All Comments on 'Fool's Gold Ch. 02'

together bandwagon. She cheated, said she would continue, and destroyed the marriage. She betrayed, lied, cheated, disrespected, was untrustworthy, and broke her marriage vows. What she did may even show she is mentally ill. Then she finds the guy doesnt want her. Now she is back after husband, oh yeah, wait til next time. Once a cheater, always a cheater. Just waiting on the opportunity and the excuse. This guy cant be that stupid after being so smart. Dont jump on the forgiveness ride. An apology is just that you apologize for doing someone wrong. It is purifying, it isnt forgiveness, it isnt excusable. But the apology does mean the person recognizes they have done you wrong and are ready and willing to accept punishment. And no it isnt better for the children for two adults that cant be mates to live together to raise the children. Kids can see thru that.

CCM,

This story is going nicely. I enjoy your writing and the pace of this story. It will be interesting to see where this will end up. Keep up the good work.

until lover wife confront her and she had to tell husband.she is a liar and cheat,this selfish woman drop her family for her lover.give us the crap about hubby not paying attention to her,that go both ways.she was a whore for another man while married to her husband.this man loved this vain cow and she pissed a over him.

You never read about revenge when a storie is write by a wimp...after she cheat and shit on her hubby and their marriage what a "real" man can do: take her filthy ass back and love and honour her cheating body....NEVER IN A BILLIONS years you asshole...this is not a fantasie storie, this is your real life s storie...youre to sick and to idiot to write something about others, you write about your mother s real whorelife, or your whorewife and we wait to read about your slut daughter s real life...you stink, make me sick and i puke on you...you stupid wimp

Wow, there's some bitter, hateful people that post on these boards.

I'm a reader. I appreciate the time, devotion and talent that a writer spends, constructing his story. I like the style of this story, the rhythm, the depth of character and the plot. If you're a reader that doesn't like this kind of story, then don't read it. If you are a sick, twisted individual that devolves to name calling, spewing venon and disrespecting an author, do us a favor and don't post your stupidity. There is no reason to spew insults, no reason at all, either say thank you or skip the story!

Thank you, author, looking forward to the rest.

Well, they could start dating like they did to start with. Build trust over time. Somewhere along the way the elephant can be slain. It is obvious that they would be happier together than they would be apart. AND without a doubt the kids would have a celebration, probably instigate a block party if they did get back together. If two people want it badly enough it can happen. [Here, four people].

but can he ever trust her again ...why bot just fuck her along with the others he fucks ....now both can be sluts

It is tough to imagine how someone who has

been blindsided will ever trust their own judgements

again, much less someone else's behaviour.

The tendency is always to doubt and be insecure and

under those circumstances anything involving emotions

can be too difficult. I look forward to an attempt to

resolve the situation, though I would probably not

believe that it could work!

Is the wife ANNE Mentally Ill? Based on what we know so far she is not. And since I have read the entire story elsewhere..... I can tell you that CCM never hints at that in anyway. <b> So what we are left with then is woman with a series of severe character flaws.</b>

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for example as they are banging out a custody agreement and he proposes NO adult actvitiy in their houses while they have custody of the kids that week... ANNE appears to be stunned. <b> How can you ask --NO scream- for a divorce yet NOT realize that your husband is Now free to fuck anyone he wants? </b>

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come on folks this IS a CCM story. It fabulous and well written and flows very well... BILL so far is NOT a wimp as he comes across as decent smart Hetro men which these days is very hard to find in LW stories. But this is clearly a reconcile at all costs story so let not bullshit ourselves.

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BILL says this.......................

