Bad Things

Poor ending.....she lied and cheated on her husband. Shit ending

wait. what?

In this case

Bad things come in ones. Like this story.

A Kinder, Gentler & Less Willing to " Go To the Dark Recesses of the Soul " JPB circa 2017 ( so far )

JPB is playing with us collective readers the way a bored cat plays with a mouse. This story could have ended any number of ways so easily. If you think he doesn't know what plays well to the crowd, fie on you. The script flipped and the narrator who had almost escaped the stewpot, slipped back in the scalding soup which started at ever-increasing simmer in the introduction.

So no populist payoff for you, lowly readers !

JPB apparently isn't feeling indulgent. Ouch.

Good Read***

Thanks for sharing.

no way in hell

There is no way in hell that this turd would fly with me.
out of town and old boyfriend picking up my wife without his wife.If they were meeting friends where was her car? she can't drive to meet all the gang.
Bullshit.
wonder how much they had to pay carol the hooker to deliver this crap.
and as for her dictating how we go forward, lets just say she would be delivering blowjobs on demand if she was kept.

Why the fuck do you insist on writing a long ass into then a piss poor ending EVERY time. There ain't no way she wasn't cheating, why lie?

April 1st is still a ways away...

But maybe JPB is just plain bored and can't wait till then? Me thinks we've all been had!

PBR? You must really hate your character to make him drink that. Why not just have him in a colostomy bag and save the the effort?

Getting us ready for the real excitement to come.

Sorry Bob, we've been waiting over a year for you to pick up your pen again, and your # 2 story is a "flat tire". By design ? Well, I hope your re-building us up to bigger, better & longer things. Welcome Back Rob I for one missed you, your style & your pen. Keep em coming.

Not Good Enough

She didn't explain going out without telling him in advance. She didn't explain the lie, there was no need to lie if she was in a group. The "wife" could have been a set up. Too many inconsistencies not to be suspicious. Too many lies from someone who is supposed to be your wife. Why didn't she bring the whole gang back that night and introduce them then? She rode with them, so they would have had to drop her off. No good. "You are in deep shit now Ryan. You are going to pay for all the bad thoughts you have had about me these last three days and the things you've said tonight." Fuck her, if he is a man - she would pay for her lies at the very least.

Enjoyed it

But I agree with Sugna. I still wouldn't believe her. Of course, I wouldn't have been sitting in the living room when they came in the door. Since he parked around the corner they had no way of knowing he was home. He should have waited to reveal himself. And why was the guy picking her up to drive to the TR? And why was the wife not with him when they walked in the house? Seems odd. Of course, She could very well be innocent. But I would insist on a lie detector test. She lied, so she deserves to be mistrusted. JPB has made it just ambiguous enough to go either way. I can tell you that if my spouse went to pick up her old boyfriend to meet me at a restaurant, I wouldn't be very happy.

It was good but inconsistent.

If she wasn't cheating, why lie about where she was? Don't get me wrong, it has some great moments but it doesn't meet the smell test. If it was innocent, why lie? Why not take a taxi? Why wouldn't his boss tell him that his wife was looking for him.

I hope she wasn't cheating but it sure looks like she was.

I have to agree with some of the comments...

I have to agree with some of the comments...It's a funny reading, but we get a bitter taste with end. Too fast and too easy...He should have waited to reveal himself (like @Drbeamer3333 says) and hear what they would talk while wating for him...However a good reading, well written and funny, so 4*

a real life story

my wife met up with her old boyfriend and did not tell me until the next day... i assume some one saw them out having a coke... hummmm is why she wanted to come forward with HER story... I never believed her story for a moment...4 stars

In the doghouse? Really?

Even if her story was true, the story should have ended this way:

Don't even think about putting me in the doghouse! I watched you kiss an ex boyfriend and go off in his car with him. Then you outright lied to me when I called.

The time for you to explain was then. The first words out of your mouth should have been 'I'm sorry. It's really not what you think. Get your arse over to [venue] right now. I mean right fucking now and see for yourself'.

You are still on thin ice my darling wife, as I now know how easily you can lie to me, so I have to wonder what else you've lied to me about. The ball is in your court now. What happens next is entirely up to you.

In the doghouse? I don't think so!

I Disagree

He shouldn't be in any trouble at all.

If it was JUST his misjudging the "evidence," MAYBE.

But her blatant lie about where she was made his suspicions 100% justified.

