Everyone told Sam marrying an older woman was going to be tough. He hadn’t figured it would be because of what happened this Christmas. Sam’s life was at an awkward stage. With his stepson now off at college, his wife had rejoined the workforce. It is not that he cared if his wife was working, but the fact was in a short time back in the workforce, she was doing better than he ever had. Even that didn’t bother him. What really bothered him was when his wife was called off on work related travel for Christmas. That seemed funny right from the start. Her out of town left Sam with the ...

Everyone has that one special friend that they should absolutely not be friends with. They were that one friend that’s a touch on the crazy side of life. Luke’s special friend was named Cass and she was always seemingly one day short of her next trainwreck. Yet she was also always a lot of fun to be around no matter what disaster she eventually led Luke into. That was because she was that one old friend in his life that could get Luke out of his personal shell and out into the real world to have little adventures. It was too bad for him when Cass skipped town five years ago. Luke’s ...

Alan’s friend Amy is one of those I can’t wait to join a cause type of people. It’s not that Alan is necessarily against her causes, it's just that he’s never seen any results coming from all the bother of doing all that protesting and marching. Nothing ever really changes because of them, does it? He makes the mistake of telling that to Amy, and Amy challenges him on his beliefs by calling him too comfortable. He talks the talk, but doesn’t really walk the walk when it comes to his values. That strikes a nerve in him and he decides to go with her to the latest protest. A series ...

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Jerry’s boss rewards him with a surprise trip to Thailand with all expenses paid. It’s an offer too good to be true, so naturally there’s a hook. His boss needs Jerry to travel with him because Jerry is needed to entertain his boss’s girlfriend’s friend. Apparently, his girlfriend can’t be happy unless her special friend is happy too. As his boss explains it, a happy girlfriend is a good girlfriend, so he needs to find this friend a man to date for the length of the vacation. It seems to be a small price to pay for an all-expense paid vacation, so Jerry agrees to a blind date. ...