Here's What Will Happen

Nice

Smart man. He realized it wasn't the wife's idea and nipped it in the bud. Luckily she was smart enough to drop the cunt friend and re-affirm herself to her husband. Tragedy averted. Great little tale.

Five Stars

THIS is what should have happened...

... in that other, recent story where the wife wanted an open marriage and came home crying after her first night out on the town. That husband's marriage might have been saved, if he had acted like this man. *****

Great

I loved the way the husband dealt with the wife's demands. The truth is always best.

You write two pages, I want three. You write three pages, I want four. You write four pages, I want five.... Are you sensing a trend here laptop? Thank you for another wonderful story.

Another good story

Another good story, thank you.

Enjoyed it

A decent flash story that could have been developed a bit more. Hubby should have heard her out a bit more before giving her the letter. Very good. Thanks.

HE DIDNT SEE ANY PROBLEM

just a bad situation and He handled it. TK U MLJ LV NV

It would depend

Hmm, as long as I could date other women, I would consider it. Why waste time and energy waiting around, when I can go out there and explore new things, and perhaps form new bonds. If, the marriage is starting to fail, then I would let it go. I am myself responsible for my own happiness. I am a practitioner of detaching myself from any relationship. I've met people new to a certain lifestyle, and sometimes they will lose themselves into it. I am not the wait around type, until you learn a lesson. Simply move on and keep my individuality.

5*

A fantastic little flash story. So much plot in so few words. I do think that Linda should of warned her friends about Audrey's bullshit even if only to save them from what almost happened to her.

Yeah a real man

A very well written short story, it had a good plot that you used well, good dialogue to help explain everything going on & a well thought out plan to head off the women. I liked the fact that he was proactive immediately & didn't pussyfoot around waiting for something more to happen. It was also good to see that Linda got her act together asap , gave Audrey the shove & set about being the best wife she could. 4****

5 stars

Best Flash Story in a long time. "It's the Thought that Counts" He was a hero to his family and did the right thing. Getting the parents involved was brilliant. I guess she did not understand her husband very well if she did not predict his reaction.

Bravo

Nice!

Thanks for sharing.

Excellent little story

And I loved how the husband handled it. Straight forward, direct, strong, clear and quick. And, as is not often enough the case on LW, a wife who woke up before it was too late and was smart enough to listen and try to undo the damage she had caused. Terrific story.

Ecxellent!!!

I'm too emotional to be as calm as he was. I might have written a similarly good letter if I took a week to think, write, and rewrite. My former wife knew better than to ask. She decided to take the affair route.

Why is it that a woman who allegedly loves her husband so dearly has a best friend that openly despises him. More and more stories take this approach and I honestly don't believe that could be possible. The answer is that she doesn't really feel the love that she so ardently professes. Which, I suppose, could actually show the crack in the relationship earlier than other indicators.

pretty much

Unless the husband views the act of asking for this grounds for divorce... this tale dictates how anyone should handle the situation. Concise, logically, and most of all not giving the ok and then crying after the fact.

A while back...

Greyeagle had a flash story that had the wife proposing open marriage (for HER), while the husband stayed home with the kids. It was also a flash, in fact even shorter, at just one page. In that, the hubby considered her request, and challenged her about HIS side of the "open" marriage. He was trying to get her to think about his feelings, and IF she had really thought it through. How would she REALLY feel about him being with another woman? Since, she HADN'T really considered it, or all of the other more serious consequences, the brief conversation had come full circle, and she backs off from the original proposal. However, since this had been born out of "curiousity", (as well as the influence of some other female slut-friend), the hubby realized pretty quickly that WITHOUT his permission, she was just going to go ahead and cheat behind his back anyway. If not soon, at some point in the future. Regretfully, in just a few paragraphs of discussion, he declares the marriage broken beyond repair, because he will never have complete and total trust in her ever again. And of course, without trust, his love for her will erode and falter. There may be some benefit to employing the maxim "trust but verify", however, it is exhausting! And IF you are the kind of person who freely gives trust, until you are betrayed, it is hard to accept switching philosophies to the TBV mindset. It requires you becoming a different person, and fundamentally changes the nature of the relationship. The moral of greyeagle's story was JUST HAVING "THE TALK", was enough to lose trust and destroy the marriage. Readers complained in the comments about the apparent ease of the hubby being able to walk away from a marriage, where the wife supposedly hadn't done anything wrong yet, or that if he REALLY loved her, then he would have fought harder to salvage what was left. But they missed the point. Salvaging what was left, would have required a change, and it was a change that no wife should expect the man she "loves" to go through. LTW's hubby, is righteous, and proactive, AND successful. Quick, clear headed thinking and presentation of the consequences helps wifey to understand just what is at stake. But all of the readers who loved this story, (and I loved it too, and agree with its core philosophy-especially since children were involved) HAVE to acknowledge that their relationship was fundamentally changed JUST from having the discussion, and that the complete and comfortable trust the couple previously enjoyed, will NEVER be the same.........even if they DO make it to 50 years.
LTW, always love your 5 star stories! Thanks for making us think, and even when we've "heard it all before", reminding us of the conventional wisdom and basic truths about marriage, help the readership here to distinguish between the reality of consequences for poorly thought out actions and the fantasy of problem-free extra-marital diversions. Good Work!

