that HE needs to ask HER forgiveness, when he has done NOTHING that needs forgiving!

Good story - more interesting comments

You know you hit the button when comments are back and forth. The story was well written good characters - I have no fault with the writing. I am here to read for entertainment - the story was entertaining. The comments have been more entertaining than the story. A four star for the story but since the comments have been a 5+ rounds it up to a five! As one comment suggested I will have to check out your other stories - stated you do romance better than LW. I considered this one hardest sections to submit because of the harshest critics but will improve your writing the best - because you know you will be judged if submitting to LW.
Please do keep writing and I will keep reading!

sbrooks

He was married. Like it or not, he still has responsibilities to his spouse and his child (and the author clearly stated that the man thought of little Dick as his kid)

Cheating does not void this responsibility. Yes, it sticks in the craw. Want to know what sticks in the craw of a lot of women? Men who run off WITHOUT the excuse of adultery and leave their wives and children destitute. It happens a hell of a lot more than 'justified' abandonment (there is no such thing)

If he left them to starve...you think they won't resent being left to starve when he promised to look after them? Her cheating does not 'void the contract'. It means that the contract CAN be dissolved. Maybe should be dissolved. But there the same formal ritual which tied them together has another formal ritual to break them apart.

NOW...if a bitch cheated on me...well, I'd probably not cheat just to rub my moral superiority in (such as it is) but I feel that ELEMENTS of the contract are voided. You cheat on me...fidelity is now an option, not a part of the contract.

But sickness and health, etc., financial support...it is still there! Did little Dick cheat on him?

So no...he did do something wrong. Maybe not as big a deal, but here is a thought experiment for you. Which is worse: cheating on someone once or watching them starve to death day by day? Put yourself in the position of the person starving before you answer. Would you rather have your wife cheat on you or watch you starve to death in a cell?

I am sure that you vehemently disagree with me and I probably am only half serious, making this argument as a Devil's Advocate...but it is food for thought. His skirts are not clean. Not as dirty as hers, but still not spotless white. Personally, I thought the Pastor couple laid that point on a bit thick and unsympathetically, but hey...Pastors!