Forgive me for laughing by the end of your story at the twist. What miserable people. Be happy you’re not like them, that most people in our neighborhoods are not like them. And good luck to them — these patterns are hard to change when they’re invisible
I was waiting to see where this was going and you held the tension very well through to the end, with the surprise finish being so heartbreaking really, that these pockets of humans in the form of families wind up poisoning each other with toxic character traits, and that the husband properly also inherited from somewhere else in the first place! Sad, funny, poignant.
…wow mak…this one was pure gold comedy (though i know it likely sucked irl)…but you thought out and proved the old saying…assholes are assholes never let one dress up as a barber and give you a shave…or at least i think that was the saying…
Forgive me for laughing by the end of your story at the twist. What miserable people. Be happy you’re not like them, that most people in our neighborhoods are not like them. And good luck to them — these patterns are hard to change when they’re invisible
Laughter is the best way of dealing with people like this.
I was waiting to see where this was going and you held the tension very well through to the end, with the surprise finish being so heartbreaking really, that these pockets of humans in the form of families wind up poisoning each other with toxic character traits, and that the husband properly also inherited from somewhere else in the first place! Sad, funny, poignant.
…wow mak…this one was pure gold comedy (though i know it likely sucked irl)…but you thought out and proved the old saying…assholes are assholes never let one dress up as a barber and give you a shave…or at least i think that was the saying…
I've never heard someone say "never let one dress up as a barber and give you a shave" but it definitely should be part of the old saying.