Ask Aunt Agatha

In honor of the baseball season starting

"A Home Run!" Thanks for the fun read, up to your usual high standards.

ASKING AND ANSWERING

becareful of implications in a glass house, TK U MLJ LV NV

It honestly drives me nuts , how easy it is to predict how this author's stories will end !

Yet he is so graceful, the lead characters so sympathetic that starting from intro, then on to seamless transitions that a spell is cast and I find myself helplessly pushing quintuple star rating.

Well here is my oh-so predictible concluding, commentary sentences to a Francis Macomber story. This was a treat to read. Thank you.

Thoroughly enjoyable

I thoroughly enjoyed reading your new story. Predictable ...a little but aren't most LW stories..... but honestly in this case who cares. I look forward to your next story. Thank you

I Love A Happy Ending!

Boy gets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl back again. A unique perspective on a classic theme.
Well said!

A fun read.

Excellent as usual. Thanks.
M

5 star

Possibly your best?

Really, really excellent!

It is SO refreshing to come across such a gem in LW's category. Almost all the tales written here are rubbish and trash written by pretend authors with the imagination of a child. Thank you for such a fine piece of work!

Thank You

That was a fun read Like the other commenter said its nice to see a story like this in LWs instead of the trash that seems to land here. Once again Thanks

Nice!!

A great read -- thanks for sharing it.

A good story

I think I enjoyed that the most of all your stories.

Nice 5-star tear jerker

The whole story was kind of obvious after the introduction but it was a pleasure to read. I like suspense but it is not necessary to make a good story... But, what if the wife had remained loyal and loving? Then Mandy was doomed?

I'd Call This One A "Guilty Pleasure"

Fun to read.

It just goes to prove

that most, if not all, politicians are shit, many women are not worth the time they demand and refuse to reciprocate and that sometimes, the second time around is always the best.

Don't have much to say, except "Awww!".

Excellent

While it was obvious who was writing the letters (wife and unknown admirer GF wanna be), this was still a lot of fun. Well-written and original. Thanks for writing.

Agony to ecstacy

A nice story which is thankfully devoid of morbid humiliation and wimpy cuckolds.

Nicely done

First off, the cheating made sense. Not many women are just greedy tramps. I'm sure she also nurtured some feelings for the lout Congressman...or at least told herself she did.

But even Caeser consulted fortune tellers. And even so called smart women go to people for advice (going to a friend or relative is obviously out of the question). So this also scanned well in my opinion.

I liked the fact that forensic reading tipped him off.

And we had enough of a dewy eyed romantic scene to give us an 'aw shucks' moment.

Paging Mr. Edwards..Are you there? No? I wonder why.... Hee hee

Nicely written too.

EXCELLENT

Maybe predictable, but excellently elaborated and probably your best so far.
Keep on writing & sharing!
5*

YOUR LAST ONE WAS NOT THAT GOOD

BUT THIS IS A GEM.. THANK YOU FOR THE READ.

Awwww....

That was so sweet. Love it. there's not alot of dialogues, but it did not bother at all.

Very nice romance

Clever and poignant!

Superb

Up there with the best

Obvious, clear, excellent

I'm with the others this was not a suspense story, but it was a good story well told.

Thank you

Wonderful!

one of the VERY BEST in a looooong time in the LW category, Loved it! Could actually see this becoming a series? Maybe? Hope so.....

Now, back to Miz Sarah!

Bravo!

did you publish this before

Love your stuff. It seems I read this before?

Deep Throat

Naw :) just kidding I liked the story great read gave it a 5. I don't trust anyone screaming about morality either.

Not sure how the morality monitors

didn't catch on to the fact FM is openly lampooning them, guess they aren't very bright. Excellent story turning the tables on the 'closet-morality' cases carping and caterwauling in this category. Masterfully done.

A romance novel

And I say that with respect. It was a well written and fun read. The "revenge" was epic. All his wife had to do was realize that she was one of those who wanted more out of life and divorce him. Then she could go after whoever she wished. But those who think they are entitled to more often don't care about the niceties of how they get it. She was willing to ruin two marriages and she got what she deserved. It would have been nice to see the never to be VP's wife a little happier after the divorce. She was left as an undeserving victim.

The manipulation of the advice column was unique and funny.

Nice work.

Great story, always enjoy your work.

5 stars

First it all humorous story with a little modern Figaro type revenge. Classic revenge story, because there are a past of the married pair, discovering of the cheating part, good not violance revenge (, I do not call these type stories smart husband stories because the revenge organizators may be the husband's friends or collegues as here his colleagues were the modern Figaro(s) ), and a good longer aftermath/epiloge. Thank you, because I like the longer epiloge with second wife.

theaquarianpen

theaquarianpen in one story you have nothing good to say about commentors because they are not as sick as you are, then in this story you accuse this author of stealing your quite the piece of work.

Loved it!

I love to see the heroes get happy endings and villains getting what they deserve. Great one!

"aren't very bright" case in point - duna

Dude is not only full of shit but doesn't get the fact that he and his insecure coward buddies are the congressman in this tale. Wake up dumbasses, your hypocritical preaching is now being used as a source for our entertainment in stories. Too funny.

For me "The Six O'clock News Slot" is the best FM's story. In that story the husband's friend/collegue is the modern Figaro and the husband gets the his daughter custody as well.

This has to be one of your best!

I enjoyed everything about it, and congratulate you on a well-done story. 5 Stars, for sure!

