All Comments on 'Wish Me Luck'

Excellent work, DG, although I'd have perhaps liked to have gotten a little into the actual sex they engaged in after they got their strength back. Nevertheless, a well-told tale that shows us old farts can still get it done -- as long as it's with the right person. Kudos, as always.

it was well written, as are all your stories, but i didn't like it. selfish cheating husband, selfish wife who divorces and then take up with guys. <p><p>

there is no one here to root for.

Always well written, but the characters in this one are both easy to hate, so I didn't like the story

old age bring things with it that all people can deal with.hubby middle age running around, and wife want to be a slut.the rest of the family suffers until their heads get in the right place.

DG:<p>I liked it. I liked it a lot. I'm not sure what most folks would expect of a woman who, while trapped in a stale marriage, catches her husband cheating, but I believe her course of action to be reasonable and correct. Realistically, this marriage was over long ago. The indiscretion of her inattentive husband was merely an opportunity for her to make it official.<p>I thought you very nicely depicted this woman who, through self-examination, considers and determines her wants and needs. She's newly single, beholding to no one. Why shouldn't she? As the reader, I bore witness to her dipping her toes first testing the uncharted waters of chat rooms and then plunging headfirst into rushing currents of sexual exploration. All this told convincingly, intelligently and realistically. At the end of the story I caught myself wishing her the best.<p>DG, you hit the bulls-eye on this one. Thank you for sharing this.

If this was some guy who found his wife cheatin, people would say it's all right for him to break loose and enjoy his life. But God forbid a woman do it. Great story DG At least you're fair to both genders.

A reader of DG.

There was something missing though. Ah, now I've got it:<br><br>

What happened to 50+ pages of the wife agonising over her decision to divorce? The months of counselling, in which a pshrink neatly manages to explain the "indiscretion" away? The laboured "I hate the infidelity, but I cannot live without my spouse!" wailings?<br><br>

Oh, sorry. This is "Loving Wives", and that only happens when a woman cheats. It seems that "Loving Wives" have no capacity for forgiveness - ever - while the husbands of those "Loving Wives" put God to shame with their capacity to forgive those that have transgressed.<br><br>

If those that love "reconciliation at all costs" stories do <i>not</i> complain about the "bullheaded wife refusing to work at saving the marriage" the same way they do when a husband is equally stubborn, it will just be evidence of their hypocrisy.

All those that say the wife was wrong for deciding so quickly to divorce the cheating bastard and move on with her life have obviously never been cheated on or been in a loveless sexless marriage. As someone that's been there I really understood how the woman felt and the desire to see and experience the other side of life. Thanks for the story.

DG, I loved this one! I think that our heroine, having caught her husband cheating, looked at her marriage and what her husband denied her then considered her own her options to get what she truly needed. In all her 'scheming' one thing was clear, that, "in whatever she did, she would have her freedom of choice and she would not cheat". IMHO a brave, clever and loveable character. As good as it comes! Now, DG, you must give as a few more chapters. Pete.

she couldn't enjoy life - a divorce is not (necessarily) the same thing as a funeral. If the love is gone then marriage just becomes habit ... and her spouse had bad habits.

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Good job, DG

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Regards, Jack (by the way, the Dynamite Jack id is gone now - all the stories are under Jake Rivers.)

