All Comments on 'Afraid to Get Married'

I was surprised at the ending. Believe me it wasn't what I expected but was glad to see it. Of course I have learned in the past not pre guess your ending. To Just enjoy the story.

A fan always

I must confess that I as I was reading this I fully expected some terrible discovery or revelation to come to light. I am glad I was wrong.

That was a wonderful story and a perfect ending.

You really are an old softy, aren't you.

And I loved that it had a happy ending. I was a little worried for a moment.

you got me on this one I didn't see the ending comming

Like my fellow readers, I too thought of all the things that would likely go wrong.

I'm glad I was wrong!

As always, I never pass on a chance to read your work.

I really liked the ending to this story. I like the fact that he got past his own insecurity. Good Job as always!

you indeed have made your readers think otherwise. All of the earlier comments focused on one thing - a road leading to a nasty discovery. Your readers were glad it was never meant to be. You made me think the same way too.

Thanks for a very good read and please continue writing.

With high regards...

benhur726

Quite realistic and erotic. Well done once again, DG.

It looks like most of us expected him to find her doing the nasty in Columbus, at least I did.

Very nice story.

Thank you DG

Maybe it's just your writing style that I find uncomfortable. As I read your material I find my mind wandering.

DG:

But being close to Valentine's Day made this one special. As always in your writings there is food for thought and lessons to be learned. Thank You. Ronnie W.

The reasons we read these stories, it's usually to find someone fucked up big time. I to expected to find her in a nasty situation. Thank God I was wrong, but as the saying goes, your mind is in the gutter, but that's a good place to be. Love your style. Keep making us happy. Luie

is alive and well!

I never doubted for a minute that everything would work out (see, the thing is I know that you are a softie at heart!)

Great job!

DJ

As is typical of DG's work this is another great story. I liked it very much but unlike others here I wonder if Candy was really as supportive as she should have been.

Jim was pretty honest with her about his problem with trust given the experiences with his family and I can understand them. My problem is Candy totally dismissed his concern immediately after he'd got done telling her about it!

I will give you the point he was being paranoid but shouldn't he be talking to Candy as the person he trusts most in the world and not Madame Eloise? He didn't because she dismissed his concerns and told him she'd be his until he pushed her away. I hear that as saying "get your head out of your ass or I'm gone", not exactly a loving response.

I'm glad Jim got his act together but I don't know about Candy. I'd like to be a fly on the wall in 10 years and see if she still feels like she does now. I think Jim is going to be doing most of the work to keep the marriage together.

Ray

very wordy, the conversation was only moderately interesting, overall did not pique my interest.

Another gentle, romantic but sensuous story with the kind of loving ending that you are so greatat! Bravo DG!

i liked it.

love it, a number one story very strong 10

DG I think it was really moving and accurate of how a relationship really is made up in Jimmy and Candys story he was scared that a romeo will smooth talk her to leave him and leave him and his past with his family relaionship going sorrow .

Pat

I really liked this story although a part of me was expecting some bad ending with him catching her cheating - I guess I'm pessimistic like him. Great romantic, sexy, hot story.

I am never disappointed by one of your stories. This is a sweet tale.

Excellent Story with a real twist. Very enjoyable

It is interesting that, for me, there was tension in this story just because of the way so many of them go .... good job!

Very well done, I also was waiting for the shoe to drop, insted we had a very nice supprise for the ending.

I figure Candy works part time for Mme. Eloise....

About good people with human failings -

Here's hoping the author let's them live a long and happy life LOL

99.999% of all relationships live and die due to expectations. If you expect something that your partner is either uncomfortable and or not willing to do then you are doomed in the relationship! This is why communications between partners, be they married couples or even business partners is so damned important. If you or they expect one thing and you or they expect something else, and, you do nothing to either A, find out what that expectation is, or, B, fail to or aren't willing to live up to that expectation without communicating said expectation or desire then it will all have been for naught.

Now I can just hear all the naysayers who say that they expect nothing more than fidelity then they are lying. Marriages are made up of constant work. What you or they expected at one time may have changed or altered over time. That is why communication between you and your partner is so damned important, otherwise how will you know of the change, or from the other side, how will "they" know of yours? I am not talking about a woman or a man that suddenly wants to try someone new. That does not fall under this, as one or both parties will have just cause to be disappointed. Fidelity is a two way street. You cannot have the expectation of wanting your partner, or they you, to be faithful and not have reciprocation. It's kind of an all or nothing situation in that regard. Swinging or swapping works for some but not most. If you want more spice in your life then communicate that to your partner and work toward that goal together. Saying that your partner is ignoring you or has most probably stepped out on you is not grounds for retribution or retaliation. You once again need to have proof of this and see if your expectations are not being met. If they aren't and your partner is looking to stepping outside the bounds of fidelity or is about to, you need to communicate your troubles on this matter. If they already have then the trust is gone as well as the respect. The old it was just sex doesn't cut it. The old what they don't know won't hurt them is just a lie that the offending party is telling themselves to make themselves feel better. They have been hurt, and hurt badly by the one person that they or you have thought could never do it to them, and it does hurt, the aggrieved party just doesn't know or feel it yet. Now one last thing, if you fail to put your partner above all others in ALL things, be it work or friends or sometimes even family then you have no one to blame except yourself. There are two quotes from a mans side that come to mind. First is the one of no place stonier than a mans heart does not mean that men lie to their wives to hide some dirty little secret, there are times when to share some of the trials and tribulations of life with your spouse may hurt them more than by keeping it inside. That does not however give the man the right to become an ass and or to cheat on their spouses or to become abusive. Secondly, the quote of all men lead lives of quiet desperation is true. Many women fail to realize that men and women have a different thought process. A great many men have during their lifetimes many doubts and insecurities. We are all brought up to believe that men don't cry, and should just suck it up and be a man. I am not saying lay all your insecurities at the feet of your partner. However, short of having betrayed them (your partner or significant other, or spouse or whatever you may call them) you should be able to, if you and they are communicating, be able to share with them and work together to find a resolution. Women going and asking another woman or even worse another man who is just a friend for "advice" on how to deal with their spouses is just wrong on so many levels. Unless that man and or woman is a qualified professional in the art and science of counseling should be kept out of the marriage and I cannot stress this enough, outside of the marriage bedroom! They may have great advice on many matters, but, they have no right to be involved in what should be and should stay a private relationship. Too many things taken out of context will have this "friend" giving some form of advice that is more times than not if not just plain wrong then just plain destructive to the relationship. The offended spouse, prior to bringing others into the disagreement, must try to communicate with their spouse. Failure to do so will only end badly in most cases. On my last note, I would recommend that if your significant other states that they feel a certain way, do not argue with them about how they feel, that is extremely destructive and basically tells them that they don't have a right to their feelings. Feelings are what they are. You can communicate and try to help your spouse understand the feeling and why they may be mistaken to feel that way, but not to just argue and tell them they are wrong.

