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Dont really like reconciliation storys, but this
is a fairly written fantasy of what could happen in a near perfect world. Of course we are no where near that.
Nice
As much as I hate soft-cocks, and their wimpy reconciliations, these people seemed to have paid their dues. So as old people now, I suppose they made the right choice. Maybe if you tone down the corniness a little you'd have an even better tale. Thanks for your effort.
Not Bad
As others have stated, I too do not like recons all that much. This story was well written though, and I guess what dues were owed were paid. I always have to wonder though how Rick (or any cheated spouse) will deal with the insecurity he will inevitably go through. Each time she is 10 min late, each business trip out of town alone, etc.? Wouldn't be me, I guess I'm not man enough to forgive like that. The other part I find hard to accept in these recons is that neither one can find another person to spend their life with! With 3 billion people of the opposite sex in the world it's a bit staggering that they can't find a match the second time around.
As expected!
Perfect!
Great
I guess I like romance and to read about independent and happy people. There divorce was 18 years back. If they want to remarry it seems perfectly justified as a gesture since they have all ready assumed and performed the roles for a long time.
Nice Story
Celt, your consequences series is a good one and I have appreciated the way that it has consistently shown the downside of not considering the carnage that a choice can make.
In this revisit, you have shown the other side. I know that this story will probably be savaged to some degree by the revenge and scorched earth crowd, but I think the comment that you have Judith make in the middle about serving her time is a true statement. It might be a truism, but sometimes time does heal wounds.
It is always strange to me that people can accept and forgive some behaviors over time but expect a life long hatred when a spouse is caught cheating. Of course, when infidelity is discovered there is bitterness and anger and a lot of pain (otherwise why would we write about it?). But, as time passes, a lot of that anger and pain can fade away allowing the underlying feelings and overall relationship to peek back through.
In this case, you showed a couple that had more than a sexual relationship. This is what made the affair a tragic event (and made the consequences such a bitch). The depth of the relationship made the anger and hurt felt by the husband even worse than it would be in a shaky relationship.
But, under the right circumstances, it can also lead to a reconciliation under the right circumstances.
In this case, you show Judith as having gone through a lot of changes, both professionally and personally. You show her as maturing both emotionally and as a person. She is not celibate as penance, but as a choice. I find this to be credible.
Maybe its the romantic in me, but I found this story to ring true, and that is all I (or any reader) can expect.
Thanks, CCM
nice
good idea to re-visit!
I always find myself amazed...
... when I see someone give a low rating and then their comments only say that the low score is based purely on personal preference and not the quality of the story. The only time I see a preference based low score as fair is when the story is clearly placed on the wrong subject group, (ie: the recent string of what I consider primarily Gay Male stories place in Group Sex because there is one bi-male/bi-male/female scene tossed in to the mix). I gave this the highest score because I thought it was well written and held my interest from beginning to end with very few minor glitches (one name was wrong, BFD, couple other forgettable errors). I also am usually of the opinion that in real life a reconcilliation in this type of situation is highly unlikely but thecelt makes this very beliveable in this go around. Very well done.
Excellent - redemption is costly but possible
Often I sigh when I read such a story "revisited", but this one is wonderful. An earlier comment said that Rick would question her any time she was 10 minutes late, but I respectfully must disagree. I usually do feel this way when a cheater is cornered then (nearly) forced to confess and then is forgiven. Your Rick did what was necessary to still be a man (in his own eyes at least). Judith then had 5-6 years of living according to her own new moral standard when there was little or no hope that there would be a renewal of their relationship.
I personally would have liked to see Wes get his, but so often that just doesn't happen.
Your stories are believable to me partly for these reasons. Many thanks!
ttom
Thank You
You know I love reconciliation. I didn't even miss the retribution I always crave.
Jennifer
Great Writing!
Loved the writing, about real people, real family. There is so much total crap on this site you have to give a high score just for the writing. Usually the husband screwes up with the affair and lots of wives take them back. She became the woman he thought she was when they married and he still loved her so why not live together. Thanks again for sharing.
Good story!
Always a have a good time reading your stories.
Good story
This is a very good story unlike a lot of crap that is seen in this category. The people seem real and the emotions are there, and you don't resort to humiliation. The husband in this story doesn't come off as a wimp as most do that choose to reconcile with a cheating wife.
