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Click here"Sure, I guess?" Her response was somewhat hesitant, and I wondered if my sister despised me for what I had done. I didn't think she actually hated me, but maybe she didn't like me at the moment?
"Thanks, Carla. I'll be over after work, that is-if I still have a job.
--*--
I was surprised when I walked in the door at work. I'm not sure what I was expecting, but everything was normal except for the glances and downright stares I got from many of the staff. The day was reasonably productive. I had a ton of emails to catch up on and needed to reconnect with several partners that had left messages. At lunchtime, I wanted to avoid everyone, so I drove down to a fast food place and ate alone.
All day at work, I expected my phone to ring and be called into my boss's office, but the call never came. I saw him mid-afternoon during a status meeting. After it was over, he looked at me and asked if I was getting caught up from being out last week, then mentioned we had a lot of work to do later in the week to prepare for a significant partnership proposal that was close to being finalized.
What the hell? They weren't going to fire me? It didn't appear they were even going to talk to me. I know everyone here knew what went down between George and me, and it didn't make sense that they wouldn't at least reprimand me. I found out later in the week when I finally had a chance to talk to George. He told me they had made an agreement. We weren't going to be fired. He was forgoing his yearly bonus and was on one-year probation. They weren't going to do anything to me because they were afraid I would sue them for sexual harassment. It seems they just wanted it to go away as soon as possible.
George also told me that he and Terry were trying to work things out. Since it was his first time cheating, she was going to give him a second chance. Terry was putting the divorce on hold while they went to counseling. "Good for you, George. I wish Don were in that kind of forgiving mood. He won't even talk to me."
--*--
Don gave me the number of his attorney and basically wouldn't speak to me after our initial conversation. I had moved a bunch of my stuff into my sister's a couple of days after my return. I was hoping that by giving Don some space and letting him know I wasn't trying to control the situation, he would soften and start speaking to me.
--*--
I took my kids out to dinner during the week. We went to one of those McDonalds that had a playground, and they enjoyed the slides and the climbing net. As I sat watching them the sadness of the situation flooded my mind and I could feel myself begin to cry. God, I needed to hold it together for my kids.
When we got back to the house later, we walked to the door, and I stood in the foyer kissing and hugging them. I could see they were confused. They had assumed I was returning to stay at the house. As I brushed the hair out of Chelsea's hair and tried explaining. "Your dad and I are having an argument, and I'm staying at Aunt Carla's for a few days." I looked up and could see Don standing in the living room.
"I love you guys and hope to be back by next week." Chelsea and Trever looked at me. They could see my sadness, and I could see it in their eyes as well. "You be good for your dad, and I will see you guys soon. Now go up and get ready for bed." They looked at their dad and headed up the stairs.
"Brenda. You shouldn't give them false hope. You are not going to be back here next week."
"Don. I know I fucked up major. I know you are hurt and angry but please don't throw away everything over this. I made a mistake, but I promise it will never happen again." I wanted to hold it together, but I could feel my eyes watering over. "I promise-."
Don cut me off. He was walking to the door. "Brenda. You had an ongoing affair for over a year. You disrespected me and obviously didn't give a shit about our marriage. Your actions told me everything I need to know." He opened the door indicating I should leave.
I told myself yet again that I needed to give him time and space, so I walked out without saying a word.
--*--
I knew I needed to talk to my parents and convinced Carla to accompany me visit to them. She spoke with them and arranged for us to go to their house for dinner on Friday. Mom and Dad had always trusted me. I had always been the level-headed one, even in my teenage years. As I told them what had happened, I could see the disappointment in their eyes. I think they were waiting for me to tell them something terrible about Don like maybe he had mistreated me or neglected me, but I had nothing to say in that department.
By the time I finished my story I was crying and trying to hold it together. Typically, my parents would have done anything in their power to alleviate my sorrow, but this night they just looked at me like they were confused. I understood their reaction. How could they comfort me? What would they say? 'Brenda, it's OK. Everything will be alright.' No, they couldn't say any of those things. Finally, my mom did come to me and just hug me.
"We love you, Brenda. We just hope Don can find a way to forgive you."
--*--
I found and visited a lawyer the following week. I needed a lawyer if for no other reason than for Don to believe I was taking this situation seriously. After our lawyers conferred, Don was very accommodating when it came to the children. I was going to get the kids on weekends and Wednesday evenings. On those Wednesdays, I could be with them at the house. He would leave and come back after they had gone to bed. We settled into this arrangement, but Don still wasn't speaking with me any more than he had to.
On my Wednesday visits, I began cooking big meals for the kids which they could eat on for days after. It helped me feel like I was part of the household again, and I began relishing these evenings. I walked into the house on a Wednesday a few weeks after they had started. Don usually only said hi and would only stay for a minute to make sure everything was settled.
"Brenda, we appreciate you making these big meals for us." It felt great just to have him speaking with me again.
"Sure, Don. Any requests? What would you like me to make you next week? I'm happy to make you whatever you'd like." I was smiling. I could see Don was suddenly uncomfortable.
"Whatever the kids want is fine."
--*--
Over the coming weeks if felt like giving Don his space was working. I knew he was enjoying the Wednesday meal leftovers, and I began doing the laundry as well. Folding his clothes and putting them in his drawer helped me feel even more connected. I wrote a note one evening telling him I enjoyed doing these things for him and the kids. I put the note in the drawer on top of his underwear where I knew he would find it. I was hoping he would thank me when I picked up the kids on Saturday, but he never mentioned it. Still, I knew he was softening some.
Now, sometimes, we would talk about the kids and things when he returned late Wednesday evenings. I could feel our conversations becoming less strained. This went on for a couple of months. I told my lawyer to 'go slow' on working the divorce but not make it too obvious we were stalling. There was a ninety-day waiting period, and my plan was for this nightmare to be over long before then. Don didn't seem to be in a hurry for the divorce, and I was going to use that to my advantage.
About a month later I decided to try to take it to the next step. On the following Wednesday, I wore more revealing clothes and makeup. As Don was leaving that evening, I told him I wanted to talk when he returned and had a surprise for him. I gave him a smile as I looked into his eyes. I could tell he didn't know what to make of my statement, but as I had hoped, he didn't question me. I just wanted to plant the seed and make him wonder what I was up to.
