Best Friends

Good write,

the story flowed and I got into it easily. However, the fact that she was okay with her best friend fucking around showed that she thought it was okay to do. I like the twist about it being her that was cheating. I also have somewhat of a problem with the best friend of one spouse or the other being of the opposite sex. Doesn't seem right but I guess it's whatever floats your boat. But trusting is hard these days and one more level of possibilities and chances for disloyalty and transfer of devotion isn't something that you need in a shaky relationship.

But I thank you for your story and for sharing your talent with us. The experience was worth much more than the cost of the story.

BULLSHIT!

Why did you waste your time and OURS?! if you can't be bothered finishing a story, don't post it and call it a flash? That is a cop out and shows contempt for the readers who usually love your writing.

Btb that bitch

when ci ci, are saying: i love you!
she actually saying: fuck you
to her husband

Awkward as hell

What's with the present tense shit? That never works and it didn't work here. A dumb as rocks husband and a slut wife. Just bad. Was that supposed to be some kind of twist at the end? Well, it didn't work. It was plain from the first mention of the "best friend."

Pretty awful

There are two big problems with this story. First is that Paul was smart enough to see that the wife is not answering his questions directly. Since that is the case his effort to ensure that the wife's friend does not come between them can only fail.

It is inconsistent in the story to develop a character that is sharp and insightful as paul yet somehow or another lose focus on the fact that the wife has not answered his questions directly.

Instead it is even more inconsistent to have Paul as a sharp intelligent person who can see-through his wife non denial denials... not understand the significant implications the wife's attitude. She is helping either directly or indirectly her friend to cheat on his wife and she does not see this as a major issue. If her story turned out to be completely true is a extremely important and dangerous warning sign.


It makes no sense within the pros of the story @paul this Sharp intelligent but realize the significance of the wife's intellectual contortions and defending her male friend affair. Of course the fact that it turned out to be the Ci Ci that was having an affair should not at all be a surprise given her overall reaction two marital affairs

Sorry, I agree with the rude anonymous

Not in the rude part, but I didn't like the present tense, either. Didn't care for the whole "cheerleader" thing, at all. He had sex with them when? When they were in high school? Saw them naked in high school? Um, 18, remember? That means all those cheerleaders pretty late in their senior year. Busy guy. I thought the whole cheerleader thing was sort of degrading, anyway.

No real twist

Just a cheating bitch who will soon hold the title of ex-wife

incomplete

Needs the confrontation about the text. Sorry, 1*.

Good Story

I enjoyed your story.
I don't think that the twist that CiCi is the cheating one is clear from the start, just like others have complained about below.
I liked the way you present Paul very emotional and offended by the fact that his wife helps her best friend during an affair. CiCi's reaction is very plausible to me too. It's her best friend and she tells her husband that, when she has to decide, her loyalty lies with her best friend and not with his wife. That doesn't mean she's okay with cheating, but rather that she cares about her friend.
Then the twist at the end is a really good way to end this story if there's a second part to come!

Damn

What the hell was that? I'm very disappointed. Besides, I figured it out way before it was revealed. You just ended it in mid-sentence.


no rating

Pappy7

My guess is that Gary was never cheating on his wife, and the whole story Ci Ci told Paul was just cover for the furtive conversation in which Gary was having trying to talk his best friend out of cheating on her husband.

The good news is that Paul finally has something he can bond with Gary over. They both think telling a friend not to cheat is the right thing to do.

good start

This reminded me of a JPB story the way it ended abruptly without resolution. I still liked it, though, and have enjoyed all of your longer stories. I am eagerly awaiting the sequel to Imbalance.

Twist

Twists are interesting, but in this case it is the truth that got twisted. From my experience, married men and women that have "best friend" relationships with members of the opposite sex usually have some serious issues in the background. Most often it is a bad marriage. The closeness of that "friendship" parallels a committed heterosexual relationship in every way except the actual sex. Usually one member of such a friendship wants more than to be "just friends". Most often, it is the male. Most men are just not that interested in girl talk unless it relates to sex and a loving relationship. Most women in such relationships are enjoy keeping a string of admiring men to sate their egos's. Often, it is the BF's wife that cannot tolerate this selfishness. In this case Gary's wife is strangely silent on this subject.
As to the ending? Enough is enough, time to dump the selfish bitch. Paul has to ask himself why he put up with her behavior for so long. No mention of kids - thank God. Time to call Gary's wife and let her know about their little secret. Life is short, there are plenty of decent, normal people out there why waste time with losers.