Bravo!!! I look forward to more stories from you.
PERFECTLY stated and well done
I suppose my strong positive reacton here will come as a surprise to some/ may but this was Exremely well done.
The KEY thing that makes this story work is that THIS time the wife spent most of the 8 years pineing away for her man... realizing what shw dne and lost. Often in LW it is the Husband who did NOT cheat who wimps out to family pressure to take the cheating wife back.
Celt successfully portrays the 8 years Judith spent thinking what she done... contemplating what she did to her kids and to him... as a Odyssey... a journey where she came out a far better person.
It really works... and it is done Just right.
Excellent read
Thanks for another good story. PAPATOAD
wonderful story
This story by Celt is one of his best and surely one of the best in 'loving wives.' I cannot say that the ending wasn't expected as it was. But the organization of the story, and especially the dialog between Rick and his ex wife was picture perfect. It could easily be an act to a play. Really superior to anything that I've read before. I wish Celt and other authors of his caliber would write stories in 'Loving Wives' more frequently as there now seem to be less stories posted in this section that run more than one page (1 chapter). Thank you for your stories, Celt. RAG
THIS DOG DON''T HUNT# 55
Author's attempt to be more politically correct destroyed a perfectly good consequences story.The slut's disrepect,lies,and cavalier attitude toward her parental responsibilities are such an egregious act of misconduct that it beggars description to propose that it could be swept away with a simple mea culpa.The author is naive to suppose that life can go forward after so much carnage.The author is particularly simple minded as to the effect on children by the slut's betrayal.The author is equally naive in his idea that the father would give up parental custody to a person so lacking in moral fibre that he could say that he truly did not know her anymore.People do not place their most treasured possessions in the hands of people that they can not trust.It does not happen.
Great ending!
I tend to be a sucker for a happy ending, if it's justified. This one does it for me. I've saved the original of this story, and felt that she got just what she deserved, but you have realistically turned things around to make her a sympathetic character. We've all made mistakes, and I have made some doozies myself. Still, forgiveness must be earned, and the "forgiver" must be willing. I think we have that here. Rick is obviously happier with her, so to hell with those readers who would rather see him righteously miserable. Thanks for a great story. Paul
Surprisingly Good
I generally really enjoy your stories. I am not, however, a fan of the tales in which the ex-husband, having been cheated on, forgives his e-wife. That said, yours was well written and incorporated enough plot line that the emotional baggage of both parties morphed into a story where his forgiveness was appropriate. He did have other relationships during the interim and she truly suffered. Well done and thanks, as always, for submitting.
Best wishes, Bob
good story
I like all of your stories. This one included, but I don't think I could do it. Maybe it was not the true love you described but it could not happen for me. Thanks for entertain g us. Mike from Texas
Damn Great !!!
WOW, just great. I loved every word. Consequences has always been one of my favorites. Thanks
Awesome
I have read all the consequences and loved them all, this revisited was just awesome. Your writing and ability to portray both sides is extremly well done. I have been a fan of the revenge stories but the reconcilliation ones are ones that really touch my soul. Again well done.
Thank You Celt!
What a wonderful follow up to your first story....One of your best.....please keep up the great work!
Dont find my critique so..........
You simply cant trust someone that betrays you, disrespects you, cheats on you, lies to you, then says they love you. And you will always have to watch your and her back for 24/7/365
Bravo
I liked it, even though I liked how the first chapter ended. I think that one size does not fit all with respect to love, marriage, and "loving wives." Time heals, and time also makes for revelation. If indeed two people are what makes each other happy, they probably can overcome the obstacle of their hurt. I just don't think this happens a lot.
Well written, please don't play in traffic, this site would not want to lose one of its best
Awful
Twice as long as the original, half the plot -- and what's there is rambling -- all topped off with an illogical, forced happy ending.
Superb sequel
I also had a little misgiving about the first story's ending but that tends to be your style so I never commented on it.
This is a wonderful sequel and I have always been a sucker for a good old-fashioned love story.
Absolutely excellent - well done.
Thank you for your talent and energy in taking the trouble to write such wonderful stories.