JPB Lite

Me thinks Ye Old JPB has mellowed with the years . Not like the Bob of old who , like it or not , certainly didn't waffle on his story lines. He may piss you off with content or more commonly , the Open Ending , but he didn't dilly dally around with his characters . In fact he didn't care if it HairLipped the Pope .
2017 JPB has certainly mellowed.
But I'm glad he's posting again .
4 *'s

@jackag

I like your points about why she didn't drive herself to the dinner, and why he picked her up without his wife in the car.

Her story about the "brain fart" doesn't hold water. The first words out of her mouth were "I'm home," NOT "I'm at the restaurant with some friends." I could understand her not mentioning Mark at that point. She then compounds the lie by lying about where she bis in the house.

Why didn't the others come back to the house with her? Why was Mark's wife driving her own car?

All in all, SHE'S in the doghouse for lying to him!

"Temporary Insanity"

So, SHE can claim "temporary insanity," and all is forgiven, but HE'S in the doghouse for making perfectly rational assumptions?

If it was all so innocent, why didn't she drive herself there, or why didn't Mark pick her up with his wife? You can bet there wouldn't have been even an "innocent" kiss then!

Red Herring

I forgot - I can enjoy a good twist as much as the next guy, but deliberate red herrings turn me off.

JPB painted a perfect picture of a cheating wife, then pulled the rug out from under both us and the husband.

He could have at least had her apologizing for the lie and causing him such tsuris.

un huh

Just more of your bullshit, please stop writing this shit

Fun story but three thoughts come to mind. First how would holding Mark's hand calm the wife down? Wouldn't it do the opposite? Second this was clearly not spur of the moment, why was the husband not informed when plans were made, before he went away. I'd bet no cheating happened but she didn't want him there for some reason. Finally, if she can plead temporary insanity and get a pass, why can't he when he has a better reason?

Again fun story and a great twist, even with the above, since it was such a change from how you normally write.

She still belongs in the doghouse-not him!

She lied to him TWICE! A lie of omission (not entirely innocent) by not telling him that her old BF was back in town, and the lie of not being home. She still hasn't fully convinced me that she was 100% innocent. They could've hired Carol to pretend to be his wife, couldn't they? If it was all innocent like she said, she should've TRUSTED that by telling him in advance, he would TRUST her to keep it innocent. She didn't RESPECT him enough to even try, did she? No trust or respect. Hmmmm... sounds like a lot of marriages we read about here, doesn't it??? So, no! I have trouble believing her story now on its face value after catching her in TWO boldface lies. And she wants to put HIM in the doghouse??? I don't think so!

the ending

the ending of this is just plain bob stupid

OK, the plot does have some flaws

as other commentators have pointed out, but overall the story is still a fun read....

wimps

why is it that this writer turns all the WRONGED men into wimps

Fun start

I'd like a part 2 to see how they work through it, after al she did lie. Hopefully she is telling the truth, I recall another story where the wife set up a similar scenario of ex-boyfriend/current lover and his wife/girlfriend to cover her affair.

Dumb

So much stupidity. Let's start with the job.so is he planning on having this job for the rest of his life. Be passed over for promotion will look real good to his next emplorers. So letting a promotion go to the slut isn't just about money. He says how much he hates cheating so why is he giving his boss and his slut a pass. Because his boss says his wife won't have sex anymore, and he just believes him. Why? Because cheaters never lie do they. He just takes their word about their spouses without a moment of hesitateion. Typical wimp idiot. Then his wife.others have already pointed out how stupid his is. Let me just say this. How would his wife react to him meeting his ex for dinner wow she was out of town. So those friends she and her ex are meeting. They are her ex's friends not his. So how is he gonna confirm they were actually there. He wouldn't anyway because all of JPB males are fucking stupid. And he believes his wife after meeting her ex's hot new wife! That's not proof. Maybe his new wife is stupid to. After all she doesn't get pissed when her husband walks up holding hands with his exgirlfriend with lipstick on his cheek. 2 * is being generous.

@gara5289

Great points! The hand-holding was to calm Brooke down, not Mark's wife.

We were obviously channeling each other on the "temporary insanity" ploy.

Not only should he have been told, but why couldn't it wait three days until he got back?

Crap!

The wife in this story is slicker than whale shit. I definitely smell a rat and her husband should too. His wife blatantly lied to him and was brilliant in covering it up. I wouldn't trust the bitch out of my sight. 1 star

Don't Take It Seriously

People shouldn't take JPB stories to heart, it is fiction after all. His stories are always out there. They are also tongue in cheek. They could go in the humor/satire category. Knowing how JPB writes one should skip the stories if they are offensive . I'm one of his fans.