--*--
When Don arrived back home that night, he looked apprehensive. "What did you want to talk about Brenda?"
"Oh, I didn't really want to talk so much as I wanted to give you something." I smiled really big and looked into his eyes. Don's eyes went up and down my body, and I knew he was wondering if I was going to give myself to him. Actually, that was my plan but not yet.
"Don, you didn't think I would forget your birthday, did you?" I pulled out a small box and handed it to him.
"Brenda, you shouldn't have done this."
"Don, you are still my husband, at least for now. Please accept this gift." I looked into his eyes. He looked back and smiled. Taking the gift, he opened it and found a nice Omega Seamaster watch. I knew he liked to wear quality watches, and this one looked like his style.
I was standing close to him as he opened it. I wanted him to smell my perfume. He put it on and looked back at me smiling. I figured he had been down at the Endzone, a local sports bar and I could smell the alcohol on his breath. This was my chance.
"There is something else I want to give you Don." He didn't ask me what it was, just looked into my eyes.
"Don, I've missed you so much these past months. I've missed our time together." I stepped closer. Don just stood there. I gave him a light kiss on the lips. I could see the hesitation in Don's eyes.
"Don, please don't over-think this. I'm not asking to move back in. I just want us to be together tonight, on your birthday." I kissed him again. He hesitated at first but then began to kiss me back.
When we broke the kiss, I whispered into his ear. "Happy birthday, Don. Please take me upstairs. I know you need this and I do, too."
Don kissed me with passion now. God, how I missed being with this man. I let him focus on kissing as I unbuttoned his shirt. Once I had it open I let it hang from his shoulders, and my hand moved to the front of his pants. His cock had been fully hard even before I started stroking it through his pants.
"We need to go upstairs, Brenda, before the kids see us."
He held my hand as he urgently pulled me up the stairs. I was ecstatic. Not only was I horny and ready for a good screwing, but I was hoping this would move us forward in getting back together.
I figured Don would be so horny that he would rip my clothes off once we were in the bedroom, but after closing the door, he slowly stepped towards me and gave me a gentle kiss. Then he stepped back and looked at me and gave me a loving smile. I thought I would melt. It was so much more than I had hoped for. If he had ripped my clothes off and just fucked me, even if it had been an angry fuck, I would have been happy. I'm sure I would have enjoyed the unrestrained passion, but most of all, I would be with the man I loved. But Don took his time.
Don undressed me slowly. He unbuttoned and removed my blouse, then turned me and kissed my neck as he unfastened my bra. As it fell forward, he continued to kiss my neck and reached around and cupped my breasts. Then he pinched both nipples. It's something he knows I love and he was playing with my body. A body he knew well. I gasped and then held my breath, then turned and we kissed passionately.
I fell to my knees and began to unfasten his pants. I had done this for him several times during our marriage and tonight, I was going to give Don everything. I pulled his pants down around his ankles, and his cock was straight out. I took it in my mouth, and for the next five minutes, I kissed and sucked it like I was never going to stop. I could feel him about to come and I let him know I didn't want to stop.
As he was about to come, he pulled back and was out of my mouth. I moved forward again, but Don pulled me to my feet. He was now frantic to get my clothes off. In seconds we were both naked, and Don pushed me back on the bed. I spread my legs wantonly for him, and he moved between my legs and began to eat my pussy. I came in less than a minute.
"Don, fuck me. I need you to fuck me like never before, please."
Don slide up my body and I felt his cock push into me. He didn't thrust into me but within a couple of strokes he was in me fully, and we began to fuck like we were possessed. He pounded me hard, and within minutes I was cumming. I thought, with his passion so high, he might come with me, but he slowed and let me linger in the afterglow. We stayed in the missionary position. Don liked to do different positions. He especially liked to take me doggy style but not tonight. Then he picked up the pace again and was driving into me hard again. He slowed for a minute and then picked up the pace, and I had come again, twice. On my final come I could tell he wasn't going to slow and I begged him to come in me.
"Take me, Don. Fuck me. It's your pussy. Come in it. Fuck me hard, don't stop."
We laid side by side, two sweaty bodies coming down from our orgasmic high. I turned and wrapped my arms around his neck. I hugged him and never wanted this to end. We had just about caught our breath when I said, "Don, I love you with all my heart. Please let me come home. I want us to be back together."
It was the wrong thing to say. He backed away from me and looked into my eyes. He had a strange look on his face. It was almost like fear. Then he pushed himself up and sat on the edge of the bed. He hadn't said a word. He just sat there. Suddenly he was up and putting on his clothes. It was like he was almost in a panic.
"Brenda, I'm sorry. But I just can't do this. We can't get back together. I just don't know-how I could ever trust you again. You would cheat on me again, I just know you would." He was throwing on his clothes.
Suddenly, I was the one with fear in my voice. I could feel the tears welling up in my eyes. "Stop, Don. I would never do that again. Oh, God stop, Don." I jumped up and tried to wrap my arms around him.
I didn't know why he was putting on his clothes, but after he had them on, he rushed down the stairs and out of the house. I ran down behind him and was in the living room as he was shutting the front door. I went to the window and saw he was in the driveway and backing out. I fell to my knees. I was still naked and just sat there and sobbed. How could tonight have ended so horribly?
After a few minutes, I rushed up to the bedroom and grabbed my phone. 'Please, Don. Please just answer.' He did, thank God.
"Don, what happened? Where are you? Please come back."
"Brenda, just stay in the house tonight. I'll be back later. I just needed time to think. Sorry, I panicked, but I will come back later. Can you do that?"
"Sure, but please come back soon. You freaked me out."
"OK, I'll be back in a bit. I just need time to think."
"I love you, Don."
--*--
I stayed awake for a least a couple of hours before I drifted off. I slept in our bed and was hoping Don would wake me by crawling back in, but that didn't happen. I got up early the next morning and expected he was at least sleeping on the couch, but he hadn't returned. I made some coffee and picked up my phone to call him when I heard him come back through the door.
I walked toward the living room, and when he saw me, he just stopped and stared at me. He looked Iike he hadn't slept a wink.
"My God, Don. Where have you been?"
"I drove to the park and slept in my car. I'm sorry I freaked out last night. Everything going on in my head kinda overwhelmed me."