I am not a member of Literotica so cannot leave an email. Maybe I should correct that oversight but, at any rate, thank you once again.
good but not great
it would have been better if they HAD GONE their separate ways, YEARS ago. that would have shown some degree of "reality" to the story,,,, but this holding on for 8 years,,,, and for 5 years not having sex, but only after she's been fucking multiple men in her own home, throwing up afterward?
not realistic. a person who --- even with young children and loving husband and would still do that WOULD VERY LIKELY CONTINUE to do it, no matter what.... so, again, it is decent but not great.
hers was totally psychology. but if his life was actually SHOWN, from year to year, through the trial and tribulations he goes through, then it would have made more sense.... but the brief meeting/dinner and a bried, brush-off notes from HER about his two serious women?,,, that's just card-board box excuses/devices, NOT realistic characters and charaterication and story plotting which have life of their own...
sorry, this story would have been stronger, if the two people had gone their separate ways and still turned out to be goodd people, who made terrible mistakes and had learned from them,,,, rather than this decade-on unshed, tear jerking attempts,,,,
Scary to agree with Harry, but he's correct!
People can and do change. Judith grew up. Rick sampled others whilst divorced and made a very cautious and intelligent decision (romantic too!). Great story!
Unrealistic
so Judith would have gone to her grave still keeping her "promise" to Rick which came too late in the game if you ask me. The "promise" she should have kept were her wedding vows. Rick moved on with his life but didn't find what he was looking for; I just find it hard to believe in all that time she didn't try to move on with hers. What if Rick had gotten married? Yeah, people make mistakes, but the purpose is to learn from them and move on to try and be a better person. Her single-mindedness in her self imposed fidelity to a man who pretty much didn't wany anything to do with her for years, was kinda creepy. I know men in real life who cheated on their pregnant spouses and mother of their children, got served their divorce papers and carried on with their lives with nary a care in the world within a few short months, if that, so this eight year long hiatus from any type of intimacy is unfathomable to me.
KUDO's Author - A Highly Recommended Read
I not sure a few or any other writer or Author could have pulled this off as meaningfully as you did.
Your ability to portray a realistically human condition and feelings with clarity is admired.
Your words are carefully chosen like onto those one could speak in life's most difficult circumstances.
I think you have surpassed your prior best efforts - so applause and more. You have my respect as one of many who appreciate a credible Author's efforts.
We look forward to your next in this maelstrom of emotion called Marital Consequence.
With Very High Regard
Great
You done, did outdone yourself tthis time.
OUTSTANDING
I went back and re-read the first story. and then read this one. outstanding story telling. thank you jrj
She's so great now???
Unrealistic is correct. She tells Rick about her therapy after year 2 and her commitment to be a good wife if he's there or not. Maybe she also should mention the 1/2 dozen or so drunken 1 night stands, sex in the back seats of cars, the unconscious gang bang in her living room, the fact she was too stupid of a slut to even get some cash out of it all for sexual harrassment after her 'higher up' Wes turned the whole office on to what a psychotic whore she was so she finally had to leave the job after most of the guys used her, and all the pain and cash she actually cost Rick and her kids for keeping 2 seperate lives for 8 years, for the PI's, attorneys, and the divorce. Got a woman to be proud of there Rick!!! In real life you get do-overs after all that, just like in this story ending, right???
Great
Bravo! An outstanding completion of your first story.
Boyd
bad revisit of the story.
She deserved the consequences, not to win him back. You wimped out on us theCelt. Not all stories should end happily. Too many do end that way and that is not real life.
I liked it a lot!
I found that the way you portrayed Julia's long term recovery from her self admitted failings gave me cause to think that a reconciliation would be appropriate given Rick's feelings for her after his failed attempts to replace her in his life. That and the fact that I invariably enjoy everything you write.
A very very good sequel
I loved it from start to finish. Thanks for the words and your time.
Ultimately not satisfying
It's rare that I do not like one of thecelt's stories but this one did not please. As usual, thecelt's prose is solid, and the storytelling good. I do not agree with the author's message that there is that one and only one special person for each of us. To be sure, Harlequin and others have made a fortune off this commonly-held perception, but relationship experts tell us that the reality is that a given individual has literally thousands of potential mates with whom they are compatible. If the experts are right, and I think they are, why would Rick and Judith reconnect? They wouldn't and, moreover, probably shouldn't.
Thank you, thecelt, for your effort.
