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The case study said that as he was leaving his office, the Loma Prieta earthquake struck. The man was almost killed. Bricks and large chunks of the building came down on both sides of him, narrowly missing him. At that instant, the man realized that he could have been killed. That realization served as a wakeup call. The man looked at his life and saw how unhappy he was. He saw all the things he wanted to do before he died. The man hurried home, packed, and left his wife and kids without a word.
About four years later the authorities found the man. He was happily married with one child. The police arrested him and sent him for a psychological evaluation. The psychiatrist deduced that when he was almost killed, the man reacted.
His view of the world drastically changed to include the possibility of life ending at any moment and the man acted accordingly.
He ran away, leaving all responsibilities behind. But over time, the man realized, sub-consciously that he did not live in a world where death followed him around every corner, so he began to revert to the comfortable life before the earthquake. He became just what he was before, a happily married family man.
Maybe that is how it is with me. When I was in love and could trust the people I loved, I was a good, honest man. I never fudged on my taxes, told lies, or seriously thought about another woman. Mary was my life and I loved her with all my being. Except for the pain of losing someone close to you, the betrayal of someone you love so intensely hurts the most; it's a pain that buries itself deep within your soul and strangles your heart. When my world changed in an instant, I became something else. I am not happy that that person resides inside me.
I have some choices to make in the future. Do I stay a recluse with walls surrounding my soul that prevent that bad me from coming out. Or can I let people in, a little at a time, to re-introduce the good me to the world. I don't know where the answer to that question lies. That little blond girl at the patisserie is cute though.
- COMMENTS
Sandman874 months agoI liked the story and the money transfers. He should have been harder on his wife and she didn't seem broken up over their breakup.
inka22229 months agoThis could have been an absolutely amazing 5 star BTB, but the author self-sabotaged it with 3 big problems:
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1. MC has no happiness. This is the author's choice, for which he gets -1 star. A real man who's not mentally deficient or sick, will strive to avenge himself by having best life possible, NOT become a recluse without companionship. You can have a fun life without having to force yourself to trust women.
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2. He deliberately does NOT harm the asswife to nearly the extent he could. He doesn't file for adultery. He doesn't fuck her over in divorce financially (which with her in jail; he could). He doesn't embarass her for life with friends/family/etc... with her porn. The ONLY thing that's a meaningful revenge aside from the embezzling setup (and even that is half-assed, with him for some reason paying her to have a good lawyer), is him slightly rubbing her nose in his traveling with boss's wife to places she wanted to visit. Boo fucking Hoo.
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3. Because of above stupid lack of extra effort on MC's part, she ONLY gets short sentence instead of bigger one.
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4. The stupid "oh if she came to me earlier I would have forgiven her" cuck crap.
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So, in the end, this is one of those SUPER rare BTBs that get 3 stars from me, and even that, barely. Which is all the worse because it was THIS close to being an amazing perfect BTB worth 10 stars.
ZippityDoDaDayabout 1 year agoI really hate these stories that don't have a confrontation with the spouse.
