All Comments on 'Know Nowt Nigel'

I am pretty sure I can see what the author was trying to do. Husband f$cks (wrongfully) assuming his wife is cheating, but is wrong, despite all the apparent evidence, identity mishap, wife has never cheated (author all but absolutely spells that ouy in the story), severs all co tact with family, long separation, frabtic search, and then reconciliation.

But the author messed up the execution. The massive plot hole really makes it unbelievable. Namely that his wife does not confess to her kids that it was someone else in their marital bed (what is up with that anyways?) and their father thought it was her. Not Evie even knows and does not tell her niece and nephew. By NOT doing that, it created the final rift where the kids disowned their father and he severed all contact and vanished. Hence the one year or so gap. Th author wanted the long painful gap. But to get there from the altercation to the separation required actual malice on the part of his wife. That would be very hard to forgive. NOT to mention the other hole of WHY is she letting two people at work cheat in their marital bed on a regular basis? Wtf?

So laudable idea, but botched execution going from A to B. Regardless 4 stars for thr creative attempt.

The whole premise of the story is beyond stupid…it defies common sense!

The wife's clearly not right in the head, why would she let the Lovers use their house and their bedroom for that matter? She did wrong. Any husband would have assumed the same thing. While the husband reaction was over the top, and the way the author writes there's clearly big plot holes, like we don't even know how much time passed during the separation and the kids were bastards as well clearly cutting him off, granted it was because the wife lied. But if the wife didn't cheat why so scared to tell the truth and let the adulterous use their house. Clearly she was cheating as well. If the author clears all this up could have been a nice reconciliation story

Cliche after cliche. Yet another cliched LW husband who is essentially a child: impulsive, unthinking, out of control of his emotions, morally rigid, self-pitying and unable to talk to his wife of 20+ years. How someone this immature gets through life I can’t understand. Plus, this story dragged on and on - why say something in one sentence when you can write it in 4 full rambling paragraphs that add nothing to the story? Completely unbelievable actions and responses from every character in the story. 1*.

My oh my are people picky! Sure I have problems with the story, just like anyone will have problems with this or that story. But really? My issue would be this: why oh why would she try to get back together with a person who was such a short distance from love to World War III? Plus, it was a bit convoluted. But whatever. It was a nice change of pace from most "cheating" stories.

Jolly farce 5*

Why not use the guest room or something.. She did wrong by letting the lovers use their bed and cheat on their spouses

Why did he take back the woman who thought it was fine to let her boss and a fellow employee use their house for an affair? The bullshit I couldn't get in touch with you for a yr, private detective 2 hours tops? The kids could have called right at the start but the cheater/enabler didn't want to be embarrassed so dumped it all on him and the kids went along with it??? That toxic crew of ew. Other than that it was well done, something unusual well written other than the afore mentioned plot holes the dialog well mostly monologue was great not really plot holes more continuity issues i think a good read got me pissed off in the right spots well done

None of this explains away why she allowed her work friend, and the Boss she claims she despises to use HER marital bed for illicit sex? Especially when she has other bedrooms in the house vacated by her children at college and their own places. What would be the reason to allow her scumbag boss to leave his nasty cum stains on her husband's marital bed and even his pillow? That alone would earn the car burning.

Creative and crazy but completely ignores the hold problem where Pat was letting other people use their marital bed for an affair. That is bonkers and is virtually impossible to defend. Also ending was a bit rushed with regards to reconciling. Hence 4 stars.

I liked it a lot, probably because I share a lot of Nigel's insecurities, not to mention how well you write. I hope you're just taking a sabbatical and will resume posting stories for us.