As soon as she said...

As soon as she said: "I love you too Paul...Don't you ever forget that. You hear me?", we knew who was cheating who...About the ending: I don't know if this story deserved a 2nd part or not...why? Because through all the story we could understand that he would never accept cheating...and she didn't confess it...he just found out by chance...Otherwise he would continue to be an ignorant cuckold...It wasn't just an "one time fling", but an affair...She didn't had the honesty to come clear with the man she claimed to love...So what is left of this marriage? The answer to this question, defines if a part 2 is necessary or not! A good flash story...4*

Loved it

Brilliant flash. Five stars.

I hate you

Because I want more. Well done sir, well done.

Good story

I don't understand the negative comments. This was well written, origional as far as I know. The ending was credible, and resolved the issue. She was cheating, not with Gary, husband found out about it, end of story, literally. We can imagine the shit storm coming, everything doesn't have to be spelled out in detail.

For what it's worth, her friendship with Gary took a big time hit.
Chilley

3*s

Well written story. Fast pace, believable characters. Nice twist at the end. Every time she said Gary, she was really talking about herself. Very nicely done, javmor.
It did end abruptly, but you did warn us that this was a flash story.

I want to add that 14, 15,16,and 17 year olds are having sex. Ironically, that only doesn't happen here, on an adult website, 😂. Really❗


AMerryman

The story was a whole lot better than the comments.

Enjoyed the story. It's complete as it stands, any more would be a new story.
All the stupid comments about BF relationships are just that.
I just don't get why so many readers tell a writer what REALLY happened in his story.
They should all get together and write about Shakespeare.

Really good flash story.

Well done. Great twist at the end. More please.
Easy 5*

Absolutely brilliant with shaded undertones

Javmor, you have painted a picture with words.
Lue

Thoughts

As usual writing these as I go, so some comments may be over-taken by future events.

"She listens to him" "I'm just there to listen Paul. That's all. You should try it sometime." - Implying that Paul doesn't listen to CiCi, and since that's apparently a good reason for Gary to cheat, hmm...

Not quite the twist I expected, but now we know why she wouldn't tell what she and Gary talked about!

Good story

The fact that she is 'not judging' Gary for cheating is a concern in and of itself. It suggests an acceptance of cheating behavior that Paul should be concerned about. Accepting it in others indicates that someone may ultimately accept it for themselves.

Meh!

Clever but - Unfinished!

5

This deserves a chapter 2.

This set up began quite well.

I found myself feeling some angst for the husband. Personally, I would have preferred that the story addressed his wife's relationship with a confessed pussy hound. That was the cause of the tension in this tale, and it felt real. Having her cheat with an unknown third party rendered her friendship with the man a moot point. Now she's toast and who cares if she's best friends with the sixth fleet. If the story pursued the pain and doubt the friendship created, it could have been extremely good. This story was interesting, but you set it up so well that the ending simply let all of that well earned wind out of the sails. The friendship was no longer a problem and that was what was making the story interesting. It wasn't resolved. It simply ceased to matter.

THE TRUTH ONCE AGAIN IS OUT THERE

now to find out the particulars; TK U MLJ LV NV

Addendum

In my earlier comment about "listening", I guess I was more right than I knew! I wonder if her lover "listening" to her was one of her own justifications for the affair?

Getting back tom the original premise of the story, which is moot now, a husband or a wife should NEVER have a best friend of the opposite sex that isn't their spouse! For that matter, they should never have a "best" friend of EITHER sex that they are closer to than their spouse!

@Harddaysknight

Excellent point!

The whole story we were led to Gary being a villain to SOME degree or other, then it turns out that he's at least a bit of a good guy, trying to get her to stop the affair!

We don't see too many "best friends" stories, usually it's a girlfriend who is single or divorced who leads the wife into an affair.

Best friends of ANY sex, but especially opposite sex, need to be pushed back at least a little bit once you get into a serious relationship.

Javfag Cuckmore!

1* fag cuck shit!

-2 because it's the lowest score this computer will something something! Bullshit! Grrrrrr! I'm so fucking enraged by this fictional story!!!!!!!!!!!

Ahhh. Gotta love Loving Wives.

I see what you did here -- or tried to do. If you're looking to highlight the hypocrisy of the men who read these stories, then hubby needed to be more accepting of Gary's cheating. The fact that he was consistently anti-cheating across the board softened the impact of the twist.

