All Comments on 'Everything for the Career Ch. 04'

An interesting story; well written. Is this the end?

Agena

Interesting story. And don't worry about the time it takes to write a stroy or chapter. 'Real' life should always come first, these stories we write should always only be a close second.

Thanks for writing.

Average_Writer.

I hope you will continue.

the story

I'm not certain if I have any sympathy for either the wife or the husband. But I would like to see it continue and see where you take it. I appreciate your efforts with this story. Ohio, USA

Like the other readers I had to go back and read the earlier chapters.

And like the other readers I believe the story to be well written and enjoyable but incomplete.

Please continue and finish the story.

I commented after I read your first chapter and i've just caught up to date. I agree with the other posters. You can't leave people hanging. There are a lot of really great stories on this site and there are a lot that have frustrated the hell out of me by bringing me along and then stopping abruptly. Stopping a story deliberately for reader reaction or letting readers finish a story in their heads is one thing, but I hate simply ending a story in midstream. I know there are legitimate reasons and this is a voluntary past time, but still...anyway, keep plugging. I;'ll probably bookmark you so that when you eventually continue it I'll eventually find it. Otherwise, you very deftly handled gripes about the age question and you're made both female and male central characters believable and sympathetic. I'm hoping for a happy ending, but however you end it, i;m looking forward to reading this through to the end.

will it takes another year for the next chapter? because when i look to all your submissions, there's a big gap of time between almost each submission(especially between ch 2 and 3 which took about 2 years!). i hope it won't take you too long to write another story this time , because you got me 'hooked'! Thank you.

mental case. Something must have snapped in his brain because after 15 years either he'd be honestly bereft of feelings for her or his exasperation would have manifested itself in many other ways gradually over time. Time to check him into the looney bin for a month and get him some help.

Jennifer expresses remorse, and remorse, and remorse. She repeats, and repeats, and repeats. There are so many repeats that her regrets don't sound genuine. It's like the five stages of dying, or of suffering from an illness. First there is shock and denial -- this can't really be happening. Then there is anger, "How dare he do this, just who does he think he is?" Next there is bargaining: "If only I had paid attention to him . . . I'll promise to quit my job and give him lots of loving if he'll take me back, and this will never happen again . . . " Stage 4 is depression, and Jennifer has a bit of that -- the only thing missing is stage 5 -- acceptance.

I don't believe Jennifer really loved Arthur based on the behavior she exhibited in the story. She was simply a selfish, over-compensated bitch. Her motto was, "Me first!" So now she is suddenly all concerned? This lacks credibility. A real-life person like Jennifer would just say to Arthur, "You want out, then good riddance. You don't turn me on (secretly thinking "I need a bigger cock, which is why I don't care to have sex with you")." Oh well, bad joke, but just trying to get the readers' attention.

At least the story brought out some truth concerning Arthur: He realizes he should have stood up for himself long ago. He let Jennifer do what she did to him, while taking no action. Now, suddenly, he must take drastic action. It's like seeing the cars up ahead with brake lights on, but only applying your own brakes at the last second." So Arthur at least realizes this.

But if he really wanted out, he should have left town and made a new start somewhere. He will of course need testing for STD's -- it's obvious there will be a reconciliation, but IMO it is not logical to do so. Thanks for writing, and please don't make the readers wait another 2-3 years for the next chapter.

I have not read the first 3 parts to this story but it appears that its the reverse of what these corporate scum guys do all the time . They run like a rat in a roll cage for the almighty dollar and cant figure out why their trophy wife is fucking other guys ... they cant comprehend it . After awhile , the wife , or in this story the husband figures out that thats all they give a shit about and stay married to them because thats all their good for .... money . And even after an expensive divorce these kinda guys still dont get it why and jump right back into the roll cage . They deserve to be taken to the cleaners in divorces .

This resonates very strongly with me. I was in a long marriage where I met my wifes needs but she did little to meet mine. Of course, as in many such relationships you don't realize how much you are sacrificing. Inside the relationship you often don't feel any problems exist. It's not until you hit the turning point in the relationship that you start to look back and ask yourself "Why did I put up with that?". You also start to blame yourself for not recognizing the problems earlier and taking action. However, from personal experience I DID recognize some of the issues BUT also realized that if I took what I considered to be fair action the marriage might not survive it. So I took it like a "man" and gave in. What I didn't realize was the long term toxic effects of giving in and getting by. It's not a healthy relationship. <br><br>

I take issue with blaming him for not standing up to her earlier than this and making part of this his responsibility. Consider a woman having been raped. She might feel guilty for wearing sexy clothes, or being in a bar alone, or dancing a bit close, or flirting a bit too much. All of that could be true AND maybe if she hadn't done those things she wouldn't have been raped. HOWEVER, that doesn't make it her fault or responsibility. The RAPIST is responsible. A woman should be able to dress attractively, travel about in the town, dance, and flirt with men without being raped. <br><br>