Clever but some of it doesn't hang together that well. Like of tortuous circumstances. But at the end of the day she letter s pair of coworkers use their marital bed each Friday to have an affair. It comes off as believable that she has zero inclination to cheat and loves the MC, and some of the hardship that year that seemed onerous was to try to get him to come out of hiding, though it isn't clear when in the year separation the PIs found where he lived and worked. And while what she did is maybe not worthy of a divorce and his reaction was violent and over the top and really scared her, what she did setting up their marital bed as a location for two cheating lovers is reprehensible. Top that off with the misunderstandings, the time gaps, his kids' reactions, the freezing of the assets and you can see how his insecurities came out in the open and he turned first violent and then later distant and cold and miserable, enclosed in his pain. Fortunately they were able to get past that. She saw a savage side to him that shocked her. He learned that she was a virign and has only ever been with him. She used the courts to try to smoke him out, not realizing with his lost factory job and reduced pay that the financial hardship had devastated him. Surprised that one of thr kids did not re-approach much sooner. Even if by him/her self. Also not sure why it took a year. Again when did she know his location from PIs? Couldn't be right away. I get that the first 6 weeks or so.werr chaos. She left scared to stay with Evie. Gets back and has thr adjuster see thr damage. Notice the flowrs and candy. Finally realized what he thought happened. Figured he would show up again at home. He didn't. Went to facfory. Saw was closed. Stonewalled by his mates. Thought he had assaulted her boss. Didn't know about the car arson. All of that was what maybe a few weeks? Six weeks or so tops? Filed for separation and wanted. But why a year? Couldn't the PIs once engaged find him in a couple of weeks. He had not assumed a new identity of fled the country. Nah seems like yoo.big a time gap. Evie was a good character acting as an intermediary. Didn't understand the part where the wife though he was having an affair given his reaction and probably told the kids as much. Huh? So yeah some creative story elements and glad they reconciled but one big issue and then lots of weird contrivances and miscommunications thar lead to a year long separation. 3-4 mo ths seems more believable. She was s art to use Evie as a go between.

The plot was on such thin ice that the heat through the bottoms of my shoes melted away the last of it.

No, just no

Dumb fucking story. Who the fuck would allow people use their bedroom to cheat and fuck?! Unrealistic story. Furthermore, too much unnecessary writing at the beginning.

Lots of fun confusion. However, why was Pat OK with helping a married Janet have an affair? Seems likely to be out of character for her to do that.

She supported someone else having an affair in her bed. Odds are high she had affairs,as it did not bother her at all.

Nicely done, kept it going right to the end, nice idea, nice character set, maybe just a bit more sex?

I get the comedy of errors bit, I do, but the wife's logic behind allowing the adulterers to fuck in her marriage bed, the place where she sleeps, where her husband sleeps, is beyond me. A guest room, okay, sure, maybe, I guess, but not her own bed. Also, the husband is just gonna accept that his wife was totally okay with her friend/coworker fucking around on their marriages?

Husband's who do not confront and just exit stage left without a word, are passive idiots. It is your marriage and your family! Fight for it until you know it is deaf and buried.

Really stupid

Really stupid. He didn't recognize it was not Pat when June was screaming to get out of the bathroom? None of them told him early on it was June not Pat having the affair? Get real.

For sure the wife has serious explaining to do about allowing two cheaters to use her house and bedroom to meet up and have a sordid affair. But a lot of commentes below seemed to muss the comedy of errors. For the husband: when Pat appeared he didn't tell at all why he didnwhat he did to the house and clothes. He just walked away. Besides how did she get out of the bathroom? She thought he went insane and destroyed a bunch of house. She fled in fear as she saw his face before leaving. Janet was in shock and taken to the hospital. Thr kids initially sided with theirnmom because (a) she did not cheat and (b) she thought thr MC had lost his mind. Pat and Evie didn't start to get an inking of why until they heard of the fire, saw the confrontations, and talked to Janet who was actually clueless as to what happened and who. Only when she went back a little over a week did she see his gifts and what must have been his intentions and then what must have happened. It took weeks. He was well gone by the and refused all contact and went practically