Viva for the revenge stories

@ My Dear offender enemy The husband was succesful to divorce before he has earned the big bussiness. After 2000 years we can laugh on cheating wives and the smart trick of husbands and husbands friends/collegues it is refreshing discovering was the revenge story for me this genre in november of 2010 which came to the light and same to the Gene from Alladin's lamp it will remain with us AGAINST YOUR ANGRY! Yes there are some early example such revenge story from the past Beaumarchais, Da Ponte and Mozart "The Marriage of Figaro".
2. All people have right to happiness, insecure, devastated, betrayed, etc. people have right to happiness as well. I like such stories when devastated, betrayed, insecure people find happyness in stories. It can be seen YOU DEAR OFFENDER ENEMY you like that when cocky people tamle humiliate others. I like when David wins against Goliat, but you would like Tom eats Jerry????????

Everyone knows you are a lying sack of shit duna

You betrayed the few no-lifers who actually read your comments so you should probably register a new handle. Although your maniacal drive to submit 10k comments would start over, they way you comment would only take a few months to get back to where you are now.

Why I like the revenge stories

@ My Dear offender enemy I understood you. You think us revenge story fans in the congressman"s group. I will answer you What is my cause why I like the revenge stories. With some exception (Marriage of Figaro, some end of the XIX Century French Comedias. Gerhard Hauptman novela) the Authors used the cuckold husbands as humor source or wrote the cheater wives as victims. Yes 100 years ago the gender equitity was a dream and the fragile women lived in a ctuel, drunk, dumb, violant husbands ruled World and the Great Literature felt humor source or emotional in the adultary. Yes in that World I would not have been revenge story fan, because the revenge would be only the cruelty the pure violance and THE UNPUNISHED MURDER!!!!!! The cheaters murder was not punished morover the other men agreed with it. 200 years ago I would not have been revenge story fan, as the Great Authors were from Bocaccio to Thomas Mann. However Nowdays the World is up side down. With the gender equity the 2 genders have same responsible for the family and the children well beings. If a husband cheats on his wife, the wife takes him cleaners and she gets the children custody. If a wife cheats the wife takes him cleaners and she gets the children custody. Are there GENDER EQUITY, MUTUALITY??????
(I have 100% solidarity for the abused violated women, wives.) I think this is the first reason which brought me to the revenge story fans. Today the betrayed husbands are David and Jerry and the Tribunal System assisted cheating wives became Goliat and Tom (picture disturbings). The second reason is simple after 2000 years laughing to the cuckold husbands I found stories when the readers can laughing ON THE CHEATING WIVES AND THE LOVERBOYS (AFTER 2000 YEARS) and excellent smart tricks from smart husbands, husbands true friends against cheating wives and the loverboys. The cheater wives and loverboys became SOURCE OF THE HUMOR, AND THIS IS AN INTELECTUAL surprise AFTER 2000 YEARS.
I recommend reading FrancisMacomber "The Six O'clock News Slot" and lucksmith "Let the Punishment Fit the Crime", I laughed on the cheating wives for half hour constantly, when I read both stories. I like the Romantic Revenge stories as well. Instead a willing cuckold story I read a cruel revenge story, but some electric shock instrumen cruel revenge stories are very humorous as JPB has an excellent one.
BTW I like the beliable reconcilation stories as well.

LIKE

What more can I say-----I LIKED THIS STORY

Better than your last outing, but still not up to a Miz Sarah

First, the writing is, as always, nearly flawless. The narrative is clear and flows nicely.

Second, the ending, while telegraphed well in advance, was still nice to see.

Third, and here comes the stuff I don't like, the wife was just too good-girl-turned-bad. Too pat, too easy, too predictable. I can't say what I'd have done differently, but she was just such a silhouette.

I suppose I liked the story for the same reason I enjoyed Return To Me (1999). Read Ebert's review if you want to understand that.

Good stuff, not excellent.

Bring bad Miz Sarah!

'ol duna sure has diarrhea of the mouth

Sounds like the adults in Peanuts cartoons to the rest of us though: "whaawhha whaaha wahha, whawha huh wha haw whuh"

Free to laugh

I recommend Papatoad's "Telephon Blitz" modern Figaro type revenge and reconcilation story. Immun system and hormon balance of humor sense people will be good after reading.

Good Read!!

I like the way you change you storyline themes. Thanks for sharing your stories.

Fun and well written...........

.......and yes, the ending was obvious BUT SO WHAT? It was truly enjoyable story and made me smile. That is the best praise I can offer!

Thank you for sharing your stories and please keep on writing.

Another winner FM

So it was a tad predictable but it was an interesting story.
It also had a deserved happy ending.
Thank you,
N

nice hoing

a nice companion to miz sarah and just as much fun. Bout the only thing missing is Nicky trying to get him back and getting humiliated by her ex being successful and finding someone new.i

Power is seductive

I think FM's main goof was to not 'waste' a couple of short paragraphs, with some clear time and incident space between them, and including a few more comments from his wife, to make it clearer that the Congessman's power was gradually influencing (seducing) Sweety - and quite possibly not a deliberate plan of his or hers. (The last parenthetical might make them 'play' less evil, so might NOT work well in this tale!) As it is, it kinda reads like Sweety 'turned' quickly and unrealistically!

Britease said it best...

I agree that this may be your best yet. It really seemed to have it all. Thanks for a great story, well worth Five Stars!

lovely fun story

thanks for a wonderful read.