A Sure Winner

Another dim-witted woman shown the error of her ways by a stern righteous husband. Works every time.

The setup was a cliché that's been done to death.

However, the payoff was unique and outstanding! He didn't "nip it in the bud"... He used industrial strength weed killer! LOL

Wifey was obviously struggling with the thought of cheating on Hubby. The cliché with the Best Friend Bitch wanting to break up her friend's marriage by suggesting she cheat has, as I stated, been done to death. The question I have is this: Why does a woman who loves her husband put up with a BFB who openly despises that same man?

Hubby's ultimatum did the trick, though. That was one well thought out letter he wrote. Wifey woke up and realized what she was about to do with BFB and kicked her "best friend" to the curb. Best Friends, in the traditional sense, do not seek to break up their friends' marriages. BFB had to know that Hubby didn't like her, and that what she was proposing would break up Wifey's marriage. Wifey had to know that Hubby didn't like BFB, and vice versa. That brings it back around to the clichéd setup.

What really saved Wifey, to me at least, was that she didn't even have to think about it after she read Hubby's letter. Sometimes, all that's needed is a swift kick in the ass for us to see that what we're planning to do is wrong.

5 HUGE Stars! A great quick read on a day when I need to do some writing and editing on my novel. Thanks, LTW!

well

Probably the weakest story I have read in months, no point in voting.

That's what it's needed...

He took the necessary actions...maybe except one or two: The friend of his wife should suffer the consequences for being a no heart bitch...

things change anyway

Well i guess this is a comment on the comments. Great story in my opinion. Things change in any relationship regardless. Relationships evovle continuously over time. Maybe some commenters need to think about the fact that wife friendship was a relationship that prexisted her marriage. While hubby may not have liked the friend I am reasonably sure that even if the friend also didn't like hubby she was supporting of her friend or they would not have remained friends to begin with.
Here is more on how relationships evovle over time. People hold onto an idealized image of family, friends, etc. Rarely does that image change with the evolution of the relationship. So I submit that while wife may have subconsciously realized that her friend had become toxic, she still remembers her old friend who was so good to her before she got married and wants to hold onto that friend. Additionally, the friend had semi recently gone through her own divorce as the author said. So she had to be feeling all the emotional baggage that goes with that. Rage, jealousy, inadequacy, fear, lack of desirability, etc. And she is going through a phase of her life where she is struggling to deal with these emotions and lashing out in everyway possible, hence the promiscuity, partying, trying to break up her friends perfect marriage, etc. If you take a moment to look, you will see that the wifes friend is dealing with way more pain and anguish than the hubby had to and was jealous of her friend and angry with hubby over some slight real or imagined and wanted her friend to be in the same place she was. Hence she need counseling herself to deal with her own problems, but like most people refuses to acknowledge she has a problem and won't bother.
The final point, I have seen marriages survive much much worse than the mere threat of cheating. Hubby was smart to insist on marriage counseling. The whole purpose of marriage counseling is to assist couple is getting past any and all crisis that come up in any marriage. The trust will never be the same, but it can be rebuilt. The doubt, however small, may always be there or not, but it can be dealt with. People put up with a lot of pain both physical and emotional for the comfort of their marriage, whatever comfort they may find in it. This couple has a loving support system and an example of how it can work in both of their parents.
The one person I feel bad for is the friend. She has no one and just lost one more good friend due to her own failure to be a friend.