off the grid. She froze the assets in separation, and not filing for divorce, to get him to answer her and reach out. Nothing. His economic struggles were self imposed. He could have gotten a lawyer and fought things. He did zilch after he got to his new location. People complain why a year? Because the author wrote it that way. But seriously they used PIs and without him using credit cards and no car to register, he was practically off grid in a urban area! Took a long time to find him. Then Evie started to approach. The MC clearly has major insecurities. He admits to this when he speaks to his wife. No one could reach him or knew where he was. He had gone underground for all intents and purposes. Findable but not easy. He and such miserable year that he refused for a bit to forgive or get back together picking his dreary solo life. Remember he severed all communications. Anyways it was clearly set up a string of tragicomedic errors. The only big one for me.is that why let cheaters from her workplace fuck on their marital bed. That is something his wife must answer for. But not worthy of divorce. Another case where a rapid -drop the mike" approach goes off the rails.

The whole reconciliation at the end was a fantasy.

Nigel gets screwed over for one year due to a misunderstanding facilitated by the wife enabling two cheaters to use his home as a hideout including his bed? He is impoverished (she had to know how much money she was costing), living in an unsafe hovel, no car and no good job. She comes around a year later to fix things? The wife's explanation for her delay reeks of privilege and disrespect and the grown children were no better. He paid for their education and they have no contact for a year to get his side of the story.

Should have pushed the divorce through, and stayed away from his so called family and friends. The wife was enabling an affair, which meant that she was a cunt hair away from having one herself. The children and friends believed the worst about him, and never asked for his side of the story .

As for the woman who is now a basket case, choose to play slut games, win slut prizes!

ZK

A brilliant and entertaining yarn which I enjoyed reading. 5 stars and added to my favourites. Thank you for sharing.

@nixroxabout 1 year ago

5 stars - It was a very weird story, but it worked out in the end - sort of.

@nixrox10 months ago

1 star - for a really bad idea.

I mean the telling of the story was interesting and well done, but the plot and subject matter was crap.

Your comments seem to sound like you are a bit wishy washy. 5 stars the first time you read the story then only one star the second time!

Well done!

Two stars generous mood.

Reasoning

Job knew about roof etc

Why did he stay/look for another place

. So tired of cliche "she is too good for me" if so find one who isn't. No men I know would marry anyone who they felt were too good for them.

She was covering up for cheating slut for how long?

She is guilty of aiding and abetting

Etc

Good story. Well written.

But …

The MC Nigel is the consummate pudding-for-brains prat who goes on a violent and destructive rampage while possessing little to no actual facts. Why Pat still wants him back is beyond belief.

But I would assume that was exactly what you were going for. If so you succeeded quite well.

Another assnomeous person comments.

You seem to be well read by the comments.

Struck a raw wound or scab pull.

LOVE slap-hapy-papy #9

I remember the story because of the leaking roof! Good story by a good writer.

5

He really did "know nowt", didn't he? Suddenly, the wife wants to come clean and the family want to reconcile! Why now? Oh, yes - the end of his financial obligations is looming: divorce; no more house payments; no more education support; no more opportunities to sponge off Nigel - so they all conspire to dupe him. Was the fleeting meeting really with "Janet"? Did "Janet" ever exist? If she did, why only now? Oh, yes - he has been stiffed well and good!

Well written but…… too easy on Pat

why doesn't anyone seem to care that the little wifey Pat loaned her's and hubbie's home out to a work

acquaintenance for her fuck rendezvous? and that the whole thing was OK just as long as she could get

home before him and clean up the house? WTF?

Well it's in unnanimous!!! Well written, but bullshit!! No one cares how long they were married, and to let others fuck in their marriage bed meant two things to me. One, she had no respect for her husband, and two, she had used it to fuck other guys. Just changing the sheets means nothing. Impossible ending.

XYZ

How the fuck do you not seriously analyze this so called wife’s morals and values? She condones having a co-worker and her supervisor hooking up at your home, and in your marital bedroom, to secretly have an ongoing adulterous affair???? Why would you want to be around such a person? If they are ok with doing that then what else has she done, and what else is she capable of doing??

