TWENTY YEARS LATER

Every romance novel ends with the hero and heroine solving their problems and deciding they love each other and want to spend the rest of their lives together and the book ends. Nobody ever tells us what it’s like twenty years later – until now. Jack and Lily are the names for our hero and heroine and they are typical of almost any hero and heroine in any romance book. Back in the day they saved each other from whatever internal and external conflicts there were and they got married. They are now Jack and Lily Smith and live in the suburbs.

“Will you please get off the couch and help clean my mother is coming over. And put some clothes on geez you can’t just sit around in your underwear” Lily said to Jack.

“Why can’t I sit around in my underwear and why the hell is she coming over again?” Jack replied as he took another bite of his donut.

“Because your underwear is gross and because she is my mother” Lily said sternly.

“I know she’s your mother I’ve seen her every fucking day for twenty years. Jesus can’t we have one day alone?” Jack said angrily.

“Why it’s not like we do anything except sit around because you hate to go out and do anything and God knows the last time you had sex with me” said Lily.

“Maybe I would have sex with you more if you didn’t nag me so much” Jack immediately regretted that statement.

“WHAT.THE.FUCK.DID.YOU.SAY?” said Lily clearly pissed.

“Nothing what do you want me to do to help” Jack said.

“OH NO, you just called me a nag. Maybe if you did more around the house instead of sitting on your fat ass I wouldn’t have to constantly ask for help” Lily yelled.

“My fat ass? MY FAT ASS? What about – you know what never mind” Jack yelled back.

“Go ahead say it Jack I’m fat go ahead and say it”

“WE WENT TO SEA WORLD AND PEOPLE WERE TRYING TO FEED YOU FISH” Jack yelled.

‘WELL AT LEAST I DIDN’T LOSE MY JOB AS A FIREFIGHTER FOR BEING FAT” Lily screamed back.

Lily hung her head and said “I’m sorry. What happened to us Jack? We never fought like this”.

“I don’t know” Jack replied.

“You were my hero Jack – remember? Remember how we hated each other at first for no reason and then inexplicably fell in love two days later? Remember when you saved me from that burning building? And remember when that serial killer was after me and the police told me not to leave the house but I decided to go for a walk at midnight through the park – who saved me Jack? You did. And after all of that I still pushed you away because of all that unexplained internal conflict. Remember that? And you, you were a wild man sleeping with thousands of women and I was a virgin but I was the only one able to tame you. Remember all of that Jack? And remember how I helped you overcome all of your internal conflict and helped you realize that all you really wanted was me? And we were able to solve our internal conflict which led to our external conflict and we fell in love. Remember that Jack? And remember the first time you touched my wet mound with your throbbing manhood how I exploded?  Remember?”

“I remember” Jack replied.

“And remember how gorgeous we were? You had solid abs and a chiseled jaw and I was a petite blond with perky breasts. Now we’re both fat and we fight all the time”. Said Lily

“It seems like it all started when the baby was born. I just wasn’t prepared for that”. Jack said.

“I know Jack and I’m sorry but I read a romance novel and they didn’t use a condom so I thought it was ok. It’s my fault and I’m sorry”. Lily replied.

“Maybe we can get back to the people we were” said Jack. “We could lose weight and I could get my job back at the fire dept.”

“I think that is a great idea” Lily said enthusiastically.

After 6 months of sweatin’ to the oldies Jack and Lily have lost all of their weight. Jack has gotten his job back as a firefighter and heads to work for his first day back. He anxiously walks up to the firehouse and opens the door. All of his old buddies are staring in disbelief at the chiseled man in front of them. Jack proudly stands in front of them and scans each face. After a moment of silence Jack says

 “I’M BACK MOTHER FUCKERS” 

287 thoughts on “TWENTY YEARS LATER

  1. Was this in any way modelled after your real life??? Lol. You are a genius! I freaking love this! Welcome back :) .

  2. Love it! Did you just call your fans Mother fuckers? Thanks for the inspiration- I’m going to go work out then see if I can get rid of my kids and my in-laws so hubby and I can live happily ever after. Welcome back !