"It's my fault, Don. I seduced you with my birthday present idea and pushed you too far. I hope I haven't ruined the progress we were making. Why don't you take a cup of coffee and get a shower? Then we can talk."
When Don came down from the shower I could tell what he had to say wasn't good.
"Brenda, I just can't do this. I can't go back and forth in my head about you. After you cheated on me, I was certain we were through. Then over the past couple of months, I have felt lost. You missing from my life has felt like a huge hole."
I knew Don was very conflicted, but I was hoping this conversation would end for the better. That was not to be. Don told me he thought that if we got back together, although we might be able to make it work, it would be very difficult for both of us. He said it would take years and probably still end badly.
I put down my coffee and started crying. I didn't know where to go next. Don began to cry. We both just stood there and cried. Finally, Don walked over and grabbed my car keys off the counter and handed them to me. He put his arm around me and slowly walked me to the door. Neither of us spoke a word. It was like we were both in a state of shock. We knew what this walk meant. It meant, our marriage, our time together, was really over.
I walked out the door and turned to Don as I stood on the porch. We both just looked at each other as he slowly closed the door. I was stunned as I got into my car and drove away. What was I going to do now?
--*--
-- About a year later --
[Facebook post]
Facebook friends and family. Not long ago I had a wonderful life. I had a loving husband, wonderful kids and a beautiful house. I had a good job and many loyal friends. Today, most of that is gone. My children are healthy, thank God, but I don't see them every day like I used to. My husband Don, a loving, caring man has divorced me, and while my parents, siblings and real friends haven't abandoned me, our relationships are strained.
All of this is my fault. I made a stupid, selfish mistake. I disrespected myself and especially my husband by having an affair with another man. I cheated on my husband. I became a cheater.
I wanted to write and tell everyone I hurt and disappointed that I am genuinely sorry. This experience has humbled me from my former entitlement, from my arrogance, and I'm asking for your forgiveness.
I'm also writing this as a warning to those who, like me, underestimate the consequences of their behaviors. Your bad choices can and almost certainly will, damage your life and the lives of those you love.
I'm sorry Chelsea, I'm sorry Trever. I'm sorry Don. Contrary to how I acted I have always loved you all.
[End of Facebook post]
--*--
The next day I got up and opened my laptop and went to Facebook. I had several responses to my previous evening's post. They were mostly positive and understanding. It warmed my heart that people could be so forgiving. I might have fewer Facebook friends now, but the ones I have left are understanding and less judgemental.
Then I saw it. It was from Don.
FRIENDED.
It was a friend request from Don! I knew we would never, as a couple, get back together, but at least we were friends. :-)
The End
- COMMENTS
Why didn’t Don change her FB password? What about her comment to George about not seriously considering ending it??
Sad but realistic. However, Brenda would have a strong civil suit vs the company with George front and center as a high up. No idea why she didn't go that route. She would still keep her job or go elsewhere, depending on her choices. And no it ss not a mistake Brenda. Multimonth affairs, no matter how supposedly "unemotional" are virtually always the bane and doom of any marriage, regardless if there are kids.
The neat ending posited by the story and that one comment at least would be much more complicated when one spouse starts living with another person. Probably the wife, since she would have fewer trust issues. Certainly they won't be celibate all this time. Now the kids have a new step-dad, maybe. And the MC grits his teeth. Nothing to be done short of criminality. D
Some people can't grasp simple linguistic concepts. There is no such thing as a year long mistake. An affair is a conscious choice. That would have been kept going if it wasn't discovered. Which means the people involved didn't consider it to be a mistake. We can mislabel shit to reach the much desired cucky conclusion as much as we want. But it won't make them true nonetheless. And I wish these RAAC stories that have kids in them, had sequels to show us the future. No, not the couple's future. We know the future of a hubby who reconciles with a wife slutting it up for a year. Eating thick creampies like any proper cuck would. The grown up kids future. A cuck wimpy son and a slut of a daughter is the inevitable result of these "happy endings".
Weak ending. Boyfriend needed to be burned. Wife not only cheated for a year, but took several trips with her lover and topped it off with a cruise. But she still lovers her husband and her family ... NOT.
And making her his friend at the end was cute, but BS, unless of course he really isn't that upset over what happened.
But her lover got away without any real damage...to cheet again.
For that I should have taken a star but I gave it 5 stars.
Brenda needs to get an attorney and sue the fu*k out of her employer. High six, possibly seven figures, and they never go to trial. Never. Yes, company executives are held to a much, much higher standard of behavior. When they fall, companies expect to pay out massive bucks and carry umbrella liability insurance policies for such contingencies. Brenda will cash her check and sign at least three NDAs. She would never get fired, although falsifying time off from work might result in a final termination warning, and her career advancement is DOA. Fired? Nope. Not for this thing with George. The company would also provide free or low-cost counseling for Brenda. Trust me. Navigating the HR maze is my profession. I've managed company responses to almost these exact Brenda/George incidents. Great ending--very realistic.
Hey dummy. I'm not some BTB troll. But I'll be your huckleberry.
How exactly was her lawyer going to stop a divorce in the modern no fault divorce era?
The end seems like pretty much how this situation would turn out.
House is sold. Profits divided. All assets divided 50/50. And shared custody with kids pretty much means she doesn't see her kids every day.
You say we're not living in the middle ages...but we are also not living in the 1990s either.
You know those times when a wife can cheat...fuck half the men in her neighborhood. Then divorce her husband. Get full custody. Keep the house with her ex paying the mortgage. Collecting child support and alimony.
Yeah those days are long passed now as well. Assets including the primary home are sold. Courts are finding 50/50 custody with BOTH parents equally involved in children's lives to be a better alternative to the dad who sees his kids 4 days a month and foots the entire bill.
In this story...she cheats. Gets exposed. Agrees to vacate the home. All assets are split. She keeps her job and benefits. He keeps his job and benefits. They split custody.
I went through a divorce a few years ago. It ended pretty much just like this.
50/50 custody. Assets and debts divided. She kept her retirement. I kept mine.
Life goes on.
Nothing "Middle Ages" about it. Fair. Equitable.
You can't make someone stay in a marriage dummy. And you don't get to rape a spouse in a divorce anymore.
She should sue her lawyer for malpractice. Do all you BTB trolls thinks we're living in the Middle Ages? There's no way this situation resolves itself like this.
