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Click hereSteph nodded her head, looking a little sad.
"So, are we continuing what we've been doing with the kids, just switching to your grandmother's instead of John's."
"Yeah, for the time being. I may start looking for a place to live. It would be nice to have the kids for longer times. It may be a while before I can afford it though. The prenup set me back quite a bit in those regards."
"Well, if that's the only thing holding you back, maybe we can talk a little about me helping."
"Chris, no, I can't ask you to do that. I made my bed, and I've got to be a big girl and accept what I've done."
"Listen, it's our kids we're talking about. If I can help, I will. I know Daniel and Katlyn were a little hard on you, but I also know they both miss you. If I can help fix their relationship with you even a little, it makes things better in my household as well."
"Well, we'll see. Fortunately, I know a good realtor to help me find something."
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Epilogue
Chris and Steph, through their children, did remain friendly, but they were never really friends again.
Steph did find a decent four bedroom house about 6 blocks away from Chris' house. It was close enough that they could walk in decent weather, and there was no question about the kids' schools. Chris did help her with the financing as he promised. Besides, it gave him more time to develop more friendships during the weeks that Steph had the kids.
Steph, for her part, earned a reputation as an ice queen. She rarely dated, and when she did, she made sure that whoever she was with knew that her kids came first.
The biggest change came for Chris a few years later. When Libby started 2nd grade, and most of the parents went to Meet the Teacher Night at her school, Chris was captivated by his daughter's teacher, Ms. Emily Carter. Less than a week later, they ran into each other at the grocery store, and ended up talking for 20 minutes next to the bins of onions in the produce aisle. They went on their first date that weekend, and were together more and more over the next few months, getting married the next summer.
By that time, Daniel and Katelyn were both in college, but Chris somehow managed to keep blending the families. Emily was only a couple of years younger than Chris, and her first husband, Jackson, was killed in a helicopter accident while serving in the military. The couple had twin daughters that were right between the ages of Emma and Libby. It didn't surprise Chris at all that Daniel quickly volunteered his room for his new adopted sisters, Isabella and Sophia.
In the end, Chris had no regrets. His life was complicated, but ultimately, he had the unquestioned love of his children. What more did he need?
- COMMENTS
What kind of a bitch marries someone because she wants to live in his house and wants a father for her children. She should be called the Ice Queen for more reasons than the her dating situation. Great story
Lexx
I don't believe the husband would have been so understanding after hearing what he did from his wife. The commenter remarks about nominating the father for sainthood have merit. But the part about the kids siding with their adoptive father isn't so far-fetched. My brother had a blended family with his second wife and adopted her two daughters when the father died. The second wife turned out to be a cheating whore, and they did want to stay with him when they divorced because apparently only their natural and adoptive fathers cared enough. This did floor the wife and they had joint custody until she ended up moving away. Shit like this really happens. So I give the story some leeway. 3 stars.
John was an asshole yet there was no payback for him????
Should have had a DNA test on Libby
Apparently whenever Chris speaks if you listen carefully you can faintly hear the Choir Invisible singing beatific hymns in the background, there’s a story making the rounds that he was at a lake once and there was a blind young infant with leprosy struggling to remain afloat when Christ…sorry Chris walked out on the water to rescue the poor mite, when he returned with the child she was miraculously cured of all her afflictions, everyone was singing hallelujah praise be to saint Chris.
Well come on when an author writes a character clearly headed for beatification and a living sainthood you gotta wonder how many other miracles he performs on a daily basis.
Sweet sickly saccharine has been proven bad for you, diabetics should avoid this story like the plague.
Wow. Quite a nasty betrayal. Nit so much the sex but her damning words. No coming back from that. John was an asshole. Not sure why some commenters are hyperventilating about his actions post discovery. He was never taking her back. John despised the kids and how they crimped their "lifestyle". In two weeks or so after being kicked out of the house with thr prenuptial, she moved make to the grandmother's house. It was stated that afterwards they remained friendly (for the kids) but were never again friends. They amicably divorced, he got the kids and lion share of the assets with the prenuptial. The grandmother supported him over her daughter. She became an ice queen and put her kids first. He remarried. Personally I would have liked to purise some means (legal) down the road to hurt or smear John, but coukd be delayed a year or two. But John was single and otherwise unattached so besides going after his career, not easy and he has a lot of kids to look after.
