Mel’s Reviews > Scoring Chance > Status Update

Seriously. A fake relationship Does Not Need an antagonist. It's an internal conflict of realizing their feelings. Or embarrassment of others finding out. What it DOESN'T need, is a busybody random some GUY twirling his moustache saying, "HA! I caught you in a fake marriage! You're not in love enough!" Dating someone else? Open marriages exist. Live in different houses? So what. They have a license. They're married.

I hate this on so many levels. For one: there is no amount of peer pressure, certainly not from WORK, that would persuade me to invite someone I hated into my home that I didn't want there. Two: it's not even his decision to make! It's Tanner's home, and fuck if I want an antagonistic stranger around my four kids! Third: I hate this whole storyline about a random asshole trying to prove their relationship is a sham.

I let out a long, slow breath as I slide into my car and shut the door. My head is clouded with spiraling thoughts and the stench of my sons’ flatulence.

Me not shaking with laughter and needing to preserve this quality line.