Makes me think of a cartoon. A funeral viewing room with three guests in the chairs. One man on the side says, "I expected a better turnout. He had over a thousand Facebook Friends."
Oh, by the way, Four stars.
JPB
Both parts were well written. The first part was direct and linear. Unfortunately, this part started well and then just ended up being mediocre and flat.
An affair for over a yr and she expects him to forget and forgive so easily like she forgot to take out the trash. Sorry but more than once is enough to break off for good
Part 1 ended abruptly (and a little predictably), but for me, this epilogue doesn't make the story better. A one-time slip is one thing, a one-year affair is another. Sure, he doesn't have to carry the bitterness around, can let go of all the resentment, but he can still find better friends. Otherwise his life would be way too depressing.
" Sucks " is too nice a word for this shit. They had a fucking affair (no pun intended) for over a YEAR and then went on a 4 day CRUISE together! And we are left with one stupid cunt who wants to stay married to a cheat and a dumbbastard who can't let go of a slut. There is no payback at all AND they get to keep their jobs. I don't need to read any more of your stories; this one tells me all about your style:
A wimpy nonviolent cum eater. No, how many of George's loads did Don eat during that year?
IS IT ME? AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO WANTS TO FUCK BRENDA'S FATHER UP HIS ASSHOLE?
And the asshole is still walking upright!! Fuck that shit. 4 stars, he divorced her and then FRIENDED HER?? This Facebook stuff is ridiculous. Yes, he used it to burn her, but he didn't sue her company, and the asshole is still breathing. Dumb, really dumb. Sorry, best the Bear can do.
The BEAR
bacchant: "Jeeze you get some dumb comments from others."
Fella, I've read some of your stories, they're the very definition of DUMB.
To some of the commenters below. If he was careful in never admitting it, there is little to no way to prove that changed the pages. There is strong circumstantial evidence. And maybe in a civil suit, she could win and sue him for damaged. But no DA is going to pick up this case. Again where is the proof. I suppose with computer forensics they could trace they IP address where the fateful login occurred. But what if he did it from an Internet cafe? Might be traceable with a lot of work but would a DA pursue this when she definitely was cheating? Moreover, what exactly is the fraud charge? Impersonating her on social media on her Facebook page. Passwords are her responsibility. This doesn't fall under the revenge porn statutes. The PI published the report. Terry gave him the info. He did not record it and then upload it. So yeah criminal charges are going nowhere. Civil? Maybe. But then she just damages the kids and makes the divorce a nightmare. Anyways why sympathy for her? Year long affair because seduced and enjoyed it. She never really said why or answered his questions. She was just really sorry and wanted him to take her back. Umm no.
Regarding the comment a couple of months ago by someoneother, I believe that Brenda had an opportunity to raise those issues and claims against the husband she betrayed, during the divorce proceedings. Perhaps she did.
Being friends on Facebook DOES NOT MEAN YOU ARE FRIENDS. It allows Don to see posts Brenda places to see if there is anything he needs to know (kids, house, etc).
"Don, I am so very sorry for what has happened."
I hate passive voice! Politicians, Police, Doctors, and everyone else who tries to avoid responsibility. Whenever someone tries that bullshit on me, I just give them the death stare, and say: “Try Again”.
ZK
Don would have really bad lawsuits filed against him by George and Brenda -- Done committed plain out fraud and revenge is not an excuse. Don also humiliated his children and other innocent family members. Frankly, if I was Brenda, I would go after Don with everything and would destroy him - justifiably. Brenda was at fault but Don was the asshole.
Would love a third part as she finally relised how much damage she did by her cheating
Well written
I didn't think the first chapter needed anything further as an ending. Having read the ending, I REALLY think the first chapter didn't need THIS ending, a reconciliation of sorts where the characters are inconsistent with what they were in the first chapter.
Apparently Brenda could only express herself in Facebook in this chapter. Because she aucked saying anything meaningful in her dialog with her husband. She couldn't even answer his questions but just bubbled out "sorry" and "I love you". Though I suspect it would not have changed much, surprised that she thought the "wait and give space" approach would help. Instead should have volunteered for counseling. Of course a year long affair with multiple trips is basically impossible to dig out of. We never really understood as a reader any motive beyond there being selfish and like an illicit affair. Guess she liked George better as a lover because she didn't even try to answer on ofnthe most important questions for a husband when they see victims of infidelity as it goes to thr heart of the male ego. Personally for an affair that long I don't buy that there isn't an emotional component for her. Anyways she buried herself and her attempts to reconcile were pretty poor. Meh.
Bullshit, back on the boat when they found out the shit had hit the fan, they look at each , said it was over, and LAUGHED. Why didn't Don sue the construction company for alienation of affections? This wasn't just a cruise, it was a year of fucking, then a cruise. Kids or not, they will be back at it as soon as the dust clears, way more careful, first with once a week, then two or three times a week, but no more trips, especially cruises, for a least a year or two. I am disappointed that Don and Terry didn't get together, sexually, but maybe they will in the next chapter, when the marriages fall off the rails again, this time with the right ending. Keep writing.
XYZ
Don should have pawned the watch, and with the proceeds spent it all at a strip club, then posted photos on his Facebook page.
I'm not certain what to think. This is definitely not a RAAC of any kind, and it also doesn't have the "real world" ending of Don losing his kids and his house and money, at least it was nowhere near implied in the epilogue. So I can't rate it poorly.
On the other hand, it added nothing of real benefit to the main story as far as I can tell; only the - implied by narrator - honest regret by the ex wife. Nor does it show any positive upside for Don like a new woman. Nor is there any major downside to the VP asswipe - he loses a bloody bonus and his job AND his wife are still around.
I'll rate this as a very strong 3 stars, mostly for effort - it could have easily been 4 if not for above points.
I have to admit it drives me nuts when even in a story a cheater who has been cheating over a period of time says I made as mistake. Many,many times willfully doing exactly the same thing isn't a mistake.
She disrespected him and her family hundreds of times and the planning and lies needed to do that along with just letting someone you claim to love be a fooled fool and over a long period of time is despicable beyond words. People who do that love themselves only.
On the other hand it was from her long term skanked out mind.
Part two was very weak. Both the cheaters did not cheat once. Terry had no excuse to say George was first time cheater. They cheated one hundred times. 52 plus weeks and two,conferences and a cruise. One year is not a mistake. It is a planned and executed diversion from where they were supposed to be. Low score for that .