Love your stories, Bob

I think the other commenters don't understand that you have to carefully arrange a story, manipulating characters and facts, to get a plot twist to work. Glad to see you are back, and thanks for posting. 5 stars.

The law of averages catches up

I've probably read 100 of JPB's stories, just cherrypicking the ones that sounded interesting About three of them were very good. About eighty were the same story: slut wife who really loves husband but needs giant dongs and more sex than any one man can give her, and the rest were vile, racist, or just horrible monstrosities of rape, murder or incest. JPB has never been that popular, as witnessed by his very low scores; he doesn't give a damn.

He writes his story and moves on to the next. He has spent prodigious amounts of time cranking out story after story. Attempts at making him anything other than a crude pulp writer are just funny. He, obviously, doesn't aspire to anything different. He is the definition of hack writer. About one out of a hundred of his stories is worth reading. This one isn't

another good story

but they're always left open. is she being truthfull? she did lie for no good reason, is she cheating? i reckon so how come he wasn't invited to their little soiree?

Another Great on Bob

This is one of the better LW stories to come around in awhile. Thanks Bob.

anon.1

You screwed up bad.

He had the video and audio of Barry and marg. All he hab to do was go to Barry's boss and the two would be gone. He would have the job he earned or even Barry's job.

Fine Entertainment

I really don't see why he should accept punishment. If she had told him about where she was going ahead of time. OK. But in these conditions he has every right to get upset. Good Story Telling..

Another great one, Bob!

I'm sitting here laughing at myself for thinking I knew where it was all going.

Really excellent, certainly had me fooled. 5*

A nice ending with a true loving wife for once, well done.

Wow ,Bob your back and on a roll.good story!

You had me at the end. His brain told him she was cheating and he wound up with egg on his face. Nice twist. As far as his boss ,he let him off easy. Should have gotten a hudge bonus to go with giving up his promised job tittle. He still has the tape and has both by the balls. If he ever choose to use it. Waiting for your next story since your back ,the most prolific writer here.

Enjoyable

Definitely no punishment due. She didn't trust him enough to tell him the truth so why should she expect him to trust that she's not cheating.

Not bad

Why do I not believe the "explanation?" Just rings a little bit too pat, to me. The narrator believed it, I guess that's all that counts.

Agree with Randl

but you do have to accept the narrator's beliefs in a story. Husband may not believe it himself but that's the way Bob wanted to end it. He was being funny about being in the doghouse. Just a little levity in keeping with the way JPB writes many of his stories. BTW Randl let us hear from you soon in LW. \

anon.1

Could it be a set up?

I think she might be an escort!

Entertaining

I have always enjoyed JPB's stories...this one was not one of his best but still solid. He is a very good writer and I hope he never stops.
Thanks for the story!
"Buckeye Fan"

Good Job!

You used a lot of my suspension of belief abilities to get all three problems to hit Ryan the same day, but once you had the cancelled flight, catching the boss and then wifey falls right in place with probability. Ryan or any of us would surely jump to the same conclusions at seeing wifey, and a long hard look at the work situation falls right in line with the actions of us work-a-day slobs who get screwed over regularly in the rat race to get ahead. I haven’t read the comments yet, but I imagine you took a lot of crap by the, “Hell no, I’d have kicked some ass,” crowd.

All said, this is a very good free read—thank you. I call it a 5!

Interesting tale

However, normally a wife does not hold hands with a "friend" while entering a restaurant. A quick kiss on the cheek, perhaps.
Still, possibly innocent until she lied about even being there.
At that point, anyone would know the truth of the situation.

@blackrandl1958

I don't know if you've read my several comments or not, but while I agree with you that if the protag wants to buy her story, that's on him, and good luck!

His JUSTIFIED suspicions, coupled with her lies, should be enough to get him out of trouble though!

Not to repeat myself (though I am!), beyond what he saw and her lies there a three big red flags for me:

1) Why wasn't he told before he left on his trip about this dinner? Old boyfriend or not, an innocent dinner with friends wouldn't/shouldn't be kept a secret. Maybe she didn't think it was that big a deal, but she thought it was a big enough deal to not tell him when he called!

2) Why not wait three days and have the dinner when Ryan could be there?

3) Why wasn't Carol in the car when Mark picked Brooke up? For that matter, why didn't Carol come with them when they came to explain?

One (Hopefully!) Final Thought

By the time he called her, they had already been there at least a couple of hours, the meal must have been over and she knew he was suspicious.

Why didn't ALL of them go straight to Brooke and Ryan's house and explain?