I liked this story. Dumb wife. Did dumb things. Split was amicable. Dumb wife discovered how dumb she was. Everyone acted like adults. Not always a common thread in Loving Wives stories.
Ed
One of your worst stories!! The cheating bitch wife didn't suffer much consequences whereas the stupid cuck husband is still feeling remorse and helping the bitch!!
Just another stupid clueless cuck husband
so she gets bored, cheats, upon being found our is unapologetic and treats her adopted daughters like shit?
And his response is to help her?
Chris is too good to be true, at least I hope so. The line between nice and wimpy is not always clear, but Chris clearly was being a doormat when he let the two children from his first marriage go to John's condo and when he helped his ex slut wife buy a house. Her actions were inexcusably disrespectful of him and their marriage. She did nothing to earn forgiveness except return to him once her relationship with John fell apart. That slut needed to have limited opportunities to infect her children with her immorality. It would have been best to minimize their exposure to the stench of her fetid cunt.
Counseling?!? Witchcraft and mind control. Total bullshit! “Don’t destroy your mother” She deserves to be destroyed! Joint custody when she could have been cut off?!?
This is weak ass absurdity!
ZK
He catches her cheating. She never loved him. She wants nothing to do with his kids. And through all that not one harsh word was said by him
short version this was crap. the idea of these stories is to escape reality not read about it. we lived this shit, reading about it same crap. even then parts are unrealistic. he would of been pissed then sad then wanna make them hurt modes. this isnt writting, this is just putting a real situation on paper. no originality, no grab your attention making you want more in the story. just plop there it is... 1 star is being generous
It just kind of fizzled. No real low, no real high. Barely any emotion at all. You'd get more emotion out of a matchstick figure.
So you wrote:
"Ultimately, the counseling helped them to see that the idea of joint custody was in the best interest of all the children. No matter what, the five kids would be go together at whichever house they stayed in. For the time being, that meant that they were staying nearly all of the time at Chris' house."
Nope!!! I call bullshit!!! Joint custody is forcing an uncomfortable situation onto the children. Later in the story you had Steph admit that "she made her bed" That's a little too little, and a little too late for her to finally grow up. Part of the growing process is learning from making bad decisions. Setting a GOOD EXAMPLE is far more important than learning from mistakes. Therefore Chris should not have given Steph joint custody because she has DEMONSTRATED on multiple occasions that she makes bad decisions.
It was also a negative for Chris to help Steph get her new residence. She doesn't deserve it because she didn't earn it. She betrayed it. I'm sure that you were wanting to paint Chris as this really gracious and understanding guy. But you actually kept him partially a cuckold by doing that.
Two huge problems with this story so minus two on the score. 3/5
Doesn't this guy ever get angry? My God, it's almost as if you neutered him. Also, the dialogue is mechanical. Listen to how people actually speak and then revise.
His reaction to Steph wasn't realistic. He was FAR too nice considering that she was basically using him. You didn't need to go nuclear BTB on her, but kids or not there's no way a reasonable guy would have been that civil to her. The conniving bitch deserved a lot more venom than she got.
4. Mostly pretty good, enjoyed the Mandalorian costume in the story (and more then a little jealous). I think the story could have benefited from being longer. Dealing with the initial blended family and the hurt from the husband's wife dying and the wife's husband skipping town, the pain on the kids and then it all falling apart, showing why it hurt Chris and the kids so bad and would eventually hurt Steph bad too was wonderful but I think there could have been more to it, showing the aftermath in more detail. John was a dangling thread that seemed almost forgotten which was odd after the MC said he was almost more hurt by his best friend's betrayal then his wife's. Even with no revenge it might have been interesting to see some closure, hear why he was so willing to betray his friend.
