Separation and Anxiety

Excellent

Great point of view. Basically the wife wanted a separation to have sex with another with a clear conscience. The husband said no. So they divorced. End of story. And marriage. And this comment.

TO STAY A WINNER

one must keep on their own research. TK U MLJ LV NV

Great Story

Great because it is the way marriage really is. Marriage is hard. For two people to behave themselves for 30-50 years is almost impossible. It takes both of them working at the same goal to make it that long. While men may be more prone to cheating, I have found women are more prone to becoming "dissatisfied" with their marriage after the children have grown. They often see little use for their husbands. Once they needed them to provide sperm, legitimacy and support for them. As they age, they seem to see their husbands as horny old men that simply annoy them. Wherever I go: work, socializing, even in church, women are there complaining to anyone that will listen about their husbands. The good looking ones get a lot of men listening to their woes while they are checking out the goods. The ending is dead on, it is better to be alone than with someone who is a bad or lazy partner. As far as the kids go, sadly they have their own agendas that may blind them to the truth. That is why evidence is useful to win in the court of public opinion.

Excellent

Comment Title says it all.

Mid life crisis

Wife had a mid life crisis. To boost ego, feelings of attractive, and self worth, the wife in this story seeks the attention of other men. It is an addicting high, and hard to break. Most people that go through it and once the excitement is over, it is not what they thought. The story is realistic.

Enjoyed it

Five stars. Love Sugna's comment.

Good story well written

The wife's direct dialog was substancial and pivitol in the predivorce part of the story and was sorly missed in the post divorce. Enjoyed the story very much and look forward to your next story. Thanks

A dose of reality.

Usually in these stories, the husband marries the wife's sister or the divorce lawyer and she is much younger and has bigger tits. The wife realizes she made a mistake and begs her ex to take her back. Real life doesn't work that way. Her actions hurt them both. There's no pretty way around it.

Painful but realistic.

A well done piece. You packed a lot into such a short story.

good story but there should have been

payback for good old Dan! he should have met some pain!!

Really, really

liked this one. I have added TCct to my list of authors whose previous stories I want to read in the future. Keep writing! One confusion for me: If Sarah really was "fighting" to save her marriage, why did she send John a photo of her sucking Dan's cock?

Loved it

5.- Enough said.

BTB

This is the kind of burn the bitch story I like. How did he burn the bitch, he took himself away from her. Realizing your own value is the true way to burn the bitch. Is he going to be happy in the future? More than if he had stayed with her. Reconciliation requires acceptance of an unacceptable act, as a psychologist I would never suggest you do that. He left her after she burned the bridge it is not his job as husband to repair the non repairable. He left her to her own devices and she managed to make someone else miserable. And what of Dan? Discarded by the wayside like so much garbage. *****

Zzzzzzzzzzz

This story's plot was: wife cheats, husband files for divorce. That's it. That's the entire story. I'm sorry, but how on earth is that a story? And why was it posted to an erotic website?

Was there some sort of point or lesson to be learned? And why was it placed in this category? Is this supposed to be extra-marital "fun?" Or is this one of those "and more" stories?

These stories about marital strife are so incredibly, mind-numbingly BORING, and yet it seems a lot of people enjoy them. I don't get it.

I liked it....

I liked this story, as I like some cuckold stories...The cuckold stories that I like there are 3 things that must be always present: 1st - Love; 2nd - Respect and 3rd - agreement of both to play the cuckold game. In this story, all this 3 things weren't present, so the husband took the only decision possible. Luck for the lover he didn't take action against him too...

No dice

I have to say that having recently gone through the EXACT same predicament of my wife seeking emotional refuge in another man, I think your response was absolutely self centered and misguided. Instead of looking for the bigger picture, (ie: I had been emotionally unavailable to my wife for years, causing her to look elsewhere for comfort,) you decided to throw her away like yesterday's trash. She seemed to desire strongly to work out the problems between you, but you acted in cruelty. I suggest that you were the one who drove her away.
In contrast, I chose to LISTEN to my wife's heart and identify with what she was going through, and work on my own shortcomings, becoming more emotionally available to her. We became more open and brutally honest with one another, and as a result are still happily married, monogamous and closer than we have ever been.
I'm sorry for your loss.

Respect and confiding

If for two years i had tried to heal a marriage and the other partner did nothing and refused to talk or communicate, well I may have checked out of loving them long before they asked for a separation, I can love someone, but after 20 years of loving them, even less, i would expect that love back in kind

Confiding in someone else and planning to separate from your/my/ their current partner to explore a relationship with them, it hurts, just leave and get out, I have seen people ask for a separation and 6 months later serve divorce papers while 2 days before be willing to return to their partner. She later told the wrong person she never planned to return to him. Well he is still a mess thanks to those 6 months of hope, he hurts cause he can't trust hope not love.