<i>Maybe that is what happened to Annie and me. Somewhere along the line, we lost the focus on our relationship. That allowed Johnson to slip in and steal Annie away from me. He came in fresh and on his 'best behavior', and swept her off her feet. </i>

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NO BILL that is <b>NOT </b> what happened. BILL did not "Lose his focus" or whatever stupid dumb fuck new age crap term he wants to use. ANNE decided to fuck around on you.... probably b/c of reaction to Heather. Maybe Alan set that idea up in her head. Either way she never gave you a chance. <b> Not paying 100% attention to your wife after 15 years is b/c you ar working alot is NOT a reason to cheat.</b>

A waste of all our time. He wimped out as I stated he would, in my comment on the previous chapter. Then he encourged her interest in getting back with him, only to put her off, and then re-encourage her. No doubt in the next edition, which I will not read, he will get back together to live "happily ever after." After the girls learned what a slut Anne was they would have had no interest in their Father getting back with her. SO he cut his own throat and set himself up for a lifetime of wondering who she is cheating with at any given moment. He should have slammed the door and walked away clean. All this "civility" is a crock. Evil must suffer its consequences, and will in some way.

I loved your relationship comments. You wrote, "When you've been with someone for a while, you lose your inhibitions about hiding bad habits. You don't feel you have to try your hardest anymore, as there is no longer a need to impress your partner." If you ever figure out why we do that, please write about it because I sure need it. <P> This is so good. Phil

Great story so far, read both parts and am waiting for more. Great subject of being married 15 years now divorced but still friends but who knows what will happen? Keep up the good work, I've read all your work on this site.

This is well written and going well. I don't think that I would consider reconciliation if I were in his shoes. Ray

I really don't like the direction its going in. Are you really trying tosay there aren't any other women better than a wife who doesn't know what she wants. Bah... humbug...

not all couples who gets divorced ends up hating each other. i've met some who have a become friends and are having a better lives after the divorce.

however, the two couples that i know who divorced then reconciled seems to less happier but is content w/ what they have.

Hey I just wanted to tell you that I have enjoyed reading the first two parts of your story and I am looking forward to the next part. Not sure I'll like the way it will end but I am hooked to see where it goes. I probably should have checked your bio first and this isn't meant as a something bad but it feels as as if I have landed in a Lifetime movie...lol Hmmm should we start the casting....lol

I have to say that they have done the best thing possible in being as friendly for the children. This is what real people do who truly love their kids. It is hard to move on but going back to a spouse works only when both are grieved with what went before and want nothing more then to try and build a new life together.

The latest statistics (statistics are for just gauging possibilities and hold no real value in human life) I have available to me show it is a slight chance on remarriages that will ever be as worthwhile as what went before. Any marriage is not a cure all as building something entirely new with a new person holds so much more in possibilities.

This story has told us little of why these two people got into this position from the outset. Reconciliation for the comfort of two people is totally wrong and will never last. It will be worse then the first breakup as the pain will be double and normally permanent as any future for each person will be tainted with a depressed expectation of the future.

I look forward to seeing where the Author is taking us with these two floundering souls.

PT

The usual fine story by CCM, with a slightly different twist to it. They both seem to have some typical stupid traits, but neither of them really seem anxious to destroy the marriage. Seems headed for a happy ending, Initially she was kind of stupid, now he is playing the dummy role. Hope they end up on the same track.

The Ct. Yankee

PS Can't you shut Harryin VA up with his,"I read the ending on another site."

Harryin Va, If you've already read the whole story elsewhere, why are you reading it now and posting nasty trolls? If you don't like his view, DON'T READ HIS STUFF. Just STFU and read something you will possibly agree with.

Very good story. Well developed. I hope that you can give a closer insight on why Anne strayed.

This is a well written story. While I do like a good revenge story now and then I won\\\'t castrate them like some of the other critics. We don\\\'t know why she left him nor what happened to her and her lover. Until some important questions are answered it would be to early to attack. And please remember \\\" Any off topic messages, personal attacks, or other similar stuff will be removed.\\\" So please try to not act like a 1st grader discovering swear words.

Always look forward to your stories. I like the way you explore emotions and motivation. You give Bill depth and strength. I really like the inclusion of Laura and feel this is a great way to explore Bill's character. I hope you develop Anne's story. As ever, personally I'd torch the bitch.

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Let me see if I have this right. Whether folks like me or dont... justifed or not......<b> I have never ever in anyway EVER made a anonymous post.

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EVER. not one time. </b>

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YET you post as a cowardly anonymous poster acccusing ME of making TROLL posts!?!

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you cant really be THAT fooking stupid?