I enjoyed the story. It had a different take on dealing with the kids. Her 2 kids were probably old enough to decide who they wanted to live with, the two next oldest were his, and the littlest one would be the one with shared custody. Now the judge would have to be the one who decided custody, since her siblings would be living with him. The judge might not want to break up the home for 1 child out of 5. I guess it depends on which state they're living in. Like the grandmother said, she had the pre-nup written to protect either one, since at the time she didn't want her grand daughter to be hurt/homeless.
lol. YO GUYS, HOW MANY OF US KNOW A SWAMP DONKEY CON ARTIST LIKE THE DIRTY TWAT IN THIS STORY???? come on, raise your hand
That's what you do after losing a spouse whether through divorce or death. Resolve all of THAT, THEN start a new relationship. And date that person for a long time to make certain. Dated my second wife 4 years before she moved in and then it was another year til we married. Part of that was because her youngest was... difficult... and we waited for him to graduate HS. Even when he came home from college he could still be a self centered prick. And we won't even talk about the sh!t that my ex stirred up.
The female writer mindset…,no doubt these females can never do anything correct kya nd need constant male guidance! Even getting them to drive is difficult!! Islam has got that down pat! Females are only for breeding…leave them rest to men!
This was horrible and entirely ridiculous. She all of a sudden didn't love him? You need to prove that not just write it.
Rolls eyes
Liked the handling of the confrontation. Going against the stereotype of the blubbering stupid caught wife was a positive for the story.
Not a bad story, it tackles a serious problem of people bringing kids from multiple families into dysfunctional relation. That deserves serious writing.
But you did not do research needed. Pre-nup cannot determine custody of children, that can be only determined by the court. Children are not material things. Obviously pre-nup can be challenged just based on that though I doubt any lawyer would allow such a pre-nup. Second, I am quite sure that recording in motel/hotel rooms obtained without consent would not be admissible in courts though I think adultery can be proved here with other means which this guy did not do. This of course, depends on pre-nup.
You need to be more careful about legal details when writing. That is obviously a serious weakness of all LW writers.
Another thing are character inconsistencies in the story. The woman is claiming in meeting with lover that she never loved her husband and then refers to that as if she was just encouraging her lover. That is rather low thing to do. She also attempts to deny adultery ("show me the proof") after being outed. That is another lowly thing to do. And then you (the author) change her character with:
"Chris, no, I can't ask you to do that. I made my bed, and I've got to be a big girl and accept what I've done."
after the ex-husband offers help.
These are small tidbits and many authors in LW have rather strange abrupt changes in character development but if you really want to be a good writer this is something you should avoid. You also failed to motivate (develop) character of "John". I know he is just a tool in the story but for a good writer he needs to be explained since you positioned him not just as lover but also as a man that is considering serious relations with women he thinks he is in love with. That makes him a character worth developing beyond beer drinking.
Chris was too nice to Steph, after what she did to him he should have BTB taken all of the kids left her sitting on the curb where she deserved to be. If her kids wanted to see her then they had that right. But as I read the story her character was a cold and calculating cheating slut, she married for own selfish reasons. She didn't deserve anything in the end.
a little RAAC anyway.
between being mean and too stupid and conciliatory, there is even a happy medium.
Great story. 5 stars! don't know how he could remain so calm during it all! I went totally nuclear and Burn the Bitch when I spit with my X cheating slut wife. Embarrassed the slut so bad she left the country. Yes I ended up getting 100% except her debts!
Why be so tucking nice to the cheating bitch?
You authors have a nasty habit of doing this. Reality is a lot tougher and far more bitter.
In this case he got the kids and she would’ve lost them. You would never let those kids be exposed to her boyfriend/s.
You would guard them like gold.
Fuck her!!!
Miserable bitch.
This wife was using this guy and paid the price...she found out the hard way...that some people don't like or don't want kids...she was right...she was a packaged deal... I love the fact that this guy stuck to his feelings and divorce this bitch....and that the kids knew who the better parent was....you have to love this guy.........
It’s a good story, but I’m not buying into Chris having no animosity. There had to at least be some bitterness, some anger. Chris got over the betrayal in hours? I don’t buy it. Helping her buy a house? It’s too much, it makes Chris almost a doormat.
I enjoyed the story, although I would rather have seen Steph and especially John totally destroyed. This is probably more real than most LW stories I've read and I'll look for more from you.
Dear Author, you have written a reality based love story that is very heartwarming. I really enjoyed the story and your fluent gifts. Thank you, jntiques/john
You were right that it was neither btb nor raac.