  3. I am so happy to see that you are back! I spent your time on walkabout (or whatever the hell you were doing on hiatus) reading all of the archived blog posts and most of the comments and laughing until I have rock solid abs now;). It was truly an emotional roller coaster reading all of those comments. Would Luci ever be rescued after her horrific day? How did Grace’s big night turn out? Who would be the first one to verbally harass you on any given post? Thanks for the laughs. I am so excited to see what’s next!

    • Great posy Ladybug. I go back and read the comments sometimes too. They are the best part of the blog. And you need an avatar. I think a ladybug would be good :)

  4. Welcome back! After bring married for over 20yrs I sure can relate! Made me LOL my ass off. Have a great day and will check in later after work. :-D

  5. “And remember the first time you touched my wet mound with your throbbing manhood how I exploded?” Hahahahahaha…too bad it doesn’t happen that easily in real life! So glad your back RM! :)

    • Yeah it doesn’t. Requires much more work but not in a romance novel – she comes every time and real fast.

  6. I’ve been reading your site for a few weeks now and this is my first posting. I couldn’t resist telling you welcome back! I’ve really missed you. BTW, love the post!

  7. Boy, go out for an hour, and Hell freezes over!!!!
    I was never so glad to see ” mother-fuckers” at 10:30 in the morning! I am so proud and happy for you. I will suggest you say..I’m back Braless Bawdy Ladies, at some point, and of course for Diane, I’m Back Bitch!! I’m filling in for her since she has to work.
    I know, I’m jabbering again….so happy to see your post. Hysterical by the way!!!! {{{ hugs}}}.
    Those are Lady Hugs by the way!!!

  8. You are so BAD!!!! I love the part of the story of remember when we hated each other and fell in love just 2 days later!!! LOL

    You are so good for my state of mind!!

  9. Only my 2nd post but just had to comment. So hilarious, thank you for breaking it down and building it back up to the return of RM!! Let the games begin!

  10. Welcome back RM! I haven’t laughed since you left on your sabatical…….okay that’s a lie, but you were missed. As always sat at my desk while reading your post. I might refrain from reading this one to the hubby, I would hate for him to start commenting on my fat ass!

  11. RM, you are the consummate storyteller. I was swept away by your prose, taken from my reality into a world where good overcomes evil and love conquers all. Now I must go back to work. :-)

  12. Personally, my favorite part was the tribute to our condom discussions:
    “…I read a romance novel and they didn’t use a condom so I thought it was ok.” LOL Stupid fucking condoms.

    Anyhoo, it was a good first-time-back post. I thought the title was because that’s how long it seemed you were gone.

    I didn’t miss you, though. So don’t go getting a big head or anything.

      • Okay, I’m sorry, I can’t pretend any longer! Oh my God, the internet without you is a fiery, torturous HELL, I tell you! I search and I search, but nothing else makes me laugh so hard that I accidentally pee a little. You’re it for me, Remy. No one else can make my panties wet (with pee) like you can. No one! Please, please, please don’t ever go on fucking hiatus again. Without you, there’s no reason to launder my underpants.

  13. sweatin’ to the oldies. That was my favorite part. What a romantic, erotic image that is.
    And why do men want to sit around in their underwear?

  14. Well it took us less than 20 years to get there and back, do we get an award ?

    Welcome back!

    I did my gravatar but if course am too tired to follow any instructions on how to get it to show here.

    • It shows automatically Luci. You must not have done it right. If you sign up at gravatar.com and put in your image it is automatic.

        • Luci, you do have to have a WordPress account. But I am logged on and get absolutely no e-mails, no posts to FB.

        • No you do not have to register with anyone except gravatar.com If you want me to do it for you I will, I did Pat’s but you will have to send me the pic you want and the email and password to gravatar. I will do it for you and then you can change your password if you are worried i will arbitrarily change your pics which I probably will :)

  15. I am sure you will lol. So i am now seeing my lovely Laboutins showing in the pic next to the Howdy Lucie greeting but i cannot see them next to my comments.

  16. RM: your little story was exactly like the last romance novel I read and probably every one of the thousands I read before it. I’m now feeling sad because your couple was normal in every way and ended up in a very logical marriage situation. You have your pulse on the romance novel arena and you’ve read how many of them? A few? I don’t know why I didn’t notice the pattern and I would guess it’s because I posess the eternal female brain that wants that happily ever after…….Thank you RM. You are…..as usual……DA BOMB!