Part 1 was very good, part two was actually good except for the ending. I think the ending was not realistic. A 1 year betrayal is not an easy thing to get past. It's not like a 1 time indiscretion. It was an affair of a year. I just don't see a betrayal of this magnitude ending with reconciliation.
Let the court see the mother with her lover . Odds are he will get at least 50 % of the kids time plus the home . She said She feels bad after cheating on her Husband for a Year .. Then he makes Love to her Good luck on not getting some STDs from said loving wife . I caught My wife cheating and No I did not get turned on by it . Nor did I dine at the Y with her ever again . If the husband is the cluck I think he is then I will steer him towards My Ex .
In chapter one husband is so angry that he destroyed ex wife's life along with her companion. He came as cool calm and calculative. But in second part he is emotionally needy, conflicted and indecisive.
All of you with overly critical comments to the author.... I've looked your names up... none of you have ever written one of your own stories. You must all be Biden voters and this is your way of expressing your frustration at how pathetic the person you voted for is doing.
This chapter ended right where chapter 1 did, what was the point?
The thing that's hardest to understand in this chapter is when Don says they probably could get back together but, it would be a lot of hard work. Not saying they should have gotten back together but, if he felt that way why wouldn't one or both of them have suggested counseling? At least going through marriage counseling might have helped him get answers to the questions about the affair that she was unwilling or unable to answer for him.
Not having her checked for STD's ? Cripes..Author, You made a bad story worse. Your editors are too involved to see the big picture.
This story didn't add anything to the series. Every W had been supplied by George's wife except the why or part of what. As much as he asked. She didn't care enough to save her marriage by answering. Why? Or the What. She never answered what made her jump into another's arm. or why she did it. But she wanted to be forgiven and taken back? Maybe if she had been honest and upfront. That's where I believe the author dropped the ball. He was determined to make her loose and George to strive so he forgot the main parts of a story. Those w's are the story, without them, you have nothing.
Too unbelievable tbh I got bored an skipped to the end but as wrong as it is in most situations the mother gets the kids thereby the house too regardless of her actions trust me I know mothers who got custody who don’t deserve it the dads are a way better choice but the courts didn’t see it. Leading her out of the house he has no right by law it’s half hers an he’s lucky his wife is so understanding she could of really destroyed him in a divorce if she wanted to
Georgie boy should have been given the same sentence as Brenda. Kicked out and divorced.
Good story!
I was thinking that her betrayal was too great to overcome. However, her reason for cheating was never explored. Psyciatric counseling would be required. I would have left the door open on the relationship. There was too much at stake.
Meh. I felt like this chapter wasn't needed. You ended the story just fine in the first chapter with the two being served. This chapter really added nothing to the story.
1⭐
Have to counteract the beta bitch cucks who have to hide under "anonymous".
Mediocre poker. Why be friends other than a story line? She's a cheating slut that didn't make a one-time mistake. The cruise was a carefully planned betrayal. Who wants to be friends with that type of person?
4 stars.
Basically a decent story and I totally agree with the divorce
This was a long term affair and there was absolutely no possibility for a RAAC, the vacation cruise made that mandatory.
A sad but logical ending to a story that could have had a few more twists and turns but was well written and stayed within the bounderies of civilised, if flawed, human behaviour. Judging by some of the comments it seems clear that the Literotica Taliban believe that civilised behaviour doesn't apply to women (who should spend their lives alternating between the wrack and whipping post) and turns men into wimps and cucks.
So you get 5 from me if only to counteract the wife beaters and bigots.
LA
There is no, none, no possibility to put a marriage back after a year of continuous cheating with one man, including a vacation cruise with the paramour. What the hell was she thinking? Of course she didn't really love her husband or the children. There was only her that counted. Sad story but well written.
Pathetic cuck accepts his place as the servant to a whore who sluts around .
Nice story , if you are a faggot .
One star
OK, after reading the first part, I commented but didn't notice Part 2. So now I retract my complaint to finish the damn story. Now I say - as others after previous similar stories - why didn't Brenda ever say "I'm sorry that I cheated on you for over a year" instead of "I'm sorry" that we all know is code "I'm sorry I got caught - next time I'll do a better job hiding it from you"! But after my complaints, these two are darn good reading!
To me it felt like it was too easy for her. Yes, he eventually left but outside the Facebook posting, she got off pretty lightly. I've read stories on here where the wives haven't been as bad as her and got burnt. Oh well.
The reality is that Brenda got custody, alimony, child support and the house until the kids graduated high school. Half their assets and half of Don's retirement. If you think otherwise you are not familiar with the Court system in this country. Don saw the kids every other weekend and for a couple of weeks in the summer. The end.
So Terry, who started all the shit, took her loving hubby back and continued her life. And Dumbass Don, through absolutely no fault of his own, gets royally fucked over and basically shit on by those who forgave ( or ignored ) the slut her "mistake", a little oops that lasted over a year. Who needs a court to fuck you over anyway! Terrible ending for this srory. You could have at least ended it in a murder- suicide where Brenda kills the seducer asshole and offs herself afterward.
We all know in the real world the legal system is so stacked against the husband that even with what Brenda did she would be the one with the house, and the kids, and the poor husband would be paying alimony and child support. Doesn’t detract from the story which was well written, it is just a story of course. Thanks for writing it.
I've read hundreds of storys of cheating wifes on this site. I admint that I'm a fan of RAAC but I know there are storys where this is not possoble.
And I also know a lot of people think once a cheater alsways a cheater. Well, this is not my opinion. I think it depends on the women or more exactly on the remores she feels. Is she more sorry for the loss of her life that she had before or for the hurt that she inflicted on the loved ones.
In this case I believe that if they would have stayed together she would never chear again. You see, even millions of US americans were able to learn from their mistake of electing Trump as president and didn't elect him a second time. And yes, I also see that millions are stupid enough to have voted for him a second time.
Her desperate promise.... "I'm never going to cheat again, honey." What she says, a few months later, when she's sure she can get away with it. "Pump a gallon into me Allen."
Only a fucking idiot would trust someone who's already betrayed them.
EVERYONE LOSES.
