A big girl, strong, quick-tempered at the best of times and apt to throw punches if she didn’t like what you said. Before we were married, I used to think this was cute. Now it’s just embarrassing, especially showing up at the office next day with a busted lip or a shiner. It was always worse when she drank.
We were in the car when I must’ve said something, just driving along when pow, the right side of my face exploded. She’d hit me with her shoe. I finally got it away from her and chucked it out the window.
Time to call it a day, methinks. Lovely snapshot of a loveless marriage.
Beautifully written.
Better to chuck her out of the window!
Well told.. 🙂
Here’s hoping this tale isn’t autobiographical…lol.
Ha! Fun tale. I can see the shoe flying out the window.
Wow. That was great! Pow. Bang. And sole.
Randy
Well you married her …knowing her temper very well..now deal with it.
Nicely written story.
This is a nice twist on the subject of abuse and well written.
A different perspective and I love it! Beautiful. Thank you.
The other side of a rusty coin. Poignant take on the prompt. Well done!
Ha! Nice take …a different perspective for sure. 🙂
Nice. Reversal of the usual.
Quick thinking, but I think a woman like her might have just pulled off the other shoe! Nice take on the prompt.
You’ve shown well that not only are women abused but so are men. Probably less heard of because men don’t chat the way women do and they have to keep up their manly image. I don’t know why he married her. I don’t think I’d ever find a left hook to the face cute.
The stories a shoe can tell. Thanks for taking the time to pick up that shoe and listen. Nicely told.
Man, that’s rough. Explains how the shoe got there. Great story!
Often what ‘seems’ cute needs to be looked at more closely!
She sounds like quite a handful. I wish him well – but I’d like to hear her side of the story. Great story. I love the voice and tone.