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Hahaha, Men! ....... Women! I'm so glad you liked it. And thanks ever so much for all the support. I can't tell you how much I appreciate it.

His mother-in-law was right about him, after all - his wife, however, stuck with him. The loser.
Great job of getting us into the POV of this jerk - I feel for his wife and daughters, but not for him.
And what she said: Freaking excellent story!!! .... wait, no curie on this? No?? How do we get curators to notice good content like this...? Too late with this one... does it have to be in the first 24 hours, @curie?

Ok, I see #ocdb but not the usual curie logo, and your $42+ upvote, so your post did get attention. Blushing to confess I still don't know how Steemit works....

Yes, I'm delighted. Totally unexpected. I've never earned anything like that before. Not that I care about earnings but it brought my rep to 60 AT LAST after almost 3 years here. I looked like such a newbie with a 59 rep!