Unnecessary drama…added nothing to the story…it was childish overall!

Even if her explanation was true, it brings into question her attitude to cheating, if she’s happy to give her friend the use of her bedroom, could she be trusted to resist temptation if an opportunity presented itself for her. Janet would be more than happy to offer a quid-pro-quo in location provision.

It would play on any reasonable spouse’s mind.

Husband and his entire family are retarded..

Didn't work for me. Ditto previous comments. Very well written, as usual.

LWlurker

1 star - for a really bad idea.

I mean the telling of the story was interesting and well done, but the plot and subject matter was crap.

An entertaining, if bizarre, combination of a BTB and reconciliation story that has just enough dead pan humour to compensate for the unanswered questions in the plot and one of the most idiotic husbands in Literotica fiction. The real problem I have is why would any woman in her right mind want to reconcile with such a childish, petulant, vindictive, unapologetic dickhead.

LA

The story: 1. Much too long, too drab. 2. The history- nice to know a bit about it but not for over a page.

3. Takes that much time for his wife to tell him everything's a mistake, a misunderstanding? After she froze him out & set the kids against him? 4. Why the fuck did she let her friend/ co-worker use their bed? Use their house, for that matter? If it was me, there'd be some huge confrontations that might not end well. Again, letting her friend have an affair in their house, in their bed? Even with clean sheets, etc., total grossness.

4b. Also, afterwards, why did he have sex with her after all the hurt she caused? Why would he even want to? Is he that weak of a man?

5. She lied to the kids about what happened, putting it all on him while not admitting what he was led to believe, because it would look bad for her. No worries that it not only looked bad for him, but turned out horrible. She froze all his funds putting him almost into the poorhouse, not releasing the funds until a year later.

6. Why wouldn't any child l high school/ college, who should have a working brain, not reach out to him to ask his side of the story, instead of only hearing one.

7. A totally unbelievable story & flawed characters. Should've been edited nicely to 3 pages at most. 1 star

"But if it was all such a misunderstanding, why did everyone in my family tell me to bugger off?"

"Well, Nige, that's my fault." Pat said, "I couldn't tell the kids that you thought you'd caught me having an affair. I ... I thought if you could think that badly of me so easily, that you were probably thinking of having affairs-"

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And with that bit of completely illogical bullshit, the story went completely off the rails.

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If it was all just a huge mixup that could have been resolved quickly with explanations…then why his who.e family refused to telll him for a bloody year is just completely incoherent.

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Plot devices like this really hurt a story. And besides…Nigel was a twit.

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2 **

Interesting story. But, there are, for me, a couple of issues. 1) Why is the Pat letting her friend, Janet, use their home as the location for her trysts? That would piss me off. 2) Seems that their 3 children turned their back on Nigel, without trying to hear his side. His son saying he never wants to see him again. Nigel should tell him to honor his statement and to leave him alone. 3) Pat goes nuclear on him and impoverishes him, even though it was her actions/decisions, re:Janet, that lead to the situation. So why go back to her. Better that he continues to avoid his ungrateful wife and brood.

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Pasqual

Nowhere do you say why the fuck the wife was fine letting her boss screw some other woman in her house and in her marriage bed. That's pretty much the single most important question of the reconciliation, and you left it unanswered.

If you had worked it in a way that could somehow have made sense for her to loan her and her husbands bed out to two cheaters that would have helped. But frankly if my wife loaned our bed out to two worthless shits to fuck in, there would be hell to pay. Not only from the grossness of the situation, as described, but her helping two other people cheat on their spouses would make her NOT be a candidate for a life long partner.

So with that in mind it really fell on its face.

5 stars - It was a very weird story, but it worked out in the end - sort of.

So she covered her whoring by a lame excuse of facilitating her house even her bedroom and marital bed as whorehouse to her colleagues

And.....

Our action hero turnedout as wimpy cuckold husband, accepted all blindly neglected bright shiny daylight true facts, without any reliable proofs except her liar sister's alibi.

