My how to list of advice for the everyday things in life: How to buy a car? SusanJillParker's How to advice #1: How to buy a car? Whether buying a car, a van, or a truck, most people think they know how to buy a motor vehicle, especially men. As impulsive as women are when buying shoes and clothes, men are impulsive when plunking down lots of money for a c...
Carrie and Tom had been married only a few years. During the housing boom, they'd borrowed heavily to purchase their own small house in a suburban middle-class neighborhood. Ever since, money had been tight and the couple worked hard to make ends meet. Occasionally, they found themselves short at the end of the month, and sold possessions to make up for it....
Molly O'Ryan stood on the dock with tears running down her pretty face. The wind whipped her long, straight, red hair. She watched her Father bartering with the fine, English gentleman. She knew full well what he was doing; he was selling his eldest daughter, a girl just turned 18, so that her brothers and sister would survive the coming winter. Times were m...
Monday morning Dan came down the stairs of his home to find a letter from his wife on the table. It just so happened that this was the week of their anniversary and they tended to find ways to enhance the entire week to celebrate their joining. Dear Dan, We have spent two years married and five together. I love you each and every day more than the last...
It is official -- summertime is over. Our usual summer philanthropy of selling trinkets, crap, and dust collectors is supposed to be an all-summer project, but everyone is running around the neighborhoods, knocking on doors, and trying to hock as much of this stuff as we can. I never figured out the connection - if we are good at selling this stuff, how does...
“Daddy,” I pout popping my thong covered ass down on his lap as he read the morning paper, “I promise I won’t do it again.” I had just wrecked my car and daddy says that I have to pay for the damages this time. “That is what you said the last time, Jane, and the time before that.” “Please daddy, please, please, please.” I beg as I rub my little tushie again...
My wife, Adriana was engrossed in her tablet when she looked up at me and said, "Honey, I just got an e-mail. My college graduating class is having a reunion next June. I'd like for us to go. Is that okay with you?" My name's Matthew, my friends call me Matt. My wife, Adriana, and I were sitting in our living room watching TV. Well, I was, anyway. Apparent...
Congratulations Dear The Greenfields County Club dining room looked just as I remembered it twenty years ago. A few improvements and changes, but nothing radical. "John! Over here." Don Wilson was waving to me from a small table by the window, overlooking the first green. We exchanged the usual greetings and got settled in. "So, John, what brings you ba...
Don't read this story if you don't like scenes in which men are forced and degraded without their permission by dominant women. ***** "Mike, there's a party Saturday night and this time you're coming with me." "It's not one of your office parties is it Gwen?" "No, it's round at my friend Christine's house. There'll be one or two surprises but you never k...
Waking the next morning, I was feeling lazy. I didn't really feel like getting out of bed, but my ladies were having none of that! They were telling me to get up, that I had a lot to do before we left for town, and get up now breakfast was ready. After breakfast, I went to find Grandpa. He had just finished his own breakfast, so we went out to the wagons, m...