Very Good
When I started reading I was convinced I would be upset that they were obviously going to end up back together, but as I read the story I realized that she fully accepted that her life with Rick was over and that it was totally her fault. There is no further need for punishment as she is doing it all to herself.
She didn't go looking for or ask for reconcilliation, it just happened as an outpouring of the fact that they both still loved each other. There is no reason why they shouldn't be together.
I think you have done a marvelous job with your "revisit" and I as always appreciate your efforts.
I have re-read all of your "Consequences" stories at least once each, some twice. Keep them coming, they are great.
Charley
Did It
I was convinced you should never have continued this, and kept looking and finding little faults. I saw her "sluttiness" as proof he had made the right decision - even that he let her off too easy. But you kept building and building and I stayed with you. You pulled it off... good job!
I Did Not Buy It!
You wrote a very moving reconciliation story! A couple of things spoiled the premise for me. In the first story, Judith a wife with a dream life tosses it aside for self centered reasons (she felt she deserved it for her hard work). That Judith gave up the affair because she got tired of Wes and the thrill of cheatng was gone. In this story, the new Judith hit bottom and reform herself by being faithful to an imaginary spouse. Huh! Divorce is one of those life changing events. So Rick did not change during this 8 year period except that he could not let his cheating wife go. The same woman that he told in his letter that her actions killed his love for her.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
So Rick spied on her over a 3 year period but he knew nothing about her fucking around in the first two years after the divorce. Most ex-husbands would take that behavior as confimation that their wife was a slut.>>>>>>>
What shrink would find it ok for a patient to pretend to be married to their ex-spouse with her only ties to sanity being her boys (who will be leaving the nest) and her tentative job? If Rick remarries and things turn down on her business then she would end up in a mental hospital. Judith never explained why she had the affair only that it was all her fault. Not to mention how she revels in her punishment.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>
In addition to Rick being a sad 8 year cuckold the reconciliation dinner itself do not seem credible. Onee date and years of misunderstanding and hurt feelings are washed away.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Lastly, Judith promises not to cheat again. Why didn't Rick just accept that the affair was over and she could promise not to do it again thereby sparing everyone the pain of those 8 years? Why remarry after 33 years? ANSWER: When the injured spouse can not get pass the betrayal then the marriage is dead. This story flip flops on the basic premise for the divorce.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Sleeple ssinMD
Let's see....
"You never date. Why is that? I know things didn't work out for you right after the divorce, but you are still beautiful, successful, and I know any number of men who would love to go out with you. Why haven't you dated?"
It was one of the questions I thought he might ask and I was ready with an answer. I prayed it wasn't a mistake to tell him. Well, again, what did I have to lose?
"I made a mistake eight years ago and I paid a heavy price for it. I had no choice but to pay that price, and I have. But, one thing I learned during my work with my shrink, Cheryl Hopkins, is that there was only one man for me and that was you. I promised myself after working with Cheryl that I would be the perfect wife for you."
+++++++++++++++++++++++
Technically, these dialogues are not true. If he had started his survallence shortly after the divorce, with her bringing casual men into their old house and FUCKED the shit out of them, doing it so thouthtlessly --- "to show Rick I don't need him!" --- would he still be "loving" her all these 8 years?
don't think so.
and why did he put her under survallence the last 3 years, of those 8 years, when he didn't do it the first 3 years, WHEN MEMORY of her and the family were still fresh and he might have wanted to see if she's truly regretful of her transgressions or not?
again, as SleeplessMD and other said, these whole discretely opportunitistic events just don't fall into places like the author wnated to argue here.
Now, on the other hand, if both or either of them HAD gone on and married for some years and, for a number of reasons, it didn't work out and after all these years, with their sons' activities bringing them back together UNWITTINGLY having caused them to take a second stock of what had happened so long ago, to a marriage both had believed to be so solid and yet crumpled to dust seemingly overnight..... Now, IF IT HAD HAPPENED LIKE THAT, I would agree the story was approaching realism to beleivable degrees.
but not this: after 8 years, one meeting and they were back together, as a couple (even he's still very cautious and not willing to go all the way for some years, blah, blah). this is not very believable.... AGAIN, what the f--- was he doing survailing her those last 3 years? stupid little sub-plot devices to force reconciliation just don't work........