This is just like real life in that the vast majority of people who have been in a faithful marriage that have lasted for many years find their new life of freedom leads to whole new feelings of what making love is like. Most find that they now are doing actions they have only dreamed or read about. Some never would consider doing such things with their former spouse. Some thought what they had before was very good and were satisfied till they experienced a new lover. It is so much more acceptable and great they wish they had felt and done these things in their marriages. The hang ups that so many people have are let loose when they face a new world and feel empowered to experiment now in their new life.<p>It is a shame in so many cases that they feel, man or woman, that these new found lust and the new positions and would have been wonderful with their former spouse if they hadn’t had such inhabitations when married. All these things apply to divorced or widowed folks equally.<p>Many women have the societal stigma of a lady doesn’t do these things. Many women find sex so much more fun when their chance of getting pregnant is taken away as in a vasectomy or tubes being tied or menopause. Many women also find they tried things like giving a blow job when they first married and the inexperienced husband tried to ram it down their throats or held her head till he hurt her. Many men eat pussy like its just stab the tongue in there and abuse the clit so the wife never wants him to do it again. Many guys figure that they can give their wife pleasure by getting undressed and getting into bed after being out all day and she will want to really give it her all. Come on guy’s shave before you go to bed so she wants those long kissing sessions and likes your cheeks and mouth between her legs. She doesn’t want to have your beard scrape her and make her sore and she doesn’t want to suck you sweaty dick. Get a wash cloth and wash you dick and arse. Put on some cologne and hold her before you just say brace yourself woman. You want anal sex? Then talk about it together and read about it and do it in stages. Both of you let each other know that what you do behind the bedroom door (or where ever you both want) is between just you and it is this that makes it not just ok but fantastic to let it all go.<p>It goes against all societal reason to have a married couple try sex with a different partner and that is what society expects from people living up to marriage vows and honor and trust. It has been widely shown that people who do go back to their former spouse after both have been sexually active with others are better or at least more adventurous lovers. The problem is that for a real new relationship with a former spouse both has to be able to handle they both have been with others and not let it interfere with forming a new love and never bring up what went on while apart. Most people who have divorced or widowed learn to keep comments about the former spouse to a minimum, as it makes life with the new partner so much more energized like making it new to both of them. There are many stories of people who have reunited with their former spouse after many years and built a better relationship, though it is different and not starry-eyed but honest and can still be very loving and monogamous, as if it were the first time they were in love.<P>This is just some truths that will grate many people as to why even marry if you are going to eventually have sex with someone else. Many people (by statistics not quite half as divorce rates will attest) will find that they can grow their marriage without experiencing infidelity as most people love with all their hearts and sharing that special love would tear them apart.<p>DG, you have written a story from a woman’s point of view and that had to be very hard to do. I do love the fact you try new genre’s to write in though this is really just a great piece on your part and it could have been romance/loving wives. A chapter two could easily (easy for this non-writer to say) be done as her life develops. Thank you for all the great work you share with us.<p>Sorry for the rant as I got carried away once I started to write my appreciation of a really great subject. With the highest of Regards<p>PT

Sounds like she intends to try it all.. I wonder if she'll even go the gang-bang route.. She'll need the luck if she does all that!!

Well, it seems that there has been no criticism about how the wife refused to even think about working to save the marriage. How interesting. Were the genders reversed there would be no shortage of people waiting to dump on the husband for being such an arsehole about a "minor infidelity".

Funny isn't it, that there no one is calling the wife a bitch or what not for not trying to save the marriage, to forgive and forget. If it were reversed as you say, everyone would be dumping all over the husband for not giving her another chance. I am the type that believes that if you cheat than you get what you deserve. To me a cheating whore is a cheating whore is a cheating whore, no if's and's or but's.

DG,

I wish for you to follow up and develop what you have started here. To me it is still not a fully developed story. I’d say you stopped in the beginning of the middle… We got a very compelling introduction; we know about the basic psychological tensions, she wishes to grow and evolve without risking or damaging her self respect and identity. As the story ends she is at the beginning of her experimentation in doing so. Could she integrate a more daring sexuality into new relations? What might be waiting in for another follow up could be a more savvy insight into the role she played in turning her last marriage into its stale stage (not as a lead to reconciliation; Just for lessons learned sake, so as not to repeat them).

as i always loves dg hears stories. the wife is almost as selfish as the husband, she does nothing to make the marriage work. remember at this time she only knew of the one indescreption. like in most long marriages, the couple doesnt talk to each other, she is just as guilty as the hubby is with this.. looking forward to the 2nd chapter

I am impressed with how you managed to take on her personality here - curious but dignified.

Reserved but looking to grow in at least one direction - nice job -

Thanks -

Slut

I didn't like either of these people at all. There was simply nothing interesting or entertaining about the tale of these two self centered fools.

and she is nothing but a cheap whore....deserves to get AID's and STI's....what a total skank....another one of your failures....

it's funny how fast she divorced her husband to have sex with other man. it shows that it's something she wanted for a long time. If you ask me she's nothing but a fucking whore

they didn't like each other.

Or themselves.

While I don't agree with the MC's choices I wouldn't call her a whore or a slut. She divorced her husband before trying out other men. Her husband sure didn't do that, it seemed like he was cheating on her for years. He was neglecting her and she is now going a little crazy after the divorce. You would hope she practices safe sex, but that is not what this story is about. He cheatwd, she got a divorce, now she's playing the field. So be it...