In the same way, Arthur should have been able to support and nurture his wife and her career. It is Jennifer's fault for perverting his loving actions toward her. It is Jennifer's fault for not appreciating or recognizing his support. It is Jennifer's fault for not loving him enough to recognize his needs. She has been one cold bitch and seemed to think she was entitled to Arthur's love and support without reciprocation by her toward him. I think that after 15 years it is VERY realistic that he would be burnt out, have realized their relationship was toxic to him, and have cut her off emotionally for his own protection. <br><br>

I also think it is realistic that Jennifer is "obsessive" over her guilt. I agree that many people in such a situation might be unable to recognize their responsibility. But it is possible and I am willing to grant that it has happened in this story. How would such a person feel? They have been shut off from their connection to a part of their life and now those connections have been STRONGLY restored and are about to be ripped apart. It might be overwhelmingly painful and the focus of your whole being. Yes, it seems excessive to a normal person who hasn't been cut off from their relationships but to Jennifer it would feel like a person who has been blind all their life getting their sight back and then someone threatening to rip out their eyes. <br><br>

I think the inner revelations of the characters are very interesting. I also am not sure if there is a right or wrong outcome. It would depend on the people involved. So it depends on the characters. The key will be to continue the character development to be in sync with the outcome. I hope there is no magic reconciliations. It will need to be earned and in this case it should be dearly bought.

I wonder if she isn't obsessing over Arthur now. I agree with a couple of comments - IMHO most women - even the really good ones - have difficulty admitting mistakes. Women tend to be pretty practical and I think the wife's reaction is not realistic. Makes for a nice fantasy, though. Both parties are at fault - he should have confronter her much earlier in the relationship rather than enduring 15 years of martyrdom. She never stopped to think about what she was doing. These two people still love each other - they need to find an inexpensive tropical resort and spend about 3 years reconnecting.

....nuanced and well-thought out but the comment about what real people like Jen would do appears to be painting a variegated situation with a broad brush. Despite having to re-read the rather hastily proofed chapt. one I enjoy this tale. Reconciliation is not wrong or unlikely in any way shape or form. Read the story again if you disagree. He leaves her because she isn't giving him the love he needs, not because she did anything in particular so horrendous that he CAN"T love her. And as yet she has not PROVEN to be INCAPABLE of love. Thanks for the time-out...

I should have checked on the interval between chapter submissions before I invested any of my time reading your stories. Reguardless of how good you might consider your efforts, taking this much time and STILL not finishing a story is just not exceptable, there are too many good authors here to choose from to expect a reader to stay interested in your story. Also by now the guilt is so over expressed that it seems almost totally insincere, and both of the main characters have proven themselves to be jerks, so who cares anymore?

anon jerry

As a long time reader of stories on this site, I have enjoyed the previous submissions in this story. I look forward to the next installement. Please let it not be a year or two away.

Loved it, can;t wait for the conclusion. Bit more sex maybe?

This is a very interesting story. Mostly in Loving Wives genre the husband is always busy in his work and the wife is often "neglected" — here we have a "reversed" situation.

I think there'll be reconciliation — but can Jennifer get past what Arthur did with those prostitutes? So far its been refreshing — and the good part is there's no "office stud/hunk" in between.

Don't let us wait for too long, dear author — hope you post the next chapter quickly.

~Kelly~

you have them reconcile , at least have the wife EARN it . And because it takes so long to write chapters , it would be better to have the next one 6-8 pages if you have to in order to wrap up this story . Please dont drag it out for more than one more chapter . I must agree with other posters on this .

HHL

Thanks for your great effort writing on Lit. Very intense charactor and storyline buildup. Actually intensly exhausing to read. Look forward to your conclusion.

x

You take too much time between you installments, but you are good at writing keep writing,

Thanx

Looking forward to the next chapter sooner than later

I keep wondering if they have anything other than guilt going for them! Really they may not have any love or tenderness left in them and anything that they do in the future will be hollow...

If Arthur had found a woman to love than the story would be over with all ready!

HHL,

Just a quick thanks before I read Ch 5.

Thanks for sharing on Lit.

x

Exaggeration is harmful to the story.

If people like Arthur exist in real life then God help our species. If he "put up with it" for 15-17 years then there is something seriously wrong with him.

More likely he got some perverted satisfaction out of it. If he wont speak up for himself why should she carry the can.

Or is this story just another excuse to "Burn the Bitch"

Sorry, just can't be bothered reading on.

A wife would never take back a husband who had group sex with prostitutes, & this career wife would NEVER just quit her job to save her marriage! Would never, ever happen.