Harry: If only your posts were deemed worthy of being troll-like. You may not have may an anonymous post, but put your mind at ease. Your inimitable style would be easily recognized anywhere. Harry, after the obscenity-laced aspersion you directed to Nici, you deign to label someone else cowardly? Et tu, Harry?

Kudos to the author for exploring some aspects of divorce that most LW authors do not: the loss of companionship when the family breaks apart and the hard work required to build a solid long-term relationship with someone new.

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That was well-done, ccm, and thank you for another interesting chapter.

WIMP OUT in Progress! REPEAT: WIMP OUT in Progress! Leave the area immediately!

I wish the author made a bit of an effort to come out of the comfort zone of the listless list of clichés he chose to relate most of the story in this chapter. Take for example the experience of fatherhood. “Relationships have stages” Anne was the financial guru in our house and how? “One prime example was paying the bills”... “I was a typical father” more like a typical father from the fifties: “The first time I needed to figure out which type of pad or tampon to buy for Lacey when she began to menstruate, was a total embarrassment” …not even to mention the eye opening experience ….when I took the girls …… for clothes, and Lacey needed to be fitted for a bra” and why could not the mother do that in their fifty fifty arrangement? Could not skip a good cliché isn’t it?

On and on the duldroms of clichés moves from subject to subject: “for the same reasons, new relationships tend to be superficial”; “a long-term relationship takes a lot of work” ; “Overall, the variety of my sex life improved dramatically as I opened myself to new ideas.”

It is all but clear that except for playing footsy, the fact that the cheating ex is no longer with the particular man who she cheated with is the green light for him to move in emotionally right back. We have to watch their increasing flirting under the rationale of “we are friends” and “let bygones be bygones” groan. With the same logic and clarity of mind I would invite the thief who stole my money back to my safe: “Let by gone be bygones” What a brilliant motto! The past? Why think about it? after all we are born every day with a new genetic set up; no memories and habits and no experiences from the past. Double groan.

. I will choose my new friends among those who cheated and betrayed and abandoned me me already after all those are the people I still love with all my heart despite all that they did to me. PLEASE! Gather the couples who remarried after one cheated and abandoned the other. What a bad fairy tale.

she betrayed him with another man and they're divorced.from the start he acts like he was in the wrong.the story is a good one,but the hubby is becoming a whiner and drama queen.the plot of him pleasing the wife and care what she think is silly after what she did the his family.the things he did in the divorce settlement wasn't real.

Sad story again. what is it about cheating dishonest wifes that brings out only the Wimps here. Eighty percent written here on Literotica (about) is about reconciliation and wimping... Maybe you Authors presenting your ideas here should give us a short description of your own experiences first... Like 'And when i was eleven the girl next door stole my teddy bear, oh yeah, but I found it in me to forgive her. And can I so can you..' So that we better can understand the apparent ease and expertise in which you are able to handle this kind of matter, time and time again ...Cheers Yoron.

I have been divorced for 16 years. My ex-wife cheated on me and I through her cheating ass out of my life. we had a son together and so over the years I have had to be civil to a woman I thought of as a slut. I still love my ex-wife, I would never in a million years forgive her. My ex-wife cheated on me once and only once and I will have nothing to do with her. The slut in this story cheated on her husband for three months that he knows of. And then she tried to manipulate him into leaving the house. If he is to reconcile with her he should first have his nuts removed. For he will no longer be a man. There is no I'm sorry for cheating. The is no it was a mistake. And there is no I won't do it again. Once a whore always a whore. I hope you have not turned him into a wimp although I can see the reason for his present thought processes.

She lies, she cheats, she steals and he is considering getting back together with her. Just how stupid and spineless is this character?

anon jerry

The author seems to be heading for a reconciliation. If that is true this story will get a poor rating. Never ever trust a cheating slut, NEVER.

So far I'm cool with the story. He's in a pretty good position in life, all things considered. But I hate seeing him slide back to reconciliation. The fool's gold in his case would be Annie. They have a really big hole in their relationship as friends, and if they were to remarry, what's to prevent her from cheating whenever she got emotional (even if she knew not to and would not when she was "in the right frame of mind")? He's just going for familiarity, because he's too scared to strike it out on his own to find someone new. Then again, it's his choice.. hmm

This is getting mushy.