Why so immature and unacceptable forced RAAC ending

I quite liked it and the reconciliation (wish it was tagged as such) but the story has some problems. The fact the wife was happy to let her boss sleep around at her house is just plain strange and I'm shocked it wasn't all a lie to excuse her behavior. Even if he knew it wasn't his wife with the boss that still looks really bad her boss sleeping with some woman at their house. Overall a good story, 5 stars.

I like the story. It was somewhat slow paced but I'm a sucker for reconciliations.

Most good fiction stories depend on some degree of ‘willing suspension of disbelief’’ (WSD) by We-The-Readers! Those tales which require none are likely to have little WTR interest. Only Obviously Satiric tales can get away with too many and/or too extreme WSD.

For me, the idea that a happily-married, empty-nester female (Sweetie) would support a married female colleague (& friend) in ANY affair seems very unlikely … even if they were roomies in college*. Then, add to that that the affair is with Sweetie’s and BFF’s boss … a man with more than average finances. Can’t Boss afford a good motel? WTRs see Sweetie allowing Hubby & Her house and marital bed be despoiled. The consequences of her even suggesting this arrangement to Hubby, let alone the potential compromise the unveiling of this could have on her employment, and with her boss is daunting. The cheaters are unprofessional and have drafted Sweetie to accept that same status. As just suggested, Sweetie made herself more vulnerable to join the cheaters as well. Getting your honey from the same place you get your money is a very bad idea, even among peers. WTRs do not know who initiated the affair, but Boss shoulda prevented it in either case. Since he did not, he is exploitative … which means Sweetie was very likely to eventually be impressed into the tryst, if not already.

Bottom line … Hubby did the right thing for the wrong reason! Get back on your bike.

* That suggests a continuous friendship of over twenty years!

three stars.

The guy is a dipshit. After being wrong for all that time he should be the one apologizing and asking for forgiveness. Dipstick.

Well...

A story for a locale and a time...

My time in England leads me to believe that they are less... Nazi about matters matrimonial and romantic than Yanks like me... and so I cut such stories a break.

A long intro about the romance of them getting together a waste of time? I thought it was to set up the romantic cute denouement... which is French in origin and means ending... Lasagne and Sherry Trifle? Excellent...

Green-something

No. It makes no sense. Why would Pat "let her married friend use their marital bed to fuck random guys"

That is your entire plot. They have hotels. They have cars in parking lots. They have secluded parks. She LET HER FRIEND CHEAT, and did NOT tell her husband. That means she condones cheating. Not just condone, but ENABLE it. This is such a deal breaker. This is such a red flag.

I understand you, the author, saw a twist here. Thought it would be fun in a cynical way. But it fails to launch. I'm left feeling no sympathy for Pat. I'm left feeling no consistency in the logic of the story you have created. I get that uneasy feeling you get when you see something out of place.

This story needed to address the elephant in the room, at the very least. I'm sure someone far more clever than I could make your story work. But in it's current state, it makes zero sense.

I've read 2 of your loving wives stories that are pretty much the same plot with this one. The wife is either a stupid or selfish slut who is at fault, the husband is a wimp who runs away and the kids are stupid and side with their stupid mother. The wife eventually finds the husband and gives him a bunch of bullshit and the husband eventually gives in.

"lee54564 months ago

Weird story

Can you say cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs" >>>>>> I AGREE Lee. This is just weird and he should kick her to the curb. Period. End of story !!!

Don't like the idea of Pat covering for her cheating friend, but I did like the story. Pat and Reggie didn't fare too well after their innocent tryst.

...she may not have cheated...but she was helping cheaters cheat and that too in their own bed.. so that shows her own values..

why would he want to remain married to a woman who sees nothing wrong in extramarital affairs and actively helps in them????

the writing was good but this left a crater sized hole in the whole story logic

Pat lets Janet use he marriage bed to cheat on her husband. How Nice. she is just another manipulative slut herself. she goes for a legal separation and drains him dry of money as well so he would talk to her. Bull shit. What a piece of shit she is. Her whole life she manipulated the dummy. Just another whore tease.

