Author,
This is a really a tremendous story, born from your creative imagination. If you imagine something good being born from the ashes of what was burned to the ground, then write your story. My mother who was born in 1942 shared with me that she wished she had not listened to her seven sisters, cousins, and friends. She told me that she wished she had taken time to think and make her own decision whether to take my father back or not. They’d shared ten years of marriage and had three children. Everyone said leave him, and so she did. She said she did not blame family and friends for her choice, but said that she wished she had made the choice without knowing the people she loved would label her as weak or needy. She said that later, she saw that in similar circumstances they made different decisions when it happened to them. Mom never remarried, and has since passed away. Dad told me he wished he had never been lonely enough when away in the military to make such a bad decision. To this day, he says it cost him everything that mattered. There is some good that came of their relationship. Everyone should single Monday, without fail, they talked, laughed, and shared stories for two hours! They were the “best besties” ever! Even at her end, they were both concerned for the other one. Their love and devotion never got the message they were divorced. Your story is so much more than a cheating story. In my opinion, this couple is learning to love…the right way with all of the messiness that can come with it. Whatever decision they make should be theirs alone. I think I love the love in here. Thank you so much for writing this…