CiCi's point seems to be that there is always a reason for cheating, and a spouse should understand why their spouse cheated so that they can fix that part of their relationship. That's all well and good, but then we never learn that reason why CiCi cheated.

As for the use of present tense, it works better here than it does in most stories because you're using a conversational tone. At times you even address the reader directly, as if we're sitting at a bar and we're hearing this story in real time as it unfolds.

All in all, it's a solid effort, but missed the mark for me. Still, it's always good to flex those creative muscles every now and then.

"a quick little flash story"

The most dreaded words on this site. Translation: A poorly developed little abortion of a story that will have no ending, and little plot or character development.

But I'll offer a few comments. The wife repeatedly refers to Gary as being her "best friend". Why the fuck didn't the husband ever say something like "That's the problem, Ci Ci. In a good marriage, the husband and wife should each regard the other as being their best friend. But you don't feel that way, and this marriage has one too many men in it."?

And, the wife actually said: "Gary is cheating on his wife.", and "Paul, why are you interrogating me? I'm not the one who is cheating?"

So, we are supposed to conclude from the abortion of an ending that the wife was just a liar? Presumably, she actually did, at some point, have sex with Gary? 1 star, because you didn't care enough to finish the damn story.

Wait, what?

" a husband or a wife should NEVER have a best friend of the opposite sex that isn't their spouse! "

If you aren't secure enough in your relationship, and trust your wife enough, to "allow" her to be friends with a man, then you shouldn't be married.

I swear, reading some of the comments here, it seems like I've stumbled upon a Sharia Islamic men's support group!

Could there be more??

I liked the story, interesting twist. Could you possibly continue this Javmor79?

BDEarth

Swingerjoe hit the nail on the head.

While the story is crap, the comments usually support death and dismemberment for cheating wives. As if murder is justified by cheating...regardless, the story is still crap.

I do know that if she were having an affair, she would turn her notifications off. I know this because it's what I did. Because the last thing you want is for your significant other to read an errant text...like the one he read.

Good story but I knew she was guilty about something because of her responses. How as a friend to know why and what is missing. She felt horrible because he hubbys hate for her friend was even greater now when she was guilty all along. Also I could not put up with a male best friend for my wife and I know a lot of people would think bad of me because of that. I'm to jealous and would never believe he was a pusdy hound but he never fucked her or they never went all the way. So what does that mean they were giving each other oral when there was no one else that day. Her being odd that he was coming to eat then Gary looking confused that he was there and him not showing up with his wife who was suppose to be there is all alarming. A second chapter would be nice . I'd like all reactions and Gary giving hubby the real history or his relationship with his wife. Cheating sucks and when you find out without being told is even worse. If your partner comes and confesses it could still be game over but I feel there might be more of a chance that way. I don't know anyone who has stayed married after being caught cheating that is ever trusted again. Look forward to a chap 2 , as all your stories are enjoyable

Interesting style

"Relaxed" might be the term, or conversational in a way. A bit like explaining what is going on to a friend. I liked it myself,
Thanks,
MGM

Cute and entertaining

I really liked it! 5* worth!

A question that popped into my head

as I read this. Why is there no explanation for the wife of the other guy not showing up for lunch? I would think they would have some bullshit to toss his way.

SJ believes that spouses could have best friends that are of the opposite gender. In theory, I agree. We need to trust spouses. The reality is more of a gray area. A spouse's best friend has to be the person they married. That is an absolute in my world.

Friends of other genders are okay, but again, reality rears its ugly head. Not many wives can accept having a slim, big titted, round assed divorced woman spending time with her husband. Not many guys would be comfortable with the wife being besties with Brad Pitt. Part of love and marriage is paying close attention to the spouse and responding to their needs. Common sense dictates that you don't want the spouse to be overly friendly with a member of the opposite sex. It's the old "When Harry Met Sally" thing. ( "You know, you may be the first attractive woman I've not wanted to sleep with in my entire life." -Harry to Sally)

You are actually going against the odds if you don't think one or both of the friends are tempted to get even closer. I think men look at every woman not a family member as a potential sex partner, as Harry (not HIV!) stated so well to Sally. Your wife looks good to you. You know she looks good to the other guy. Of course he wants to bang her silly. Be vigilant. Divorce lawyers could give you long lists of people that trusted their spouses implicitly. You do not own your spouse, but you owe yourself peace of mind by simply paying attention to them and their needs and desires.