But toward the end, it slowed down a lot. You had some momentum which petered out.

Clear writing. Well edited. Believable story and situations.

Thank you for writing

don't walk to get away from the slut.

I still don't understand how shared custody and the kids staying in the family home requires HIM to move out.

Why can't SHE live in the townhouse?

Especially with his "twin" living right behind their house.

My first wife cheated on me because, hang on to your hat, she said I wasn't aggressive enough for her. WTF? I romanced her, loved her and she spit in my face. She left me for an old boyfriend, did she already start before we were over? I suspect yes, but never knew for sure. Of course, she vehemently denied it.

She moved in with him that very first day she left me. I knew in my heart she had been pounded by him. The first thing I did was go get tested and thankfully I was clean. Four months later, we were single and she was living with him in unwedded bliss. Me? I lived alone and liked it that way. I heard through the grapevine Josie and Tom were thinking about marrying and I was all for it. Two cheating slime balls that deserved each other.

A year later, I was living in an old 5th wheel on a small 8 acre piece of property I had paid cash for. Hell, I didn't have a payment on anything! Every dime I made, (I'm an author) went into my savings account to build my dream home. Not the dream home of others, but MY dream home. While it built, I stayed at home, saving and using the fir timber to build my smallish log home. Other trees I cut and had cut into planks, to sit and cure until I was ready to begin the finishing.

It sat another year with the roof on, the doors and windows in, with the planks just waiting to be laid for my flooring. After two years and saving every nickel, I finally hired a crew to do that I wasn't capable of, plumbing, wiring, partitioning, etc. The fir planking, along with other boards I had cut, cedar, maple and alder, were used to finish work. When I was done and ready to move in, it wasn't pretty, it was spectacular. All 1080 square feet! Of course, if the full basement was added, then it went up to exactly 1800 square feet. 24x30 with a loft, sat on a full basement.

On top of that, I was and still am, off the grid. Solar, micro-hydro and propane are my forms of power. Doing 100% of my job on the internet, I was able to move in and still have over $50K left over. My ex and I had parted without any children or alimony and she had her own job. During all my scrimping, saving and building, a couple buddies told me Josie had begun to ask about me. She didn't know where I lived and I wanted it kept that way. 17 miles from town on a mountaintop, we weren't going to cross paths.

It turned out, after accidently meeting a few of our common friends, who by the way, didn't even know I was still around, Josie and Tom had split about a year into the relationship. He cheated on her (!) and after the second time, that she knew of, an itching and burning drove her to the clinic. There, she found good old and faithful Tom, who she was engaged to marry, had given her something only meds could get rid of. She moved out and within a few weeks, moved in with another guy. He was abusive and she finally left him from the hospital and went home to mommy and daddy. Our friends said she was pining for the day of our marriage and asked about me often. They swore she was not only not dating, but had sworn off men forever. Perfect, one less slut to infect others, was my opinion.

I had a pole garage built about the time I had my first novel sold. I'm not sayig I was swimming in money, but up front $75K and then royalties were great. It was easy wrting and I soon, to the delight of my agent and publisher, was pumping out novels every 14 weeks. After a year, writing under an assumed name (still do), I finally had real money in my bank account.

Living off the grid and staying home made it difficult to meet women and I just about wore the skin off the palm of my hand. Still, it was better than the alternative, I no longer trusted women, any woman. The few times I happened across friends, I always had to hear about how Josie would like to reconnect again. Nope, not me, it wasn't going to happen. My publisher (Penguin) forced me to do a book tour. I took off three months from living alone and did the big fifty day meet and greet, signing copies, being interviewed on podcast and radio. I met some really nice people and one in particular caught my attention. She was a little red-haired girl about five foot nothing and had never broke 100lbs in her life. After the tour was over, I headed home where I could write much better than in a motel room. Besides, I ate/eat out of my garden and I'd put on a few pounds traveling.