Finally Arthur realized he screwed up as bad as Jenny. Her for being obsessed with her work and he allowing this to continue for fifteen years without saying a word. Both are at fault. Now what?

I have reached the limit of my patience with this series and will not bother to finish the rest of the chapters.

As far as I have read, it seems to me that the author's intent is to portray the 'evil' of a successful business woman making the exact same personal sacrifices as the 'good' of a successful business man.

The husband builds a business even more profitable then the international bank his wife works for? Yet he's the one home alone at night sobbing into his pillow like an abandoned bitch? Has the author, at any time, had the opportunity to actually converse with even one of these "self-driven", "focused on their game", "pedal to the metal" tall, White, Anglo-Saxon Predator males?

Cause I ain't never, ever met any of 'em, these career driven archetype of any of the sexes, who'd shed a single tear for anything less then their own bottom-line, for anyone who couldn't be used as yet another steppingstone or temporary trophy spouse.

To achieve the level of professional success both characters have in this storyline, absolutely requires each and both to have crush all possible family life under their ambition, with all the finesse of a procession of the Juggernaut.

This fanfare guy has got it wrong, the money involved does not determine the time spent doing the job. Which basically means arthur may be earning more and working lesser than jennifer. Its like a rancher with many farm hqnds v/s a call center employee. Apart from that amazing stuff dude. Loved it!

Her thoughts at times were interminable. The reader shouldn't feel exhausted wading those her repetitious ponderings. You could express it once, even twice, but then move the story along. Better yet, reveal her thoughts and intentions through dialogue. The author suffers from the same flaw that the main character has - telling rather than doing. Still, I enjoyed it.

Getting drunk and thinking about your life. Did that one time after my first divorce. Your a good writer but you sound like of fucking soap opera, way too much babble.

I only ask as we are four chapters in and I have no idea what he does. I only know he earns more than Jennifer did and that he goes to an annual event.

so far you have told him this. And you have told him that. No doubt that your words are genuine. No concerns about your intentions. But that itself is the problem

What was Bernie talking about?

"you have been speaking too much. And doing too little."

FANFARE IS NOT A GUY, SO HER VIEW ON ANYTHING ANTI SLAVE TO THE CUNT THAT IS WOMEN IS GOING TO BE WRONG, MEN DIE ALL THE TIME FOR " WIFE" BUT "WIFE " DOESN'T DO SHIT FOR HUSBAND, LOOK AT ALL THE WESTERN COUNTRIES, APART FROM SEX (WHICH THEY SUCK AT, WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU GOT A MASSAGE FROM WIFE? OR DECENT FOREPLAY ) WOMEN CANT COOK,CLEAN, TAKE CARE OF HOUSE AND HOME, WATCH KIDS AND GENERALLY BE A SUPPORTIVE MATE,WHAT DOES MODERN WESTERN FEMALES BRING TO ANY MARRIAGE YOU CANT GET CHEAPER AND BETTER FROM A WHORE????????????????????? ANYONE WITH A CUNT WANT TO ANSWER THAT, A VAGINA IS FOR A LOVING WIFE, WESTERN WOMEN HAVE CUNTS NOW, WOMEN CANT TELL THE DIFFERENCE, MEN CAN TELL.

FANFARE SHUT UP AND CRAW BACK UP YOUR BITCHES ASS....SLAVE

right on the brink of Arthur realizing that it was all his fault, that Jennifer didn't do anything wrong. That despite owning his own company and still finding time to be a supportive spouse, he is the one that was wrong and not the one who gave every bit of herself to her career, to the point of not even knowing what her husband did when he wasn't, rightly so, kissing her ass. So, for all of you "I am woman, hear me roar" fembots, I guess you are going to be happy with the outcome. Just like always, even his friends are turning out for her support and calling him names and belittling his feelings and lack of interest in behaving like she, and they, are sure he should. I mean after all, it's just his male ego, his pride speaking and acting so harshly.

Time to get new friends to go along with you new unencumbered life, Arthur. Don't need either bitch, Jennifer or Bernie. Anyone who would respond positively to Bernie deserves what he gets out of it.

silly silly silly

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How can a character be smart enough to be an international national bank VP and still be so stupid. Fifteen years on neglect and she just now sees the results. And she wants things to go back to the way they WERE. What kind of limp dicked man would want to return to that environment? She is too stupid to be allowed to reproduce. He has all ready made the decision, he is Finished. Plus one moment she is willing to make herself a doormat for anything he wants and later in the same chapter she is pissed at him for her behavior. Also she got promoted for her dedication to the bank. If that dedication changes do you still think she will still have a job at the bank?

anonjerry

he would tell her friend Bernie to kiss his ass and not to call. If he had a smidgen of pride left he would just go on doing what he had started and let the chips fall where they may. But I suspect that Bernie, who seems like a know it all bitch, will convince him that Jennifer has done nothing wrong and that Arthur was the root of the problem and that he should be totally ashamed of what he had let her do to him.