PCR? story=to Prevent Cheating and Reconciliation

To Prevent Cheating and Reconciliating (PCR?) story type is very rarly on Lit and SOL.
The best stories are from Flavian (the most exciting) "The Biggest and Best" from storiesonline dot net (SOL) and (the most humorous) from Papatoad "Telephone Blitz" from SOL and Lit.

BTW 5*****

Duna

he set the record straight

some friend if your in a good marriage dump these assholes who want you do something foreign to your beliefs and vows.

re: The setup was a cliché that's been done to death.

Yeah. Instead of just stewing about it. making idle threat, he made a direct, take-no-prisoners approach, rare for such stories.

That said, one of the biggest clichés is the "besides you, she's only been with one other man in her whole life. That's ridiculous, Robert. I'm sure you've had a lot more women than that." argument. I can't recall a story where the husband replies along the lines of "So what? Too late. She had just as many chances to do that as I did, before marriage. It's not my fault she wants to go back on her wedding vows."

@ Guard of his wife's pussy

Take your sick ass back to gay male.

I don't usually delete comments, but...

when someone uses the comments to write their own sick cuckold story, that's crossing the line. To that "person," if you write another I will delete it as well...and so on, and so on...

A quick solution

A high drama confrontation and a tearful resolution. (Well it doesn't need to be realistic does it). A really good read.

You write great stories!

Do not be affected by negative comments. You have real talent. I will read anything you write because I am a fan. *****

One of the best!

I've been waiting for someone to write a story where the husband clearly states his position right up front instead of just saying something like "don't do this". The story could of course go in many directions from there. I'm happy with this one. The wife immediately sees what a moron her "friend" is, and the husband doesn't just roll over, but rather lets her know there still is at least some damage done to the marriage, and he can't promise it can be fixed. Love it!

This isn't a story.

It's just a rant. Sorry.

Nice Read***

It was just what you said, I really enjoyed it. Thanks for sharing.

Great Story

Excellent discussion. He got what he wanted, but he is going to pay with many years of doubt. As usual it is the children which is the deciding factor here. It they did not exist he would be better off asking for a divorce.

Good Story

I liked his response, and I liked her honesty re Audrey's call.

So many of these stories you see the wife continuing to conspire with the "best friend."

My only criticism is I don't know if I would have mailed the letters to the parents before she made her choice, though the reinforcement from the parents probably helped.

If someone truly believes

it is only sex,
it doesn't really matter,
they have no business being married.

Audrey proved she is not a friend. And I hope he does make a visit to the couple who tried to convince her it was ok.

Hey Lap Top...

I saw your name over a title and had to read it. There's been a flood of really lousy stories lately. I'm so sick of the 'happy cuckold' thing that's been going around. You're always reliably good.

I gave you a five. It wasn't original, but like detective stories, there's a formula, and some can do it, others can't.

The story seemed a little awkward; two things cropped up as I read.

First, she's been married for seventeen years. She certainly should know her man and his rigidity regarding fidelity. Rigidity in this matter is a good thing. She should have anticipated the very assertive response she got, and that anticipation should have been enough to squelch Audrey's 'scheme'.

Second, she hadn't done anything yet, but he came across as absolutely ruthlessly arbitrary. Most women are born negotiators. I would have expected her to have read the correspondence, sent Audrey packing, and then try to deliberate with her husband. I would have expected her to try to pare down the demands. I could have seen her bargaining to get rid of the spare bedroom thing, and STD testing. I think he would have agreed to concede on those two items, and in so doing he would have given her some respect; respect that would have netted him enormous dividends in the marriage.

Good shorty. I really had a good time.

Hmmm.

What an asshole this guy is! You can almost understand why the wife wants to do some sampling, if only to determine whether there might be someone less obnoxious out there. But no: She really does just want the sex, as she demonstrates by immediately accepting even his most ridiculous terms. Maybe they belong together after all: He's an arrogant asshole, and she likes him that way.

Hey Anon...