Josie finally caught up with me, unbeknownst to me. She saw me driving by in my (then) new 2013 F350 4x4 and after recognizing me, followed me home. She turned around but came back the following day when I was sitting on the covered front porch. She looked good, perhaps a little emaciated, at 5'6", I'd guess her weight at 110lbs

I offered her a seat on the front porch and poured her a cup of coffee from the carafe I had sitting nearby. She explained how much she loved my place, before she went into a long diatribe of how stupid she had been. How much she still loved me and had never quit, she would do anything for a reconciliation. Throughout all this, I never said a word. Finally she asked me what I was thinking about. I was honest and told her she was damaged goods to me and while when we were first married, I went where no man had went before. Except now, it was just used pussy. That made her weepy and even more apologetic.

The door opening behind us surprised Josie. My little red-haired girl came out and asked me to introduce them. I did and Josie seemed upset when I introduced Marianne as my wife of a year. She cried and the two women had a good talk, but I left to work on my garden. She left and I never saw her again after that. She moved from western Wyoming to California, I heard, but my red-hair girl and I still live off the grid about 17 miles out of Pinedale, Wyoming!

....is what it's like when finding your wife has been fucking another guy and wants a divorce. Indescribable.

After a months after our divorce, my ex saw me with a date, although I never saw her. I hated her with every fiber of my being and couldn't care less what or who she was doing. She moved in with the guy she was fucking, taking the boys (9&11) with her.

The boys told me how angry she was over seeing me. It was satisfying, but didn't mean shit to me. After a few years, she was starting to go places where I took dates. She was no longer living with the dude and lived with the boys alone.

Perhaps my moment of vindication came when she was trying to be nice, tossing out getting back together. I didn't laugh outright, but simply told her no, I was about to be married. The shock and hurt on her face made it all worthwhile. I married and that was 38 year ago. My ex not only remarried, but enjoyed it enough, she did it six more times. Last I heard, the cunt was still living alone.

It's obviously good to not want to hurt the kids but they "deserved" to know why their parents divorced! Trying to keep them in the dark and not let them know the real reason is absurd! Once they do find out the true reason you run the risk of having them angry at both parents! They become resentful and even aggressive!

Now the other problem here is he allows himself to be manipulated by the girls! NO FUCKING WAY!

There is no way that a real husband would react like Bill did when his wife suggested that they should remarry. I know five different guys from work over the last 20 years whose wives cheated on them and they got divorced. Everyone of those husbands would spit on the ground any time their ex-wife walked up to them to talk. None of them would ever consider getting back together with their ex-wife.

The author is a bit ham-fisted in airing the reconciliation option. I get the sense that it's where the author wants to take things, ignoring the characterisatio of the guy in order to create the ending he wants. I'm already pretty sure I won't like the final chapter.

No man in their right mind would think it is a good idea.

I gave it 5 stars.

It's headed (I hope) for reconciliation. Searching for reconciliation stories, I found it on Literotica's Discussion Board, as a recommended reconciliation story.

One problem that bothers me in this (and other) literotica stories. The guy was so busy that he was shortchangoing his marriage (and maybe his career demanded that at the time). But when is separated and divorced, he has plenty of time to date and romance the ladies, even without a partner to help bear parenting and household chores and responsibilities. Maybe being in literotica demands this bit of unrealism.

Paul in Oklahoma

Both of them were busy at work and with family yet she found time for lengthy affair.

Most of his dates occured during his ''single'' weeks.

For some reason you are justifying her affair and demand for divorce.

Any reconciliation should have taken place before divorce.

She is experiencing cheater's remorse.

TOO BAD!

Especially since she has never said she was sorry!

I read some other commenter had my same reaction. She cheated on him , lashed him out and he doesn't seem to be able to get over him. Maybe his short time with BDSM turned him into a pain seeker.

Just to be clear, I'm not against reconciliation. I'm against RAAC. And this is where your story is heading. So far she seems to show some regret. No remorse, no owning what she did, not counseling therapy or whatever to do some deep souls earching and discover what lead her to cheat. And these are just soem of the few things that a storry need to make a reconciliation believable. It's never a binary choice: I go my way I reconconcile and remarry. She has to do the heavy lifting to win him back.

He seems an old whore, who can't wait to jump back into the pool of sorrow, lies and deceiving his relationship was.

