Welcome to Friday Fictioneers where each week close to 100 people participate in a flash fiction challenge based on a photo prompt.
This week’s photo: Copyright: John Nixon
And now my 100 word story:
George couldn’t believe Jessica had left him for a man with a bigger boat. He’d recognized her on Sunday; the skimpy bikini barely covered the beautiful breasts he had bought her. She had said she loved him. George was heartbroken. He had given up everything for her.
It was time for some damage control. He asked Angie to meet him where he had proposed 25 years ago. He hoped she would again say yes.
When she showed up he got to one knee and recited his proposal verbatim. Angie smiled a satisfied smile and tenderly kissed his cheek. And then without another word she walked away.
The Day After 
Hmmm…a man with a bigger boat? Hoo boy!
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Lol. Yup, my dream guy ❤
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Those who live by the sword… Nice one.
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Thanks Sandra.
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What goes around, sometimes comes around. I can’t believe he had the nerve to try that. Good for Angie!
janet
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It might have worked. They had 25 years together. He made a stupid mistake. With the right charm in his part and the right amount of compassion on hers, it might have worked.
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Ouch, that was a cruel one. Very good writing!
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Haha, thanks!
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That was hysterical!
Here’s hoping that guy’s ‘boat’ sinks.
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It’s where he lives, you know. lol
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😉
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wow what a jerk. a jerk with a small boat. i’m glad she walked away. good for her! 🙂
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Don’t be too hard on him for having a small boat. You know what they say, it’s not the size of the boat, it’s the motion of the ocean. 😉
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Brilliantly written and a perfect ending for a perfect git of a man!
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Thanks El for that most encouraging comment 🙂
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Huh, serves him right. Great story.
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Thanks Jackie.
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Oy. Wow. I have known of relationships like this. Thank you!
Regards
Jim
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Me too Jim. Me too.
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Ar first I started out feeling sorry for him but serves him right, great story. You never truly cherish what you had until it’s gone…
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That is so sadly true. Thanks for stopping by.
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Sad, well-written, believable.
MG
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IDK,,Angie didn’t seem so sad. She seemed rather satisfied.
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All in the POV, of course. 🙂
Cheers!
MG
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He didn’t have a chance, I think, although I don’t blame him for trying. Sounds like he was trying to buy her love the whole time.
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Women…you gotta know what they like. 😉
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“she walked away” … and I am heart broken !! 🙂
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Aaahhh you’ll find another! 😉
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😀
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Dear Dawn,
Writhen husband indeed. Looks to me like he got what he deserved. Good one.
shalom,
Rochelle
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Thank you Rochelle.
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Oh what an intriguing little story. That first line really got my attention! HA! Good for Angie!
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I can’t blame Jessica, I like big boats myself. 😉
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What goes around, comes around! Hopefully George will come to realize that he needs to work on himself before jumping into another relationship. Wonderful story!
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Thanks Adalie,
I think George has a long way to go before self discovery His priorities are influenced by the wrong head so that’s an obstacle.
Thanks for reading and commenting.
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Very nicely done Dawn.I love your title, very apt.
Dee
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I stole it from the picture which was named “Writhen Trees”.
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Goodie goodie for Angie. The jerk got jilted and too bad! Good story, Nan 🙂
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Haha, we do love a good jilt to a cheating spouse, don’t we!
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Sounds like Angie is the only one with her head on straight. Nice story 🙂
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And as the years go by you will find that this is how it goes 😉
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Oh, George … really?? All’s fair in love and war … and boats! 🙂
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Aaahh Joanna, thank for stopping by, always lovely to hear from you!
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Ah, ha! Sweet revenge and perfect ending.
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Sweet revenge is always the perfect ending. 😉
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From the frying pan into the fire! We men can be fools sometimes, thinking we need a woman to survive! Now there’s a twist on an old addage!
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There is a lot of truth in your comment Joe.
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I’d like to hear a bit more about the bigger breasts! But it’s still a really well done story, great ending, and poetic justice for sure.
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Lol Perry. Thanks 🙂
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I had to reread because for a second I was imagining the breast implants 25 years later…lol
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The good thing about breast implants is that they are replaceable. Of course I don’t know how that meshes with the symmetry of an aging body.
Oh for cripes sake, now you have ME thinking about them! 😉
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A great title that comes full circle at the end
A very satisfying read 🙂
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Thanks for that awesome comment!
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Ha!ha!He shouldn’t have invested in the “silicon valley”-instead he should have bought a bigger boat and all those big busted,curvaceous women would have come calling -for a ride- and he need not even have lost Angie,tee!hee!Loved this Dawn-a great take on the prompt 😀
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Thanks..love your comment too!
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🙂
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It sounds like this was a long time coming. Serves him right. And she made him go through with his proposal. Good for her!
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He should be happy he even got the 25 years…Now he’ll have to invest time and money somewhere else. With the same outcome? I wonder?
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IDK with these types of men it seems so many of them are luckier than smart.
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There’s always somebody with a bigger boat who’s looking for oversize breasts for floatation devices. Evidently, poor George cannot go home again.
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ah, the crazy things we do for love…or what we think is true love. i loved the characters in the story. 🙂
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Thank you Sun 🙂
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I like the bigger boat…and the idea of flash fiction. Gotta try to write some soon. Maybe after the A to Z Challenge finishes.
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