When the divorce court gets through granting a man a divorce and he learns how the system is stacked in favor of women and against men, he'll never let himself fully love and trust another woman. Why would he? How could he?
Wow. With all their conflicting emotions, fears, insecurities, panic attacks, trust issues and mutual concern for their children, neither of then nor, most surprisingly the Judge didn't once even consider professional counseling. This is a classic, text-book case of too many shades of gray to pursue a purely black and white outcome.
MISSED opportunity!
They need to at least be friends for the children, but there is no coming back from cheating for a year. Outing her on Facebook was perfect revenge. For those comments whining about the poor children. Was the bitch worrying about the children while she was cheating on her cruise? You can’t have it both ways.
You don't get to determine whether reconciliation is possible for other people. You don't get to define the limits of any reality other than your own. It didn't work out for Don and Brenda. Maybe it did for George and Terry. Different people, different values, different rules. Ultimately, it's the author's reality, so what they say goes.
I thought it was a good story. Thanks to the author for their effort.
i wonder if this happened to the author that he/she would do the same as the hubby...
Had to reduce score on this one as Terry took him back.
Over year emotional and mental cheating and then physical
Planning their cheated and keep it going on and actually more than an afternoon etc plan days together.
No possible reconciliation
jtwheels
I love the idea them trapped on the boat, slowly making their way toward their fate. They can't do anything but wait. I really like that!
As for character development, I can't help but think that a cheating wife begging to have her marriage returned to her is not going to drop the F-bomb each time she speaks to him. First, anger does not serve her well. Second, it reminds him of what she was doing. She would be contrite, controlled, and begging.
First, this part is exactly what many other writers have abandoned, the final part of the story.
For that alone I gave this 5 stars.
Now, reading through some other comments I agree Helen 1899s comment was way out of line.
I was also rooting for a post nup reconciliation but also recognized his right to a divorce.
With kids that young she was over the moon.
She really did screw up.
I agree with mletrout completely. Give Brenda a second chance. However protect yourself with a postnup that would strip her of everything but the clothes on her back if she repeats. Including loss of visitation rights.
Don should have died George for alienation. Then (just to stir things up), the company. Explore her co-workers thru depositions to find out how many knew. Threaten the company with publicity. Demand that Brenda sue them for sexual harrassment.
The marriage is forever broken. Go after the money. Let the sluts try to protect their jobs
I think George really gets off too easily. A married VP having an affair with a married employee, even in different depts - although George and Brenda do work together at least occasionally - is almost always a serious violation of policy. It’s definitely a lawsuit waiting to happen as soon as one of Brenda’s peers suspects he or she hasn’t been promoted because he/she isn’t sleeping with a VP... It isn’t Brenda that legal has to worry about and any decent HRO would have terminated both of them immediately. Not to mention defrauding the company by arranging a business trip and then canceling it behind not only their spouses backs, but also the company’s. Crossing state lines to do it potentially invites RICO charges.
As to George and his wife, he has no interest in her. His only regret is that he was found out and shows only superficial remorse. He plainly understands Terry much better than she does him, and he’ll use her again. As the story is written, I suspect that he will begin seeing Brenda again, certainly after she gives up on getting back with Don. Once she’s divorced, George will be fair game for her and he won’t resist after a few months of forced separation from her. I’m sure this would be equally true even if Brenda and Don had reconciled - within 6 months she and George would have been seeing each other again, but this time being both more aggressive and determined to be more careful, which are two needs in deep conflict with each other...They will be caught, and probably sooner rather than later.
Anyway, I liked the story and believe cheaters deserve what they get, usually. I just wish George had gotten punished more and Don had taken Brenda back, giving her a second chance for the sake of his children, but preparing himself for her inevitable betrayal. And who knows, Don and I could be underestimating her ability to reform. That would be nice, too.
Based on what you put in the story regarding the length of the affair and their flaunting of it on a cruise, you believe plot is meaningless and logic for fools.
I really thought this was a well written story about a very real subject. I like a lot of others went through an ugly divorce and while I do enjoy the btb stories sometimes it is just not possible. Obviously they have 2 small children and even though they will grow up with divorced parents at least they still have both parents. In my opinion every time she looked at her husband for that year she cheated on him. Secrets are still lies, again that is just my opinion. This story as sad as it was it still was very real. Not everybody can get past an affair if it only happened once you surely can't fault a man for divorcing her after a year long affair. I gave this story 4 stars mostly for the true to life sadness of the story. Divorce with children is always a sad thing but sometimes it just can't be avoided.
"He should have kept me from going on this stupid trip." - Um, he ASKED you not to go, what would you have done he he had tried to physically stop you? I suppose he COULD have said he knew about the affair, but the cruise was just the icing on the cake anyway.
"It's the first time for both of us, so hopefully, our spouses can forgive us." - Well, the first AFFAIR, but the first TIME was a year ago, and there have been many more "times" since then.
I'm not sure how much of a sexual harassment claim she would have. Yes, George was higher in the food chain, but I'm not sure if he he was directly in her chain of command with any influence on her job or career.
Why do they always say “I made a mistake”?
Once MIGHT be a mistake. Maybe allowing that first kiss or grope. After that, each action is a conscious, deliberate decision.
An affair is a planned series of encounters. A mistake affair? That’s an oxymoron spoken only by morons.
So the husband is an asshole for not wanting to stay with a women who not only cheated on him but continued to sleep with another man for over a year? He should of thought of the kids and them needing a mother? Really? And where is that same condemnation for the wife? Why didnt she think of her kids when she continued to betray her family for over a year? She deserved so much more then what he did and atleast he didnt try and keep the kids from her because he knew they still needed their mother. Im also a women as well, so nothing to do with having a hurt ego etc.
Another selfish husband, only thinking of his own pride and ego. Alright she was much worse and deserved nothing more. But why did he have to destroy the kids lives, he put himself before them. Sorry to be sexist but kids need their mother, what did they become latch key kids, letting themselves into an empty house everyday after school, Couldn't the selfish bastard see how much they loved and needed their mother. Both parents deserve to rot in hell.