Not the smoothest read

But gripping and has great realism.
5* - thx!

I hated it.

Rubbish boring crap etc

Very realistic slice of life

Interesting slice of life surrounding two seemingly good people who married young.
I think many long term couples have been there. The key to survival is to confront the emotional affair before the physical. This goes for both men and woman. While the physical affair is deemed my many, including myself, to be unforgivable, in truth it is the emotional attachment that kills the relationship.

I think in the same situation I would have done the same thing as John with the only alternative being to confront Dan and his wife. The she could decide to work it out or move on. That said by then it may still have been too late

That said enjoyed the story a great deal and gave it 5 stars. Usually the 1 pages don't contain enough to tell a complete tale, I liked the day in the life approach.

Keep up the good work

5 big stars from me

John dealt with the situation the same way I would, even after 40 years of marriage to my HS sweetheart and soul mate.

Should she have ever left me, emotionally only even, for another man, she'd better run for the door because otherwise she's going to bounce down the street with my foot propelling her the entire way.

Essentially,

a one scene story without much background. We only have his word that in fact he tried for two years to fix things. I do not know if we really needed to know more about Dan, but maybe it would have helped us understand why she was so stupid in turning to him and not her husband. In fact he admits there were problems, but what exactly were they and since this two people, there would be TWO sets of problems. Slice of life: sure, but very narrow and only his side. I would divorce her, but I would be clear why: a little more information.

how true

i found you handle it with great pride and honesty, as far as the sick fucks who troll through these stories just to get their sick kicks for there sick minds time will take care of those losers. In the end the one person you have to live with and die with is yourself.

'just the facts ma'am'

Terse and taut tale-Joe Friday would be proud.

4 stars... great story more background

Psychologically this is a really good story but a little more background regarding the husband wife would make the story much better.

For example the husband says that he has made several efforts over the past two years to rekindle the marriage... and the wife does not seem to dispute that. I would have liked to seen some more follow-up questions regarding that from the husband. Something like.." Do you recall the time I did such and such .... and you werent interested?"

I also would like to have see how the wife justifies going to friends and another man to talk about their marriage... but INTENTIONALLY deciding not to talk to the husband ?

How and why did she decide that coming up with the ultimatum would be the best course of action ?

At any point did she even consider that maybe she should talk to husband FIRST as opposed to talking to another man or talking with her friends?

As to whether not this is a truly BTB (Burn the Bitch) story... That depends on one's point of view. Calling out or citing a spouse's attitude about her mental state ... open this respect ...abuse ...bad behavior etc is not in itself a BTB response. And in my opinion reacting to her demands are ultimatum for bad behavior of disrespect...is NOT a BTB response.

in my view a BTB response is when the actions of the husband are much more aggressive than simply walking away in getting a divorce. It is when his actions become somewhat vindictive -even if justified-- and go out of their way to cause additional hurt and pain.

LSD scores (again)

The Slam Dawg is a succinct in his commentary as TCct is in writing it! Those who want a bunch of sides and gravy* with a good steak, well-prepared don't understand meat, or the eating thereof!

This story is MORE powerful because it is firm and terse.

5*

* a quibble I have with Hubby at the steakhouse.

Edit FAIL

First sentence should read "... is AS succinct ..."
Sorry.

He was right

right that the marriage was over.
right that she was seeking validation to cheat.
right to move on.

Short

Not an easy decision. but he made one and stuck to it.

To lostindesires

I think your living what you percieved to be the story got in the way of actually reading it. The husband in this story tried for 2 years to make the marriage work. You did not. His wife chose to cheat on him...your wife cheated on you . If your wife was unhappy because you were acting like a dick she should have confronted you, divorced you BEFORE she got involved with someone else. The fact that she didn't speaks volumes about her character. The fact that you both forgave and accepted full responsibility speaks volumes about your character. Other than cheating wives you and the husband in the story have nothing in common. She is still cheating on you by the way...she's just better at it. Good luck.

This is a very straight forward story. Their happy marriage fell apart (details not really provided) and we are told the husband was aware of it and tried to rebuild it. His wife wasn't interested and turned to another guy for her emotional and eventually physical support. I guess it is a bit "boring" because it is gritty and real. There was no convoluted cheating or revenge plot, just a wife on a path out of the marriage and a husband unwilling to put up with her lies and attitude. John, wasn't reduced to a weepy puddle and we didn't have to put up with too much moronic talk from a cheating wife trying to justify her actions. Neat. Clean.

I would advocate for a more interesting plot in future stories but like the focused writing style.