You call this guy an asshole; let's look at why he did what he did. He demanded that the influence that caused the damage to his marriage ( her so-called BFF) be removed--IF she wanted to stay married. He didnt want to have to go through this again in a few months when his wife was convinced to try again, probably without the "up front warning" that he got this time. Hed be looking over her shoulder all the time for any signs of a fling It was always her choice. He demanded that she move into the other bedroom as she needed time apart to truly see what damage she did to their marriage--no ineffective "quick fixes" made by a late night seduction when his guard was down. The demand for counseling speaks that he did consider the marriage worth saving and savable. The demand for the STD test is as much for his own safety as the kids, and to show her that his absolute trust in her word is gone. The GPS and the phone tap is a method of slowly restoring his trust--IF, of course, she behaves. All these are reasonable considering that he was ambushed and backed into a corner by his wife and her so-called friend. He could've gone nuclear and that would've been bad for all-- including their kids.

My 2 Cents

Great tale. He would not have been successful had he not been so focused and clear in his letter. Most of all that he was able to type it so quickly so as to make his point as an immediate response. It may have taken me an hour to type that lol. By then both women would have been long gone as would the marriage.

Great oroactive story

Great proactive way to approach a situation. He didn't wait in closets and follow her around town to see if she would do it. He handled it before it became a situation. He saved her from herself.

I have to say that I would be disappointed in my wife's character this happened to me. I understand that she was manipulated, but she made herself such an easy target. She let a friend, who by the way is not fond of her husband, talk her into considering an affair on the premise that it's "just sex". Being that she knew that her friend didn't like her husband, she should have recognized that she wouldn't really have her marriage's best interest at heart. For her to bring the old adage "if he loves you he will be okay with it" should have been like water off of a duck's back. But she allowed this person to warp her mind.

There is a reason why she was such an easy target. Either she is a really weak person, or she isn't as happy in her marriage as she says. She is missing something in her marriage. That is why she was "coerced" into trying this. I think he did good adding the marriage counseling into the list of demands.

true to life

Generally;
Men will consider their wife to be their best friend.
Women will put their female friends ahead of their husband in terms of friendship.

Audrey was toxic to their marriage, she wanted to destroy it for her own selfish reasons.

can't get more

to the point than he did. no crying, puking, falling down on the floor, curling up like a kicked dog. took care of business instantly right there and then. no slirpuffing, hdk'ing.
5*****s

Good story

And his response is the response I wish a lot of the men would make in this section when their wives want to make them cuckolds. I do think he went a little overboard by informing both sets of parents. He strips her of all her pride and self respect and in the long run, that was probably too much. By trashing her in their parents eyes, she may cross over from loving wife to disrespected wife. And her anger at him may sit and stew until she feels the need to get some revenge. That would be an interesting sequel. In the mean time - well done!

A SOLID FIVE

Short, clear and to the point. Tells this story the way such a story must be told, if it is to be effective. When I saw your name I expected excellence and I was not disappointed.

WOW! You pulled off the near impossible. You've written a LW story the Anons. haven't pronounced a pile of crap. You've also answered my question of how to write a LW story without a cuckold.
GOOD WRITING!

Ahh, another dose of stupid required to make a story...

A man that wrote the conditions required to move forward from his wife's stupidity, would not have allowed her association with Audrey in the first place. He instantly knew the source of the problem; why would he have let her into their lives, to poison their marriage?

Oh dear

another silly hubby that doesn't realize he's been offered the long straw of fortune when his filthy hotwife wants to put their sex schedule on a ride to the stars. Let her have a little fun, dude, ffs. You can use the straw to suck out..oh enough already. Cut and paste pastiche from ltw. 3*

boring

I skimmed it and was bored. There's no point to this story.

The letter to the parents and the lawyers

I think I probably would have held them in my hand at the door while the wife and her friend read the letter, then posed the ultimatum as, "do we have an agreement, or shall I mail the other letters?" And made one of the conditions in the letter a postnuptual forfeiting all assets in the event of infidelity.

@sdc92078

For me, the letters to the parents were to make his wife face just how much she fucked up, so there was no need to hold the letters back as an ultimatum as she either went along with all his conditions or the marriage was over. I do agree about having her sign a post-nup.

Unrealistic

Nice little story but having decided to cheat, I can't believe she would collapse so totally and instantly.