If Pat was covering for Janet, then it begs the question of if Janet was covering for Pat in the same way?

That question was not addressed in the story.

It is the author's story, but I am not a big fan of stories based on misunderstandings because people did not talk to each other. The husband was an asswipe who deserved everything he got. Instead of confronting the facts, he played games and destroyed his home based on his assumptions.

The story's facts were unbelievable. There is no way that family could not have found him for a year. Why didn't the sister immediately tell Nigel that he had his facts wrong. Why did the kids turn away from him, if it was all a misunderstanding.

There are just too many contrived facts at way with each other for the story to be enjoyable.

Can you say cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs

especially with all the family witnesses changing their minds and legal being dismissed with no explanation for his treatment causing him to miss all functions. TK U MLJ LV NV

Big big big miss that never was addressed and should have been the catalyst for Nigel to finalize the divorce. "Pat condoned by allowing Janet to commit adultery in Pat's house/bed with a married man." Nigel surely was not party to this conduct in his home! Pat is as guilty of adultery as Janet or does the UK culture not find fault in this type of behavior? Pat's arrogance to facilitate adultery caused this whole mess and is very telling of her true nature (and desires).

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Plus Pat (and kids) after the PI found Nigel, let Nigel suffer a malnourished poverty existent life insuring Pat/kids got the support money for a whole damn year - with obvious NO regards to his health. Pat knew the logical actions of Nigel within two weeks of the confrontation and waited (think kitchen table). Even after Pat realized her complicity in this adulterous acts that created this whole damn mess she waited to insure Nigel was properly punished for Pat's transgressions. Evie was appalled of how Nigel looked and he could only afford a bike.

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Nigel needs to stay away from that family of ingrates (his adult kids took her side and never sought truth) - let him enjoy a life of solitude! Just STOP with the financial theft of his meager and very hard earned wages!!! For 24yrs Nigel loved and trusted a conniving deceitful amoral bitch.

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3* Hooyah, salute!

He would insist on the divorce anyway since because, even tho she "allegedly" didn't cheat, she facilitated, thereby approving, two other married people to cheat.

ltpw

As a story it lacked, and I'm not exactly sure what! The 'Hercule Poirot' expose at the end was poorly put together and much less than acceptable. I see one commenter described it as cobbled -together horse shit! I am not in total disagreement with that. For it to be appropriate some inkling of this 'cobbled-together' confusion should have been weaved into the story. It was well told , if a little confused. I followed it well and expected a thoroughly different conclusion and the end was interesting at least. It is only a short distance from great but it would take a really good editor to properly unwrap it! 4**** Thank You

He was going to ride off on his bike and narrate in his head why he knew her story was bullshit. THAT would have been a strong ending.

He believed that load of happy horse shit? Took them quite awhile to cobble that tall tale together

I thought we would see an outro featuring him leaving this place behind after having spent the afternoon in bed with his ex. Of course, the only clue we readers would have for his departure would be the sounds of his ex's "joyous post-coital singing" as she shower and he heads out the door.

But seriously, that is the only point that isn't covered and gives me pause when it comes to the conclusion of this story. He seemed to recognize the singing as a known habit of his wife's. Very enjoyable read otherwise. Thanks for the story.

Really cool. He should have a little better opinion of himself, but I know the feeling. No average guy thinks pretty girls are in their grasp. The Bear approves. Kept me entertained , though.

The BEAR

VERY WELL WRITTEN! THANK YOU.

Yes there was a few little things. But I do like these sorts of stories they are so much fun . This sort of stories remind me of the old classic films . Where presumption screws everything up so as I agree with that other person it was a tongue in cheek thing. That makes this story fantastic it was just to silly to get irritated with it . Because it clearly shows what presumption does if not careful it can also be dangerous. But this was a fun story so have to say please write more stories like this. You clearly got a talent for this sort of stories. Anyway you should have plenty of time to knock out a few of these stories. Since being locked away for another 3 weeks ( I know it’s not now it’s about another 2 and a half weeks now but hey . ) And remember I’m proud to read your stories just look after yourself and family but don’t forget my stories lol .