There’s no going back after her affair. I feel more sorry for Terry. Her husband is an absolute scumball, but she took him back because she was afraid of the future. As for outing his wife on Facebook, that was brilliant. If he hadn’t done that, people would always wonder who cheated on who. The children were little, there would be very little fallout with them. Their mothers actions will disappoint them far worse than anything their father does. Thank you
I enjoyed both parts of this story. In real life, it would have been a terrible idea for a husband and father to get revenge this way. Here’s the kicker - it’s fiction! I didn’t come here for reality, but a brief escape that might also elicit some emotions at the same time. Having been in a mostly toxic relationship for almost 20 years, I appreciate how this shows how messy this gets for both sides.
I am finding their lack of caring how this effected their kids disturbing in most of these stories and the divorces of acquaintances, friends and family members. Both the wife with her cheating and the husband with him exposing her on Facebook selfish. What she did we all know was wrong and a betrayal; to both her husband and children. But what the husband did was also selfish. He chose his revenge over what his Facebook posting would do to their kids. Even if you take that down, the internet is forever. Others have seen it and I bet copied it. The kids will find out and will know. The pain of that seemed to not even be a part of his thinking. Its what most of these stories lack and bother me. I caught flack for my Laura and Greg story for them staying together after her and his cheating. But they kept their family together and raised their kids in the same home. If you revenge addicts think that YOUR "feelings" are more important than your kids' you have issues and are not thinking of them first.
If any of you are in this situation, think before you act. Marriage with kids is not the same as marriage without.
The perspective from the kids side is a missing component. How did this rock their world?
The friend request ... Friendship or communication for their sake? Kids sake? Reconciliation? Don moving into another relationship?
While not needed, a third chapter could be a very good thing.
5*
In this part she pulled the FB account after she got home, in the first part, she pulled it down while still on the ship.
"Brenda, perhaps you should skip this conference and just stay home with the kids and me? Since they don't expect you at work, we could take the kids to Fun World and make it a family event. What do you think of that idea, Brenda? Just me and the kids?" - I don't remember which part it was in, but she asked why he didn't stop her. She must have forgotten this, where he tried to stop her from going.
Chapter one was great from the revenge aspect. A great way for Don to share the pain.
I thoroughly enjoyed it. No violence. No death. No financial ruin. Just 2 simple posts and all is revealed and justice is served.
I feared chapter 2 would be a reconciliation. It was not. It was a well written insight into the wife's mind. I felt bad for her. He remorse angst and sorrow were palatable. Well done.
No reconciliation. Just 2 people trying to survive. A nice story extremely well done.
danoctober - I don't often respond to comments from readers. But, I appreciate every comment, good or bad and use them to improve my subsequent writings.
To your comments, I wanted to respond that yes, I work to give both husband and wife a human side. I don't hate women, even in these terrible and tragic situations. Some might think that I haven't been burned by a woman and that I don't understand the pain, but that is not true. I have been through a personal situation that would make good reading in the LW category, so I do understand that pain. My first marriage ended in divorce after over two decades for reason much written about on this site. It would probably be what most consider a "classic" LW story but I'm not sure I will ever be able to write it. Even coming from this perspective, perhaps because of that perspective, I understand that people, female or male, are both flawed and perfect. As much as I am a "actions are either right or wrong" type of person, life just isn't like that.
I'm glad you liked the perspective. Writing is time-intensive, and we all have other lives, but I will try to continue to write stories that explore these types of characters and these situations.
Thanks again. IntJ
The feeling of having to constantly watch over his shoulder should they reconcile was too much.
The story ends with a hint of the possibility of reconciliation. What would that look like?
What I find interesting(at least for myself) is , I don't dislike the character of the wife. The author fleshed out her character enough for the reader to get to know the woman.
Not that what she did was at all acceptable. But the author revealed enough of the flawed yet remorseful person she was. With this understanding, it might be possible to fix thier marriage in another chapter.
The story has Intriguingly enough drama for a 3rd chapter. Just saying.
*****
I think it's a good story, and the process was realistic. Poor Don. Divorce is an ugly thing, even friendly divorces are hurtful and tragic. But staying together when there's the fear of another betrayal lurking in the back of your head is worse.
Good writing.
Now, can i borrow some money? You make good money but you dont satisfy me anymore so i'm buying a vibrator.
Well written but didn't like his wobbley post serve period and temporary loosening of the anger. She cheated for a year, not one or two times; a year! A poor ending gets 2 stars. I'm not usually a btb person, but this is one of those that should have been.
Why is it that the cheater always says ‘a mistake’ (singular)?
It’s not one mistake. In her case, she made a series of choices to escalate to the first seduction. Afterwards it was a conscious decision, at least once a week, for more than a year, to cheat: more than 50 conscious decisions. The cruise was an epic display of arrogant selfishness. Only the first dinner was a mistake. The rest, all deliberate choices, not mistakes.
I think, even in the midst of all the coming wreckage, her “joke” was more of a trial balloon to George. She hasn’t changed at all. Still a manipulative, needy bitch, all the nice things she was doing were her trying to weasel her way back, and Don didn’t fall for it. Maybe if the cruise was the first time, he could have figured out a way for the kids’ sake, but not after a year. No way back from that. She would cheat again.
Putting her more at fault custody-wise could have helped the story feel more realistic. I choose to think that she gave so much away in the hopes of winning reconciliation, but it would have been better if that was explicitly stated.
George was a VP yet there was a partnership meeting in the works...which is it, a corporation or a partnership... ntl, the story is very dark, with only a shimmer of light at the end.....seems to me only Divine intervention could restore the relationship.
My comment at the end of Unfriended, part one was unwarranted. Not that the comment was wrong, but it did not so much apply to this story. I should have checked for the ending sidebar "Also In This Series," or the Submissions page, and I would have found this sequel.
Unfortunately, Literotica does not furnish a way to amend or cancel your own comment. I cannot even add another comment to my previous comment on part one, since Literotica allows only one Anonymous comment per story, that is, until enough time has elapsed.
However, the author could delete both my comments, which would be appropriate, since they are not relevant to these submissions.