Once a cheater, always a cheater. If he takes her back, he's the biggest fool there is. She cheated once and she will do it again. Women are all liars and cheats. They will look you straight in the eye and lie like dogs. I would fuck her, but I'd never commit to her ever again.

the author is more aware than we are. it saddens me that they would attempt a RAAC. She never did apologize for the affair. She did only admit to the affair to save face that it was about to be exposed that night. And she did want him to leave their house after dumping him.

There is so much self centered evil in that. It would take a long time to unpack all of that into something remotely believable. Yes, she and her lover ruined five children and two jilted spouses. But more than that, her betrayal will leave a lasting mark on this poor sap. His ego/pride have nothing to do with it. A lot of people use pride as a dismissive catch-all excuse. Some people go one tiny step further and talk about the trust lost. More than trust and pride is commitment. She changed the rules and stopped working on them as a couple. She flat out quit. This may sound like vengeance, but it's not: you quit your job, and you want that job back you better be prepared to beg. Think of a marriage like a job. She left and the company suffered. Now she wants back? It's gonna take more than a few honeyed words, some flirting, and manipulations. He's shown her that she is replaceable. She's shown him that the job doesn't mean much to her. She can't act like some new employee. She has a record. You can forgive someone, but you cannot forget. So that speaks to trust a little bit, but the big picture isn't trust. Love wanes, people try to make love sound like something magical when it's not. His sister understands that better than any other character I'v seen on this site. Love is work, love is a job, and you don't quit your job because it becomes tough. Right now she's a bad worker. Lazy and entitled. Maybe she'd never cheat on him again, but who cares about that. Fear is a cheap way to keep your employees in line. He's better off working with someone that WANTS to work with him. That's the point I'm dancing around here. She is simply settling for him, after job hunting and once again being lazy about it. Adults are pretty set in their ways, so why should he settle for her just because she wants to settle for him?

That odoriferous miasma of RAAC is starting to encroach on the story.

I'm going to be severely disappointed if that's how this story works out. It's well written, so I'll continue to trudge on hoping that the predictable doesn't occur.

Absolutely disgusting! Nothing but wimp-cuck crap! The pure BS in his insistent justifications to "taking the high road" are just cop outs. Then her trying to "play back up" to him was sheer hypocrisy! She wanted to cheat and did it for some time before she was found out by the ass-wipes spouse so she tried to get ahead of it by telling him she wanted a divorce before she got found out!

Ass-wipe would have lost his cock and balls and she would have been left out in the cold.....And NO compromise as far as the girls are concerned! Make the bitch suffer!

reconciliation? hmmm. hard to do, it was a serious betrayal, out of the blue and trying to oust him from the house to move her lover in.

and she's never even apologised.

It doesnt seem so but... so far so good except for a brief weak moments

WTF about Alan? Someday he needs to suffer.

I am, I was, I am, I was, I am ....

Constant dwelling on cuckold misery and rationalization on being a wimp. With a help of the writer now the wimp gets make-over as emotionally superior, presenting a cheater as a confused female that hangs on possibility of reconciliation.

Just like I said in my comment on the first chapter, the writer is making his "hero" as a perfect "high-road hero" that will now assume superior position. The truth is that a cuckold is a cuckold. And a cuckold cannot become superior UNLESS he turns the tables. Hanging on his relation with the ex is not going to do that. It only aggravates his own misery as a cuckold.

Constant psychobabble, "positive" misperceptions, and relentless "self-examination" make this chapter difficult to read because they are not explaining anything but rather reinforcing writer's intention to reconciliation and rationalizing this direction he wants the plot to take. Writer does not want to look like a wimp and he does not want his "hero" to look like a wimp and these smokes and mirrors is all he has to accomplish that.

I guess his twin was full of shit. He can't find a decent relationship because he's a cuckold. Grow a pair and get on with your life without the cheating bitch. If you compromise yourself by going backwards, then she will have justified her cheating. If the twin starts talking to him about reconciliation then it's time to ghost her ass.

I much enjoyed reading the long autobiographical sketch by Anonymous 3-24-16 (titled: No, don't do it).

It was quite interesting.

(Although I do not necessarily agree with its title as advice for capecodmercury's story.)