Yes there was a few bits I didn’t agree on but hey I didn’t care . At the end of the day it was a tongue in cheek thing it was just an enjoyable story. Just some people just need to remember it was a little bit of fun story. Nothing more or less yes it had its faults but for what it was worth it was a decent story. And it also teaches people a lesson called never cheat we got the BTB gag by hearing that the cheating wife is now on pills to help her and her lover ends up black and blue . Just if it was me I was expecting pat to be the one that was cheating . But hey look what I know that’s when I realised that this was a tongue in cheek story. That’s why then I started to enjoy it

This was a great series that unfortunately fell flat at the end. He would have been smart enough to have set it up so she couldn’t find him and if she did, he would have an exit plan

She should never have let someone use the house for infidelity.

Shows how she thinks.

She never told clueless because it wouldn't fly.

She's deceptive and entitled, and left him in a bind afterwards.

Not worth it. That's how I'd feel, anyway.

Did I use the right English dialogue there? Quite long for the content and improbable in the execution. One year to figure out it was all a big mistake from the git go? Naw, can't buy.

He has no fault his house contaminated by wife and cheaters

Why so many stories date and marry above themselves if really believed that run opposite direction and spending everything first date really !

Dated beautiful women in my youth never felt out of my comfort zone

If I felt too high maintenance I didn't bother with them

Wordy, with unnecessary details about the printing business and its building, that could have all been summarized with one sentence, "Due to a fire and the damage it caused, I left work 3 hours earlier than usual."

This was followed by wordy, irrelevant backstory of how they got together, that was not needed for the plot. I abandoned the story before I completed page 1. Did not need another 4 pages of tedious reading.

Did not rate what I did not read.

Paul in Oklahoma

But who cares? She, without any input or agreement from her husband, loaned out their home and marital bed for an adulterous affair. Any spouse that has the mental state to do that obviously has two deeply disturbing beliefs.

1. Cheating is okay as long as you are not caught.

2. It's perfectly fine to disrespect and disregard your significant other by turning your home into an extra-marital flophouse without even asking their opinion on the matter.

Now, beyond that, who's to say he simply caught the wrong woman on the wrong night? Possibly they had a threesome. Belief number one that I listed means that you can't rule out EITHER of those possibilities. Not can anyone prove they did or did not happen. So in addition to the troubling mindset is his wife, now TRUST is out the window as well. He would be well served paying for another year and getting really far from his wife after the divorce went through.

Several unanswered questions about the weird year long disaster and an ending that just felt flat without a little dialogue.

Very well written. What I am having trouble with is this: why did Pat wait so long to stage the intervention? And she obviously had no respect or love for him to hold up the money for that whole time. But a nice real nice story about two cheaters who tried to push the envelope on two others.

But a depressing story. The husband is a deeply wounded man. The wife assisted a friend cheating on her husband. That would be hard to forget.

That was intense, but very good.

What sets him off next? Denting the car?

and he's supposed to trust her why?

Excellent story loved the twist, however still,wonder why no one contacted him earlier, replies Ed the money and cancelled the separation. That would have gotten his attention faster. What about Janet there is nothing in the epilogue that about how he makes amends to her. Despite her cheating his going crazy was over the top. No wonder she was still suffering from ptsd.

Fun.

He's guilty of arson, she's guilty of faking an insurance claim, her pal's guilty of being an accessory and the claims adjuster is a moron as well as an accessory.

While I understand the attempt by the author to create a cute and funny tale, it didn't work. This was cluttered, overburdened with unnecessary filler and details, as well as being twice as long as it should have been.

For all the good reasons summarized by others.

She is a lying manipulative bitch. Uses her kids and sister against him.