An extremely well written story of LW
It is funny how the dialogue gives us a completely different view of what people’s mindset are really said to be as you read the chosen words for description of feelings.
In this last chapter we find Judith lament on her downfall:
“It was ironic that I found myself thinking about Rick all the time I was with Wes and by the end of the three days I had recommitted myself to my marriage and to Rick”
Fist this is an add-on to the original story and tries’s to send a message of she had found her betrayal abhorrent and was torn with grief and needed to rush home and admit her betrayal. This doesn’t hunt as she was relaxed and looking forward to being home with her duped family.As is the case in so many affairs, no matter the length, the guilt and realization that they had more they didn’t want to lose then to go on with the deception. The one telling factor is if they reveal their betrayal and seek a resolution, it likely could prove to stand the test of time. To just say well nobody knows and that is the end to that lends itself to in time become a dalliance that was nice and maybe I could just do it one more time, as nobody was hurt. No amount of counseling or therapy can help anyone who doesn’t confront the truth in what transpired. If anyone puts the blame of their actions on any one person or circumstance they are just being self-serving and delusional.
We see in Judith’s repeated remarks she still sees the breakup as he walking out on her. Not her forcing him out.
“Not in all those years since he walked out on me had we been together as a family.”
“He always was, except the time I cheated on him and he walked out on me.”
That shows an anger she has, could also be as strong as hatred towards her husband’s actions. She sees his not waiting to just forgive her the real lack of understanding as she purports to finally see, she sees him betraying her so called love. She goes on in the dialogue to say she takes responsibility for the divorce but in truth she still sees others are at fault for the breakup not really her. She states in many dialogue excerpts she has paid and inordinate price.
“He paid me back: no mistake there! And boy, did I pay!”
She doesn’t see it is they as a couple that paid a huge price. She is still self-centered and has learned little in her outlook on life. She paid nothing as she had everything still hers to choose to do, without the problem of a husband who was willing and did pay the bills as she went through a depression. She just couldn’t have everything she wanted all the time.“This is not the same woman who cheated on you and who you devastated so completely.” She still thinks he was the cause of the devastation.
The dialogue still shows her not saying, “My cheating that devastated you and me.” This is so slanted in the wife being wronged it makes me cringe to have her portrayed as having seen her conflicts and put them in perspective so she can move on. This is what jumped right out at me as I read the story. I must give you a 100 as the story is that well written and engaged me totally. I do not see a self-centered user of a person as being rehabilitated much less repentant.I do so thank you for your wonderful skill at writing these stories, though I feel reconciliation at all cost is really your bent as you bend over backwards to put two souls back together. With the greatest of respectPT
Great author & fair sequel.
It was apparent the slut ex-wife's story dwells upon her hardships and seemingly inconsistent rationalization of her affair with Wes. She bemoans the depths of the consequences as it effects her and only her. Comes across as the usual selfish slut wife with no consideration of how the divorce may have had adverse effects on his life. Basically, it hard to feel sorry for her when she absolutely deserves much more than she got. In any case, the author did a fair-good job on a sequel.
Very nice!
Great ending to a great story! Contrary to those commenters who base their opinions on theory instead of real life, these scenarios actually happen more than people realize. The failure rate for those who remarry their divorced spouse is around 50% or about the same as the U.S. divorce rate.
It is possible to start anew and get on with new lives.
Thanks for a great read!
PW
Thank You!
Thanx for finishing this --I too didn't feel the way you originally ended it was fitting -This is the way this situation in real life could've ended -YOU ARE THE BEST!
Lame
Lame ass fucking wimp out of the first degree.
WOW!
WOW!, indeed!
This story is excellent, as so many others observed. What really impresses me, however, is the strong positive responses it is drawing.
With the exception of zed0 and maybe one or two more, the responses are literate (that itself is remarkable) and constructive.
You've done something right here, Celt!
Thanks. Rich
SUPERB
A beautiful story with an excellent plot with great characters portraying realistic emotions. Great example of one paying for then learning from their mistakes and then becoming a better person for it. Also illustrates that consequences can be negative and positve. It is the basis for how we learn. The old saying, "You learn more from your failures than from your successes" I was hoping you would write more stories like this in your "Consquences" series. They were getting pretty predictable, Wife cheats, gets caught, husband divorces her, end of story. Thank you, for a very entertaining read.
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