Paul in Oklahoma
I have read both stories on Unfriended, and I have read a lot of the comments on them. Being a very hard man and now at 66 years old, I can say i have seen a lot in those years. Yes i have seen friends cheat, some did get a divorce, some stayed together. Yes reading this story i was disappointed they didn't get back together and a few other things in the story, I gave the writer a 1 star.I don't understand why they all ways write the woman at fault. In all the marriages I seen fail it was the man at fault one way or another. Yes i as very hard on the writer, but no harder than i would be on any other. In life i have found than its all about how you fill about yourself and the person your married to. my wife and i had a friend, and she got a divorce. then she was with a different man every week end. No! we didn't like it but she is one of our closest friends. Now she's older and has no one, except what few friends she has. the wife and i are going on 27 years of marriage, wish i had know her 15 years before that but that wasn't the case. Now retired we love each other and are gowning old together. i guess what i am trying to say is don't get into these stories like their real. Just be true to yourself and your loved one, along with friends you can trust. These stories are just for fun.
It’s almost on top of everything else your spouse is now soiled . Every sexual move she makes you would think if she liked it better with them or is she still fucking others or is she thinks about the other cock while your fucking her. This girl who we knew was definitely considered slutty was telling us she thinks about other cocks while she get laid or plays with herself on occasion. She also fucks every time she does a girls only trip. She told us she fucked s French guy on one of the Islands and he was very aggressive and hung the biggest she ever had . She said she thinks of his cock offer because of its size and how he made her take it up her slut married American ass as he put it . He used suntan oil and totally relentlessly fuck her ass. She said she has never been so dominated used and abused sexually before or since.
No, it doesn't really answer my question. I'm sure there are wives who take back cheating husbands.
My question was just how readily these wives who are looking for forgiveness would be willing to forgive. We can never know of course, especially with a fictional story, but my feeling is that she would have his balls in a jar!
There are marriages where the couple stay together after treason and raise their children and essentially work out an agreement to live together. Do not forget there were people who considered that they could not publicly declare that they had broken the sacrament of marriage. There are also a reasonable number who divorce and remarry the same person. Pessoalmente I enjoyed this ending;
You asked;
"These wives who want their husbands to forgive them, I always want to know how readily they would forgive their husbands if the situation was reversed"?
Well the author had Terry take back George and he seduced Brenda and had a year long affair with her even spending money on a cruise. Terry was so angry when she found out about George's affair that she just had to tell Don and do everything to help destroy that marriage but - she took back George!
Does that answer your question?
IJ, I'm just glad you did not make Don a cuck, he deserved much better. This last part was melodramatic for me, it lacked the 'lasting' impact of the children and her family.
If IJ desired to make a point with this segment it needed to encompass the totality of what she did to her family - not gloss over it. +1yr deceptive affair is hard for anyone to stomach - and per the story the VP got a virtual free pass, yet he caused/funded the whole CHEAT!#$%^&(^%$#.
We can assume Don NOW has a serious woman trust issue to overcome but what about the kids?
This is where so many LW stories fail - the true costs of CHEATING. Especially if there is no 'realistic' happy ending (that seem to never happen in real life). But then again LW is about FANTASIES not reality. At best segment is a 4*
They did divorce. Would hate to think a year of cheating could be forgiven.
You write well and provide a realistic story and character reactions, thoughts and emotions.
I cannot see to being in any way in tune with the cheater's thoughts. Regardless of the reason for cheating there is never remorse until caught. She did not stop the sex, it was caught by the spouses. Tells me hubby is correct, she could never be trusted again.
Don did the right thing. She had an affair for over a year. Trust loss, marriage nuked. He would never been able to look at her and believe she loved him. You don't ever reclaim your wife by getting sloppy seconds. Bottom line, she was a skanky wife and mother.
It’s well written, it has emotional impact and feels real. The final Facebook post may have been a bit over the top but that’s the only quibble I have.
Concise, engaging, interesting, realistic. Thanks!!
...and I thought well written. I prefer btb and revenge stories, but a dose of reality now and then is good. Again, well written. 5 stars, thanx!
Loklie
he was already confused as to whether he wanted her to stay or not. He clearly is still deeply in love with her. We also understand that despite her year long adventure, when the shit hits the fan she realizes her error and is remorseful, her love for her husband beaming through but too late. Elements for a recovery?? I think so.
Most couples with young children stay together and ultimately heal or separate when the kids are old enough. Who wants to give their children a broken home? Here, I feel when they were able to have sex after some months of separation, that it proves they wanted to be together again. All that needed to be solved was the trust, which can take years to rebuild. He left because of that....and so deleted any chance of the children having a stable home. A mistake is a mistake and it could have happened to him as well. But is it worth giving up everything? They both realized how important it was for the children, they knew the children loved them....
In the epilogue, after a year, she uses face book and offers the olive branch...and people accept it, including hubby. Here, I feel the writer could have continued and brought them back together (hopefully neither had started another relationship - unlikely given how much emotion and remorse was expressed). To say that the husband would be her friend but never get back together with her is a bit too harsh for me. I think a year is long enough for him to realize he missed her, she already misses him, and he also missed the family environment, so did the children. If they both spent a year still wanting each other (friending is a starting indicator of that for him), they might as well get together for the children and give themselves a chance.
If she really had become a serial cheater it would have been apparent (yes, a year long affair is bad but "it was sex only") by having several men. She clearly didn't love her lover as she was able to come back home and enjoy her family and husband. Her lover also was a first time cheater and loved his wife....and they got back together. They had an affair because it was a thrill and they could....it happens more often than you think. So I think the love was there but the cheating is cheating, no question. Not good at all but I think they could easily set up a system where they ensure that no doubt is created. And time is a healer, they would gradually get back to somewhere near their old lives and be much the wiser about their relationship. A year separated is a long enough sentence for them and the children.
But even though this is a fictional story it's hard to overlook the fact that he can't kick her out of the house. And in the divorce she's going to get custody, alimony, child support and the use of the house until the kids are 18. Your ending is just so improbable and unbelievable that it ruins the story completely. And I don't think this needed a second chapter. Readers are always crying for a second chapter if the least little thing isn't spelled out. But your first chapter was just fine and all the ending you needed. This was both poorly done and completely unnecessary.
2 stars
There seems to be another ending waiting to be written. As you had them walking from the flight home you left Brenda and George looking forward to their next meeting.
"So, I guess that means you and I are through?"
George's head turned quickly, and he looked into my eyes with a shocked expression. Then he saw that I wasn't serious and relief came to his face.
Don my have Friended his ex-wife but all he will learn is that she hasn't changed and her love for him is just an expression of days gone by and she is ready to renew old friendships.
An unneccesary additon about a selfish slut who never came to understand the depth of her betrayal or the damage it caused.