Scary but I Agee with Harry

Four star story. I don't agree with the comments about saving the marriage - once one spouse decides to get companionship and comfort from somebody else, it is over. In this case, the husband is more likely to marry again successfully than the wife simply because we men die off quicker. He can probably upgrade, altough HDK is probably correct it is more difficult than most stories indicate.

another great story from you

so real to so many men and women whose partner lost their way and choose to hook up with another. even if she never slept with this guy there marriage was over, she asked to separate so she can explore another, just ridiculous at least he was on his a game. no winners here.

greaT STORIES wish you could write more often

you are one of the top writers here, please keep them coming

lostindesires has a point

lostindesires has a point, but it may be more about himself than the protagonist. Who says that the husband was "emotionally unavailable"? In this story she was the one holding back and establishing a new relationship behind her husbands back. I agree trying to work through a problem is not a bad idea if it has not gone to far. She must be willing to make some concessions through. 1. no separation. 2. get rid of the male confidant - totally including quitting work if necessary or getting him fired - whatever the best solution is for the COUPLE. 3. The husband has to have a chance to give the other man a piece of his mind as a parting shot. He is an interloper and deserves punishment. Now, hopefully back on level ground they can try to talk through their problems. Most of these problems are likely her ego issues though, in which case a shrink may be of some help.

****

AMEN to the last three sentences! Good writing and story. Cheers!

Off Plumb

"One bubble off plumb". I had not heard/read that phrase in a lot of years. Thanks. As for the story, I liked it. Succinct, almost terse and well done.

A Tough Lonely Decision

Obviously, a down to earth realistic man without a penchance for justifying or allowing false hopeful and wishful outcomes to an already betrayal of his love and trust!

It's lonely after that many years and, in the long run, better to go alone than to constantly wonder if, gee wiz or will she do it again?

We don't EVER forget the ones we love, remember the good and great times and hurt for the memories that ended what was once euphoria but - better to go alone.

Thanks for a real life experience and so accurately definitive of a ruined relationship. Wife sending him a picture of a blow job would be typical of a cheating woman who didn't get her way but really didn't fit this story - BUT - nonetheless, a great realistic read...THANKS!!!

BTW 5*****

What is the different a consequence story to a revenge story? This consequence story shows well. To be find a second woman and to find a successful second marriage this consequence story had become a revenge story...............

Duna

Sad you walked away into solitude

but you did good. The best revenge is the revenge never taken. Think about it. 4*

5 stars

I no longer read other comments, sick of seeing the arguments, don't even know who has commented.

Instead, I am leaving my comment for you, Tcct, the person who wrote this.

Thank you for your contribution. You, author, are someone whose work I can read and not get pissed off and have to stop.

Technically well written, but more importantly, your ideals and position do not grate against my own moral code.

I read this and then went to your other stories, then I came back to vote.

If anybody rails against your work, it can only be due to their own warped morals and justifications, so ignore them.

Cheers

I Was the One Who Pulled the Plug on Our Marriage

But she was the one who drowned it. Better? Reality is not just tough, it's boring. Good writing. 5 stars.

As a storytelling effort . . .

. . . this one falls a bit short. The crux of the story is laid out at the restaurant but I felt like I was sitting at one of the tables in the small dining room overhearing parts of a really interesting conversation, but only part of the story. I don't really know the people having the discussion; who are they, how long have they been together, what are their backgrounds, did the was it an affair spring out of thin air, etc? Now, in telling a story some key items are sometimes left indistinct, blurred; that is often what makes for a good story. For my reading taste I think just a little too much was left up in the air.

As to the second half of the tale that is simply point of view rant and author's opinion is as valid as any as a logical consequence of wife's actions. I think overall the story was okay but could have been better with just a little more meat on the bones of the first half of the story.

For me a middling effort.

Good Read***

Thanks for sharing.

Oh Gosh!

I gave it a five, but I'm with Harry on this one. I was looking for a little more development.

HDK was right on too. There's often some fantasy ending. You didn't embarrass us with any of that.

I thought Sugna made some good points too.

Maybe the best is the guy acted like a man. He'd put in two years trying to salvage things. He knew what was coming and made his decision and then his point.

Too bad. No winners here, Just a good little tale.

Thanks.

What is this doing here????

This is supposed to be erotica! This is one divorced depressed selfish man's diatribe.

Very well done and deserving of the 5 I gave it.

I didn't particularly like John and thought he was just as much to blame for the dissolution of their marriage and it has nothing to do with her relationship with Dan. He gave up on the marriage long before Dan was involved. Despite his self justification, he refused to accept responsibility and preferred to blame Sue and he used Dan as an excuse.

Despite the lack of erotica, I have this a 5. Thanks for writing.

Both barrels!

He hit her with both barrels! Pretty realistic. She will never understand what she did wrong! *****

If dickless liked it

must be shit.one star.

I HATE FUCKING LAZY AUTHORS!!!!!!!!!!

"My kids sided with Sarah initially – they didn't understand what it was that Sarah did that was so wrong. " When you wrote this line, you knew it was stupid... you knew it was unrealistic, and you knew that no kids react this way. So TCct if you have no pride to put into your work, then don't insult readers by posting garbage here.