Also liked reading the next, much briefer, autobiographical comment (titled: A perfect punch to the gut).

Thanks, guys, for sharing your stories.

Paul in Oklahoma

I am truly disgusted by the way the author is going with this story, like REALLY? she fucking destroyed his life and shat on their marriage by cheating on him multiple times and then tried to hide that by demanding divorce instead of admitting her wrongdoing. And yet, the author got the audacity to make the MC a fucking wimp who still think fondly of his whore of an ex. Pathetic !

So, now the story is veering to RAAC territory. Its one thing to develop a stable relationship with the EX for the sake of the kids but this is just heading down the road to stupid and giving a false sense of family reconciliation to the girls.

Also, this chapter had clear evidence of blame shift by the author.

"Somewhere along the line, we lost the focus on our relationship. That allowed Johnson to slip in and steal Annie away from me."

This is the kind of bull shit your get from so called family therapists or councilors and is out and right blame shifting. Trying to interject the idea that both were responsible for Annie's cheating. Annie cheated because she wanted to and felt entitled to cheat.

Just because you had a long relationship with someone previously is not a good reason to get back together with them after they betray and trashed the relationship. This is just pure Chump thinking.

Not only was she a cheater but also a liar and was being utterly rude, abrasive and thoroughly uncooperative when it came to sharing the children's custody with her husband. She went to sow her wild oats while the husband played the role of a caring parent but now when she she sees hubby enjoying his date she's ready to play the spoilsport and she kinds of strongly feels justified in doing that. Really pathetic example of even a cheater and the worst type of RAAC I've read in a while.B

I don’t know where this is going but I dont like it. That woman is a lying, cheating, deceitful, home wrecking, cold hearted manipulator. Who when discovered by the wife of the man she was cheating with and to avoid the repercussions of her own husband finding out decided to preemptively file for a divorce. There is no trust here, she willingly broke the bonds of marriage and refused to properly own up to her actions. If she wasn’t caught in her whoring lies she would not have requested a divorce but continued her slutty ways.

To the idiots that are making comments and are unhappy about the direction of the story check the authors published stories. They haven't published anything since 2007.

It would have been good at this point if the author had written something from Anne's perspective. Her affair has ended and she didn't seem unhappy about it.

I suspect that her affair was just a reaction his 'affair' with his job and the growing distance between them because of it.

I am hoping that there will be a reconciliation in the rest of the chapters but he seems very resistant to the idea and his ego is still driving his decision to hold back.

Thank you, nice slow pace, leaving us in limbo as to which way it will go. But we need an explanation from Anne why she cheated.

Oh please! Reconcile?

Dude remember that You're divorced because she betrayed you and you had no idea that it was coming.

It may well be that the 2 of you grew apparent however both we had a responsibility to try to mend that and she may know of it whatsoever.

It may well be that the 2 of you grew apparent however both we had a responsibility to try to amend that and she may no effort whatsoeverIt may well be that the 2 of you grew apparent however both we had a responsibility to try to amend that and she made no effort whatsoever. The fact that she took up with a guy's cheating on his wife shows how stupid she really is and now that she doesn't have that anymore she's returning to the old stand by?

Any guy that would go for that is dumber than a Box of rocks.

Well, that section was a whole bunch of nothing...

Married or divorced, when you have kids with someone you are chained together for life.

Why did you have the MC inject this?:

"Her name was Sally. She's a good friend that works with Laura. Friday was her fortieth birthday and I was trying to make it special for her. There is nothing serious going on between us."

He tells us he doesn't want to feed he potential to reconcile THEN feeds it?

Good story up to this point but such a poor turn of character is to appear foolish in the extreme.PLEASE DO NOT DO THIS IN YOUR STORYS!!😠

My positive impressions of the author increased.

The author understands life and if creatively helping us understand it, too.

I am putting the series on my favorites list.

There are some stories on Literotica (with some editing) that I would love to use if I were a high school English teacher, to help teens understand life and avoid so many stupid pitfalls that destroy happiness.

The Hoary Cleric.

Well written.

Close to life.

Needed more dialogue.

It was like reading a third party report.

Dialogue bri gs more emotions into the story.