I don't like where I see this going and since I haven't read this before, I won't know what happens until I get there.

Thanks for the offering.

During a self analysis but with all due respect the whole problem started because Jennifer did not put him first. That seems to be the problem in many marriages that end up in divorce. Sure he may have acted differently in hindsight, but there wouldn't have this problem in the first place if she made him a priority or at least equal to her professional ambitions. My guess is that early on she probably would have blown him off anyway. As a matter of fact it seemed to happen in the past, such as when he was in the hospital. Definitely her fault this time and for Bernie to take it out on Arthur is ridiculous. It's no wonder Arthur is angry.

The corporate world doesn't give a damn about their employees marriages The corporate world only cares about the bottom line. It's a nice fantasy, but it's not reality. That said, enjoying the story. *****

My main concern goes to the core of your story. Why on Earth do they love each and want so desperately back. He played second (or maybe thrid or fourth...) for 15 years. He was a wimp who didnt express his needs or feelings to his wife and tolerated the situation too long and too far. She is and entitled self-centered bitch who ignored her husband for years. So if this story has any connection with reality you need to explain me why on Earth is she so desperated to get him back. SHe was no part of her life for 15 years! For Christ sake, they didnt even have sex for 6 months! What is she so desperately missing fro her husband or her married life? If this story were real she should be worried about her corporate image,

A lot of hurt and neglect for Arthur to get through. Interesting story for sure.

that I would disagree with the "don't email angry" rule.

Bernie deserved a huge "fuck you" for sticking his nose into this.

First of all, he has one side of the story, that of the arrogant, ignorant wife. None of the 15-year suffering husband's experiences were in Bernie's mind.

Second, relationship breakdowns like this do not occur in a vacuum. When people say "Oh he's a wimp for not saying anything". Dollars to donuts, in the real world, he did say something, for years and was placated or pacified with an "Oh I'll make it up to you" which ultimately never happens. What's the point in arguing with that? Each one of these saps good will; it drains a little of hope out of the party whose always asking for engagement of the partner. You have to keep making deposits of time and effort in a relationship so there is something to balance all of these withdrawals against good will. Bernie is completely blowing smoke here, since he's unaware that the wife's balance was overdrawn ages ago.

Thirdly, the lines he uses on Arthur "insecure bastard. And a wife-hater". Just fuck no, you arrogant, old fuck. I know assholes like this in real life, and they cannot be told to shut the fuck up often enough.

Fourth, "He was writing on behalf of Jennifer because I would not even listen to her, hear her out, pick her calls, talk to her, read her emails or reply back. So he had no choice but to email me myself." Mind your own business you senile codger. Jennifer is a grown-up and knew what she was getting into. A 32-year old woman knew exactly what she was doing. She was just too arrogant to think she'd get called on it. One would think a VP at a multi-national bank would know about balancing credits and debits. But it was only about her, and never about her partner.

I like a lot in this story, but this section, and Arthur's subsequent milquetoast lapse into self-flagellation to accept what he's being bullied into really ruins what has been built up so far. This whole scene should have been left out, with Arthur having second thoughts on his own and still ended at the same point.

I'll continue this series, but holy shit, did this scene throw a wrench into what was a good series! There needs to be some damage control here.

Great tale till now.

Can we say “Hand Grenade”? Sure you can.

Sorry, but I have read #3 twice now and still cannot make it fit neatly into slot #2 (or #1) in a way that these chapters mesh easily.

The tale has turned and not for the better.

On to #4 and hopefully ...

I was off on my previous post by 1.

Increase all the #x by 1.

My mistake.

He did not kill their marriage. If he was the wife, everyone would tell him, "good riddance" she was neglecting him. That's abuse. She would like and say she'd make it up to him, or gaslight him into thinking hes being unreasinable.

If the ONLY complaint he has for himself is he did not threaten to leave her earlier....THAT IS NOT healthy. He shouldn't bear that responsibility. Hes the husband. If you have to threaten to leave someone to wake them up...they are in an abusive relationship! He IS a victim. He DID play the martyr.

15 years she neglects him. No children to show for it. No one would marry a spouse if they said upfront " I don't want kids...I'll barely notice you exist. I just need you as constantly t emotional support. And i may fuck you a few times a year"

She broke every other marriage vow.

This story became a joke when he internalized some blame. He is only responsible for not LEAVING sooner. That is NOT healthy. If his only fault is loving too much, and her taking advantage.. that is toxic

Both of them are infantile and wholly unlikable. Not even worth analyzing; a pox on both of them. 1*

Story is so whiny, so long and both characters are so stupid. She is a self serving schmuck and he is not exactly a thinker.