Liked it. Nice twist at the end.

@HDK

Of course your spouse must be your best friend. That goes without saying. The implicit assumption in my statement was that -- besides your spouse -- there should be no problem with your spouse having a "best friend" of the opposite gender.

If you're constantly worried about your wife having an affair, then that indicates some serious issues with trust and/or insecurity. A good marriage can overcome those issues with solid communication.

I hate to sound like an "advocate" for open marriage, but one advantage it has over traditional marriage is that these issues of jealousy and questions of infidelity are rendered moot. If the characters in this story had an open marriage, CiCi would have had no reason to hide her affair. Of course that wouldn't have made for a very interesting story!

I liked it. Good post, thanks!!!

# 5

Wow swingerjoe...

Joe, you repeated the sentence in your comment, but now I will too with emphasis added to explain the different interpretations. " a husband or a wife should never have a BEST Friend of the opposite sex that isn't their spouse! "

Joe, there is a very good reason for this statement. See Mat 6:24 - and the explanation in the Matthew henry commentaries (unabridged). (quote follows)

Mat 6:24(partial): No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other.

Matt Henry: A general maxim laid down; it is likely it was a proverb among the Jews, No man can serve two masters, much less two gods; for their commands will some time or other cross or contradict one another, and their occasions interfere. While two masters go together, a servant may follow them both; but when they part, you will see to which he belongs; he cannot love, and observe, and cleave to both as he should. If to the one, not to the other; either this or that must be comparatively hated and despised. This truth is plain enough in common cases.

Now, that being said, what I'm NOT trying to do here is get theological (Yeah, I know bible quotes, not getting theological?!) I'm actually staying away from that part of the commentary here. Read the full commentary if you doubt that. (You can find it here:
https://www.blueletterbible.org/Comm/mhc/Mat/M at_006.cfm?a=935024 ...it gets plenty theological.) I'm only concerned with the practical here, and I think Matthew Henry said it best. That's why I'm using his quote, and the (partial) bible verse is needed for context to understand Matthew Henry's commentary.

The key word in that statement wasn't NEVER, it was BEST. No sane married person in a relationship would say that "having friends other than the spouse" was the issue. It becomes an issue for the marriage/spouse, when THE MARRIAGE is NOT the Primary relationship in whatever sense is the most vital - whether or not it is physical, or emotional, or practical or whatever. Since people and relationships differ in character, then the vital areas of the relationships differ also. YOU may find your marriage unthreatened by physical infidelity. Others definitely do not find their relationship unthreatened by that. I've never called you out to say you were wrong about this or that or your marital choices are bad or anything like that, but here I will say that your interpretation of his statement in the comments was incorrect. From that incorrect interpretation, you drew an invalid set of conclusions.

@ GrandpaM

I agree with everything you wrote. Maybe you should reread what I wrote? Again, your spouse MUST be your best friend. Your marriage MUST be your primary relationship. If a spouse's best friend outside of the marriage is of the opposite sex, I don't see the problem with that -- unless that relationship takes a higher priority than the marriage.

Always entertaining

Thanks for your excellent stories. I will be checking every day for your next chapter of "Imbalance".

Not much effort

You wrote it in one day and it shows. Not much attention to detail, major holes in a one page story and a telegraphed ending. Maybe you should spend more than a day next time.

The underlying assumption in "Best friends," @ Swinger Joe, is that you have friends. I can't imagine anyone of either sex wanting to be friends with you. You'd be hitting on all the wives and they would hate you, and all the husbands would just want to kick your ass. Just think about it, guys. Swinger Joe is friends with your wife. Don't need to say more.

Good Start

Needs chapter 2 (and maybe 3)

Finish the dame story

So it came out she was cheating and you ended it abruptly . No follow thru and when and how was she cheating. So Gary wasn't the cheater. So where the rest of this short story. Disappointing.

Perfect

No more needed.

A cheat and a liar.

Take a picture of the phone. Then kick her to the curb. Life is too short to accept cheating.
You are the author and can do what you want but personally, I don't like incomplete stories like this. I can certainly imagine my own ending but I prefer to see yours.

And the fallout is...

As there is no part 1 listed, I have to wonder; am I the only one getting a little upset with some of these stories with such wide open loose ends?
Forgiveness, dump her easy or, out right BTB; either way tie up the loose ends and finish a story, not at the climatic middle of the story.