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POINT: You’ve Had A Second Family For Years, How Could You Betray Me And Your Children Like This?
by Aggrieved Wife
Thirteen years of marriage, and you’ve had a second family for ten of them. Ten fucking years. How could you do this to me? To our kids? I don’t even know how I’m going to explain this to them. You’ve made me look like a fool. God, my dad was right about you. Was I just not good enough for you? I gave up everything for this family, and not once did I ever ask you to get a real job! And what about the other family—do they know about us? Do they know that you’re a cheating, sadistic bastard who gets pleasure from betraying the love and trust of his family? We made vows to each other, you don’t just get to do whatever the hell you please! I should’ve known that behind all that charisma and charm, there was a sick, self-serving narcissist who couldn’t be happy with just one family. How could you do this to us?
COUNTERPOINT: A Magician Never Reveals His Secrets
by Stanley the Spectacular
Ah, I see you’ve discovered my greatest magic act yet: the duplicating families trick! I should have never doubted a keen eye such as yours, ma’am. Though perhaps I expected my audience to notice my magical feat a little earlier into our marriage. Nevertheless, I understand your frustrations. The mystical arts can be quite perplexing to the untrained mind. Alas, my dear wife, I can answer many questions, but how I performed this dazzling trick is not one of them. My foremost allegiance is to the order of the occult, to which I am sworn to secrecy. Instead, allow yourself to be awed! The arcane is a mysterious force that is better appreciated than questioned. It is a pathway to power, knowledge, and, dare I say, pleasure! Ha! Oh, judging by your reaction, perhaps you are not so inclined to become an apprentice of sorcery. Well, now is as good a time as any to reveal my final and greatest trick yet. Prepare to be amazed by my disappearing husband act!
