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Rod Raglin
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Finding Meaning, Making Sense - An Anthology of Short Stories & Poetry - 2022-2025
Literature & Fiction
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A gradual, slow erosion of respect and love
Is there a moment in a relationship, a tipping point, when one partner’s personality and agenda begin to supersede the others? Finding Meaning, Making Sense, An Anthology of Short Stories and Poems, 2022 – 2025, are stories and poems about contemporary issues – with depth and balance. Pre-order it now at https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B003DS6LEU THE TIPPING POINT is one of the 25 short stories in Finding Meaning, Making Sense, An Anthology of Short Stories and Poems, 2022 – 2025, that address contemporary issues – with depth and balance. Pre-order it now at https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B003DS6LEU
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Finding Meaning, Making Sense - An Anthology of Short Stories & Poetry - 2022-2025
The restaurant was jammed, and the server indicated the only table available was a double next to Matt’s– on the approach to the washroom. The girl frowned, but her partner shrugged, and they were seated beside him.“Why did you say we’d take this table, James?” The young woman looked around in disgust as if they’d been seated next to a dumpster overflowing with rotting food waste.“It was either this one or wait a half hour, babe.” James grinned, “and we’d worked up quite an appetite.”Babe pouted. She wasn’t going to let James off that easy.Amelia had complained to Matt about their table as well, but at least it was against the wall, eliminating half the traffic.“If you’re not happy, babe, we can wait.” James began to get up.“We might as well order or we’ll be all night.” Babe picked up the menu. “You should have called ahead to see how busy they were.”“Hey, I’m sorry, babe.”Matt cringed.He couldn’t recall the first time he apologized to Amelia, but once it began, it never stopped. Now, even though his transgressions had ceased or at least decreased considerably with age, the apologizing hadn’t. He was to blame – always, for everything.It hadn’t always been like that. He remembered thinking that anything was possible (or was it that nothing mattered) as long as he and Amy ended the day in each other’s arms. Where did that feeling go? When had it stopped? It wasn’t sudden, but gradual, a slow erosion of respect and love until…
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