  17. OK, maybe I should have more accurately said that if you are a WordPress user (which you are on this blog) then you can use Gravitar. But I can see you figured that out already.

    • RM, don’t give me shit about the computer. I knew she was worried about posts and e-mails and as soon as I reassured her, she got her Gravatar up. Maybe I wasn’t all techy but Lucie/Luci knew what I was talking about.

  18. First of all, Gina’s comments were a riot, and for us “older” BBL, maybe the special RM Depends! Never mind, that sounds WAYYYY to gross! Just have to go back to doing the unmentionable more frequently. Luci..I love your avatar, it is so you!!! Perfect! But I have to agree with RM…how the f***k do you walk in those? Any way Luci..hope you hace a good evening! I’ve so missed this!!! Now RM it’s easier for you to keep us ALL happy and answer our posts…WHAT A MAN!!

  19. RM, man, I missed you! Hope your hiatus was good, and you can continue to regale us with more stories. Awesome!

    Okay, I still haven’t figured out how to add my purple frog onto the avatar. Tried signing in again – nothing. Do I just have to create a new account, or what?

    Sooo confused!

    • Lily, you have to sign in on Gravatar with the exact e-mail address you used here to register. Then it will ask you where you want to get your picture from, them or import an image. Since you want your purple frog you are probably going to import, right? So you have to do the right click thing and copy and paste the properties, etc. I noticed that it took a couple of minutes for Gravatar to talk to the blog when I did it, so give it a few.

  20. Welcome back, RM :)

    “And remember when that serial killer was after me and the police told me not to leave the house but I decided to go for a walk at midnight through the park – who saved me Jack?”

    *snort* love it lol

    Awesome post, but most importantly Jack got his abs back!

  21. Sorry folks, I think we broke the blog. (And when I say “we”, I mean RM.) Don’t even try to follow the comments. They are out of order.

  22. RM cannot remember from which site I got those particular shoes but Laboutins go from anywhere between Euros400 to over Euro2000 – calculating in dollars – $500 to over $2500. I bought my new favourite heels at Eur150 and even that was expensive by my usual standards.

  23. Dear Romance Man,
    Glad to see that you are working hard again.
    Welcome back, We missed you.
    Sincerely.
    Your Mother Fuckers

  24. Personally RM I like all the smileys. It makes me think you are laughing and having fun and that does not make you any less alpha male :) :) . Keep smiling :)

  25. “And after all of that I still pushed you away because of all that unexplained internal conflict.” LOL, love it!

    Welcome back, O caped one. It sure is nice to read you again.

  26. Just got back from buying the hubs a Fathers Day gift, oh, I also got new underwear, new capris and a shirt for myself! Now, that’s shopping! LOL.
    What are you doing for Fathers Day??? Drink beer, sit around in your underwear, and watch baseball? You lose your abs that way! :)

  27. Well, I just got home from work and I feel so left out :( Work was extra busy today so I’m a little late here anyway.
    I’ve missed you Romanceman. I like all the smiley faces. Now I’ve got to memorize how to do them all so I can emote on this blog!:)
    I was with the whole story on the post, until the married people turned around and got back in shape. Does that really happen? I thought they would just break up and go their separate ways.

    Did I say I missed you RM? sniff.. and you and Diane, back at it. sniff..just like the old days :)
    Have a great evening!!

  28. Hey, look at me! I’m a purple frog. Thanks to thecrazygranny for the pic, and for LG for all her assistance.

  29. I’m not really very computer literate. . and RM said this gravatar thing was easy. . . but I had trouble with it. I’m glad I can pass on my observations to the next poor soul who is trying to bring their Romanceman soul to life :)

  30. I’ve missed you, sweetie. Love your “romance novella,” and I am SO glad you’re back.

    But I still can’t register for the F’ing blog. Won’t send me a password.

    *sob*
    Just sayin…

  31. RM, you ALWAYS follow through on your promises. Definitely hero material, but I am now officially logged in. Not sure what the problem was, but it’s gone now. I’m still working on the final read of To Love a Dark Wolf before sending it off to my beta readers…will be around more often once that’s finished, but thank you, darlin’!

  32. So I was reading this thinking, “Hey, doesn’t he understand the point of romance books is the HEA?” And then I got to the end and thought, “He’s really back!!!”

    Hope the hiatus was good for you & Lexie, but we’re happy you’re back.

