Authors might put days and weeks of effort writing long stories, only to find most readers don't care for the scenario. Or we can quickly write these short scenes, see the reactions, and focus our time on expanding those stories the majority of you like.
In most case, these 750-word short stories are not incomplete "teasers". They can be complete stories with an ending, depending on what YOU, the reader is looking to get out of it.
This story was written for the 2024 Literotica 750 Word Challenge, below this line are exactly 750 words:
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"And my ex-wife just lost all interest in sex," he finished answering.
Sitting in the restaurant, after three hours, we were finishing our second bottle of wine. I have my checklist for a first date.
'Family, money, politics, religion, and sex.'
I know from experience with my deceased husband and other dates, those are things you must agree on for a long-term relationship. This date seemed very compatible with those first four. He's a tall, good-looking guy with grown kids he likes, money to support himself so he won't be sponging off me, and similar politics and religious attitudes. It's now onto the important one: sex.
He added; "I wanted sex four to six times per week! But it was
'her body, her rules'
, and her rule was
'NO!'