He lives in abject poverty paying for ungrateful kids education and separation money.

No thanks.

Pain is the answer. A necessary plot device to make this story work.

She's OK with adultery. She enabled it. She hid it.

They raised three kids in that house. I'm sure they kept the kid's rooms when they had each left home. Why not have her buddies mess up one of the other beds instead of her husband's? Logistically, it would have been easier for her. Why give him sex on the bed right after the others had finished? Hmm...?

Pauline, Gemma and Evie know that Nigel was being fooled regularly, did they find it funny?

She hired a PI. She knew where Nigel was for a bit, his situation had to be in the PI's report. Still, she kept him broke for her own purposes.

He was estranged from his kids. She could have sent one or all of them to Nigel at any time for reconcilation. She sent Evie instead to trick him. Was he meant to misunderstand Evie and make a big move on her? He thought about it. The whole scene could have gotten ugly, fast

Just looking at the whole thing from another angle is all.

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Hubby has to make all of house payments plus pay college tuition for his adult children while she can afford to hire a P.I.???? Not believable even in the neo-commie country of Great Britain.

now who gets to be the recipient, TK U MLJ LV NV

First, not everyone is as inbred as they are in your small little dry county township.

Log off the computer, get off your ass, see the world, go to places like California where Hard Pop booze is sold in grocery stores. Go to Washington State- they've since done the same thing.

Is this story plausible? Yes. The math is roughly 8 billion people. There's 6 basic emotions (Happy, sad, disgust, anger, fear, surprise) 35 secondary emotions, and 72 tertiary emotions. Look up english Teacher Kaitlin Robb's who created a vocabulary wheel that helps narrow down the exact word that best describes your feelings.

I detest "It was all a misunderstanding, but the innocent spouse doesn't really try too hard to correct things" stories. An innocent spouse doesn't move forward with a divorce, and try to financially rape their partner for leverage.

Here's a counter-explanation: The wife *was* fucking around. I mean, c'mon, she was okay letting friends have an affair in their marital bed; that doesn't scream someone who cares a lot about fidelity to me. However, the affair cooled down after the husband left, and when the husband didn't go after the lover, the wife realized that he only knew about Janet, and growing to miss him, like a favorite dog, she figured she could lie her way out of it and get him back.

His first reaction after being told the story was correct.

Good story, but could have been don't in three pages instead of five. Much too wordy.

This story is set in Britain, where shops selling only alcoholic drinks ( Off Licences or Offys ) are now virtually extinct. However, larger supermarkets over here sell a range of very good wines as well as the cheap plonk only any good for cooking.

You don't buy wine at a supermarket. Holy dumb fuck! I don't know what the FDA calls supermarket "wine," but I call it "disgusting". You buy wine at a liquor store or wine shop. Shit!

I like the work done for the back story.

And if what Pat said was true, which is what I think the author wanted as there wasn't exposition of changes in the wife...and Nige was "blind" as in never saw Pat there at the house, although it is odd the shower singing and screaming didnt ring any bells, nor the unfamiliar clothes, it is a very entertaining story to read; well done. But there's a problem.

I just don't buy how Pat didn't send letters weekly for months until he read it, or used a court summons (if even possible), or something until the one year anniversary. And I guess the financial sanctions kept were for his benefit somehow? Shit, she would be addressing me as Sir for that one. And he kept the cum stained sheets for evidence, but it was just a rhetorical device as nothing of the sort happened. And didn't come back to pick up his laptop. It was probably the dumbest thing possible to file for divorce/separation. And then fibbed to the kids, which made them hate Nige, when the truth would have made communication easier, and they never tried to contact him afterwards... And in one story, 2 marriages were broken up because the wife loaned out their house for adulterous purposes...but here it doesn't mean anything.

The story is basically about a hot headed insecure man, or a lesson on staying within your social class.

So after finishing the story, which was entertaining to read, which I already said, a sour note started to sound after the music stopped...too much was contrived to let it slide.