Be careful that people say things that they know, unconfirmed jumps of logic make it unrealistic. One glaring example was when he told her he knew about her cheating and she responded:
"As for how I found out, I was there."
"Oh, my God. You were right next to us.
She didn't know that and at best would ask where he was.
What more did he need?
A sense of pride. His friend betrayed him, then walked away free as a bird.
Thanks to the author for sharing the story. Mmmm...yeah I liked it. It does look realistic to some people as there are people who are passive and can accept shock with calm but I do find people go ballistic in some cases. The author was sensitive enough to get as realistic as possible, though one thing I didn't like is that Chris did not learn enough lesson not to have relationship with someone with kids. Either he likes single moms or like kids with a single mom but if I were him -- I would be wary of the same thing happening with Steph.
A really good read! Enjoyed it! It would be nice to have a follow-up where his ex.friend John gets his!!!!
But you warned no BTB no RAAC
Then it turns to shit. As someone else mentioned, losing a 1st wife tragically then being betrayed by the 2nd would have probably produced a lot of resentment that would have prevented the reaction you forced him into. Force the kids to love and be accepting of mom when she really didn't give a shit about them was not reasonable. Giving that cheating skank money for house? Unless it was at predatory rates, I don't think so. I don't even think he should have been friendly to that whore. And at some point in time his old buddy would have had some sort of crippling accident.
The friend is a douchbag. Not only is that just about the worst thing you could do to your friend , it’s who when he got her and the kids he was done. He just liked fucking her and just forced her out when the arrangement didn’t work for him anymore with no regard for his friend, the wife he was fucking or the family he destroyed. That person always needs his balls kicked in
A good well written story, lm a big fan of the realistic approach. personally l think you spent too much time on the prologue considering the length of the tale. The lack of emotion portrayed by the characters makes your tale more of a process rather than a life changing event.
Looking forward to your next posting.
A nice, kind of sad story. As some have said, not a heck of a lot of passion, sort of just moving the household pieces around. I’m childless, but I’m guessing that that big of a brood is a full time job with little room left for romance. I was curious about the wife’s lack of affection toward her adopted kids- that should have induced some fire in the conversation but we never learned more. I’m not a fan of middle-aged breakups. You virtually never recover from them and just limp through life. At least Chris got a second chance... err, a third chance. Steph just needed to hang up her spurs and retire from the game.
really awesome story, great writing and nice touch involving the kids.
the cheating wife has her comeuppance without the bitter bite of a btb story was quite satisfying.
Thought Grandma Catherine could've chewed Steph out for cheating on a goodman and a bit more remorse from Steph.
Would've really liked to see a feel good romance story with Emily at the end. Give her a bit more character. See a standoff between Emily and Steph. An event that showed Emily's respect, love and loyalty for Chris. The kids blending in together and accepting Emily as a stepmother.
Nice. all about the the endings. you were flirting with a 5* until the dueling therapists lol and Chris helping her out financially get a new house. It got too mechanical, meaning here is a guy who had his first wife killed traumatically, second wife cheated on him graphically with his best friend. No way do you just recover from that. There would be deep anger issues if you really making this realistic. but still a good story. ;0)
Wrting was good.
Story wasnt all that great.
Nothing about consequences for his friend? Once known no man would let him around his girl/wife again. Not a guy that stabs his friend in the back and has the morals that allows chasing a married woman, with kids no less. Destroying a family.
I was 65. We had 3 girls adopted from China age from 11 to 15. Due to effects of other illness, my wife had cut way back on our sex life. After she passed I met a 43 year old lusty mom of 3. Our lives intertwined and my sex life went back to when i was 20. At the moment I am in bed waiting for my wife to finish her bath and making herself ready for me. We are looking forward to a great afternoon while kids are still at school. Sometimes jumping right in works.
Good story, well written, but dispassionate. I didn't feel any emotion, lust, or other feelings. Robotic, almost zombie like.
More realistic story of divorce than most posted on LW.
No millionaire, no street living pauper.
I really like the details about, and interaction with, the children. Especially the older two which he had adopted.
Gave you 5*s. You earned it.
Also like protagonist action on his friend John. He just dropped John out of his life. That makes more sense to me. No accident, no back-alley assault, etc.
The wife Steph and her resentment of losing out on fun because she had children was a very good note in the story
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