By Likegoodwine copyright July 2013
Here are three very short stories for you. If you think that the theme of cheating wives is too touchy to be treated with some humor, don't read. Personally I believe that love and humor heals everything. This story was ready way before the last one (Nothing to talk about) but as I had two stories a bit harsh and serious I Kept this one to insert in between. It was written for my enjoyment and for your entertainement.
Thank to Scalia for his patient editing.
Your votes and constructive comments are appreciated, as they will help me grow.
1. Recipe for 'each our needs'
Ingredients
- a not so loving wife
- a would be lover
- a smart ass
- an adulterous divorced colleague
- a decisive husband
- some violence
- a pinch of humor
- an attorney
Mix together a loving wife, a would-be lover, a divorced colleague, and a husband.
The cigarette smoke was so thick in the bar that it was almost impossible to see the crowd when I came in from the outside. That and the stingy lighting! I stepped inside and waited for my vision to adjust to the dim light. Next time the question comes on the ballot, I will vote for the ban on restaurant smoking.
I started looking around as soon as I was able to see the features on peoples' faces.
Finally, I recognized my wife, Martha, sitting at a table in a dark booth. Along with her were her good friend, Nancy, and a couple of young guys in their early 20's. Oblivious to everybody, Nancy was sharing spit with one of the guys. My wife was sitting with her back to me. The guy next to her had his arm over her shoulder, with his hand resting gently on the top of her breast. As the music was loud, he was talking to her with his lips close to her ear. At one moment, he stopped talking, kissed her ear and gave it a little lick. Martha giggled. His fingers were starting to caress the top of her breast.
Five minutes after my arrival, I was still waiting for Martha to stop him. She never did, and not a fool, he was always upping his game. Now they were kissing a storm and he was caressing her breasts through he fabric of her blouse with his free hand. When he started to unbutton her blouse, I knew it was time for me to intervene because Martha wasn't going to do it by herself.
Add some violence.
I grabbed the middle finger of the guy's hand resting on Martha's shoulder and started to force it backward. It sure stopped his assault on Martha's breasts. And the pain made him as compliant as a lamb.
"Ouch! What the fuck are you doing? Ouch! Ouch! Ouch!" said the breast molester.
I was tempted to snap his finger but decided against it and I released it. A shocked Martha was looking at me while her friend Nancy was smirking.
"What the fuck, you mother fucker, what was that for?" said the eloquent breast molester while rising from his seat.
Taste. Add some violence as desired.
The young man was now at eye level with me.
"I did that, dip-shit, to remove your hand from my wife's breasts," I said.
"Well, if you were man enough, I wouldn't have to take care of your wife for you, mother fucker," replied the breast abuser. "Now move along, I'm not finish with her."
And he pushed me. Big mistake! I grabbed him by his collar and head-butted him as hard as I could. I heard his nose snap and the blood started to flow. I let him go and he was bleeding all over my wife. His friend rose from his seat, probably in an attempt to avenge his friend. He was in an awkward position, stuck between Nancy and the wall so I simply pushed him back and grabbed an empty bottle of beer.
"You stay down or I fuckin' cut your pretty face with a broken bottle," I said. He didn't move.
Add an attorney and a pinch of humor.
Martha was trying to stop the bleeding from her young man. She turned toward me furious.
"Why did you come here? I told you earlier that I needed to take a lover. I told you that your long hours at work and my loneliness were too much to bear. Why don't you let me do it?" she said looking at Nancy who was giving her two thumbs up. "I am not your slave. My body is mine alone."
"I am here only to give you my answer," I said. "Earlier, you took me by surprise. I was speechless. You said you needed to take a lover. Well you also need to take an attorney. As of now, all your shit is at the curb and I will file for divorce tomorrow. You said that your body is yours alone. Well yeah! And keep it. It's all yours from now on."
There was a half full (I am an optimist at heart) pitcher of draught beer on the table. I took it and looked at Nancy who was without a doubt the person behind my wife new frame of mind.
"Nancy, thanks for being such a good friend," I said as I poured all the liquid on her.
What a waste. The beer I mean!
Serve hot or cold.
2. Quick recipe for 'Why I did that'.
Ingredients
- a wife,
- a husband,
- many pictures,
- some emotion,
Mix all ingredients and quickly cook them in the boiling emotion.
Martha was sitting at the kitchen table, crying her heart out. Pictures were scattered on the tabletop. There were pictures of Martha in different sexual positions with another man.
"I am so sorry," said Martha between every bouts of sobbing. "So very, very sorry."
I didn't say a word. I couldn't. It would either be obscenities or swear words.
"Please believe me when I say that I love you," said Martha. "Don't doubt it for a second. I never meant to hurt you. I love you and I don't know what I will do without you."
My goodness, can she spill a more oxymoronic clichΓ©? I was ready to bolt and leave the house.
"It was a mistake, but it was just sex," said Martha. "There is no harm to our love. It's nothing. Its just sex."
I got up, searched through my briefcase and threw another envelope on the table. Martha was wary to take it.
"What's that?" she asked.
"It's nothing. It is just paper," I said. "Divorce papers!"
Add dry humor (optional).
"Honey, I love you, we can make it work," she said.
"You might be right. You love me so we are half way there. It's too bad you killed my love for you..."
Add sarcasm humor (optional).
"I didn't mean to hurt you," she said, tears running down her cheek.
"I didn't mean to hurt you lover either when I kicked him in the balls."
Finish with deadpan humor (optional).
"Honey, don't do this. It's only a little affair," she said
"Honey, it's only a little divorce."