I guess that after this long winded comment we see that Jimmy does go to a friend who happens to have the qualifying credentials to help advise him. She is a neutral in the matter, irregardless of her other pursuits. And she didn't take sides, she just basically showed him how to view the issue and how to follow his heart for the betterment of the relationship.

I have brought this up because as I sit here reading I am still mourning the loss of my father these last few weeks, as well as reliving the loss of my mother aver the last five years. They would argue like cats and dogs, but, irregardless of that they truly did love each other over a period of fifty years. They truly were for better or for worse, through sickness and in health, for richer and for poorer, forsaking ALL others together. From watching them over my lifetime I saw that yes you can have arguments, disagreements and even fights, but, it is how you deal with them that makes all the difference. In today's day and age, we have too many people who live in the "me" instead of "we" state of mind, which is what brought about my mini lecture.

You can take it or leave it as you choose, this is just my honest opinion. Gave this story a five....

Seeker

Considering I thought he was going to find her shacked up with her Boss. The only sketchy part was paying the Madame for her "professional" advice. Really? Paying a hooker for advice about love? That was a really, really bad idea. The only better way this could have ended was for him to propose at the same time Madame was getting arrested thanks to an anonymous tip.

thanks

might as well be a Grizzly. TK U MLJ LV NV

This is probably the most pertinent comment I've ever seen on this site.

People are not properties. You can succeed only through compromise and communication. If you ignore this, you miss most of the beauty of life.

Quite good and satisfying.

you can never predict the future but have to go on what you know and as long as you both work at making the marriage work then life will be good...but once doubt creeps in the it can go pear shaped....these days it seems a couple are no longer prepared to work problems out but get divorced over the slightest reason...and far too many men and women think it ok to screw around...and cheat on each other and don't care about the consequences or even the children....

Good story simple but to the point.

Darn, you got me. I must be Turning into an old softie!

How nice. A rare, uncomplicated happy ending that promises a happy beginning for this young couple. I just love, at my 80 yrs old, happy endings. I guess because I'm working on one myself!

my late wife & I were married on Valentines day. she said I could never for get our anniversity that way . 27 great yrs before she passed away.

You do a wonderful job of writing. Good clean, well written stories...that are original for this site, which is no easy fete to pull-off, as consistently as you do!

Thank you for your excellent stories...!

I hope you never quit writing and posting your stories here...This site, would never be the same, without your great stories, and the other world class writers, submitting stories here, on a regular basis!

You really write for the heart...I so appreciate that!

Thank you so much, for your always great, well written stories!

Sorry didn’t mean to give you 5 stars....more like a 3. Nice story but lacks passion and feelings. You can do better

Wow! A Madam with a PhD in psychology? That is a dangerous combination! But the story does not tell what kind of relationship she is in herself! Darn!!!

BJ

Great story !

Les

3 stars and mostly because you kept repeating the same things over and over and over again.

I met my wife more than 50 years ago - we were teenagers. I asked her to marry me on the second day of a 4 day weekend and she said yes. We have struggled through good and bad times, but I will say that we are both stubborn and made conscious choices not to give up at some pretty key points in our life. TRUST and CARING about the other half of our couple, more than we care about our self, is and has always been the key issues in our relationship.

Candy is definitely a future skank

Great !

Let me know if I owe you anything for the Therapy ? ! ? !

THANKS !

Good story. However, I'm not sure how well it will overcome his distrust concerns.

He had reason to not trust especially paralegals in law firms!! They must have an infidelity clause in their marriage

This is a nice story.

Well Done! I love a successful ending to a story. 5*

good story

Damn, it was scary just how many of the things Jim was saying that resonate with my own concerns. I guess that's what reading too many LW tales does to you, though his concerns are reasonable IMO. I wish them all the best. I wonder if she'll be able to resist the constant attentions of all the sleazes and predators that no doubt will cross her path.

When I read stories like this, my heart is always in my throat hoping the MC doesn't get to their destination to get a surprise of their own by finding their SO with someone else.

Good story!!