  33. Hey you, I almost had an Oh after reading your story. I needed a cigarette after finishing the piece. Welcome back, tiger

  34. Welcome back! I just wanted to let you know that because of your last 2 blogs, I now have a doctor’s appt for a “female checkup”. I haven’t had one in over 3 years cuz doctor’s scare the shit outta me. Your last 2 blogs really got me, so I now have an appt scheduled for June 27th, so thank you for that.

  35. Glad you’re back RM-Remy. I’ll have to catch up tomorrow but wanted to thank you for the laughs over your crazy-assed novella. Will there be a blow job in the make-up sex?

    I signed up with Gravatar so here’s hoping my avatar appears….

  36. RM… While it’s quiet here, you should go check out Gina’s site!! Become one of the “Mob”. Not to mention anyone in the BBL who wants to support our own fledgling, waiting to fly, author!!!
    Hi Luci…..how come you have an “E”? Hope everyone is having as pretty a Sat. as we are here!
    Oh, RM..I posted a comment on R&R, and my avatar came up there!! Pretty cool….. ;)

  37. Well, in the spirit of if you can’t beat em, join em, I have been researching WordPress smiley face codes. Let’s see if some of these work or if I am a complete techie failure.
    80
    8)
    :lol:
    :roll:

  38. Pat, I am adding one letter at a time till I get to my full name :) . I had to register with the blog to get my avatar showing and registered with an e. Hope you are all having a great day. Was super hot here, feels like mid-August. Watching a soccer game then to bed.

  39. RM, so glad you are back. Have missed your views on life. Just keep on keeping on. Thanks to Kate’s FB post of your return.

  40. Hah! Love it!
    Although :X lol the characters – as a romance reader… am I allowed to say I hate characters like that? Chick deserves to be killed for wandering around when she shouldn’t be. And same if hero runs out recklessly into danger.
    … >.> This is why I shouldn’t read romantic suspense. …. :D And why nobody requests I, specifically, read and review their books. *angelface*

  41. Good Afternoon!!
    Good Day RM, Lexie
    Diane you dirty little vixen! Thanks for the smiley face page!!!
    Gotta read, see ya later

  42. Wow, I missed one whole day. That is what I get for not being on the ball. Glad you took the time off and very glad to have you back. You really rocked the intro. Loved it! Missed you!

  43. Man, did I miss you! I hope all is well with you and your family. Now I am off to the beaches of Hawaii for a week of vacation with hopes of reading more of your blogs while I’m there.

  44. Welcome back, RM, this one made me laugh so hard I had to run at the equivalent rate of running a 4.2 40 (over 10 feet or so) to avoid a totally embarrassing accident neither my wife nor black cat would let me forget,ever. Having survived more then 20 years, I can tell you some of what you wrote is a bit too close to the truth *lol*. This post does for romance novels what the guys at “Termite Terrace” aka Warner Brothers Cartoons did for Wagnerian Opera in “What’s Opera, Doc?”.

    Speaking of 20 years later, I would love to see what happens to the characters in that latest of crack cocaine romance reading, “Beautiful Disaster”..my prediction is he will over that 20 years have beaten up hundreds of people in broad daylight and yet still not be arrested, she will have bailed her father out at least a hundred times from viler and viler gangsters until he finally dies of shame, not because she bailed him out or the gangsters threaten to do vile things to her, but realizing he was simply a shit gambler, and they will break all records for splitting up and reconciling without the aid of lawyers, therapists or bartenders, to where people know what season it is by whether or not they are together and screwing like minks or glowering from different domiciles across town like two drag queens wearing the same outfit at a tea dance……

    Anyway, welcome back to the show that never ends (and I don’t mean an old Emerson Lake and Palmer record with the scratch in it), have missed your charm and finesse (okay, I missed reading someone even more off the deep end then I am who likewise has a spouse who probably more times then we hate to admit says “what did I do to deserve this” *lol*)

  45. Happy Father’s Day RM! Your girls are very lucky to have such a cool Dad =). Hope they treat you like a king today!

  46. Aaaaarrrghhhh! I’ve been clicking on my bookmarked RM blog site a dozen times a day in the twenty years since you said goodbye, and a few minutes ago I finally had the bright idea to click on HOME then back to BLOG and come up with a blog that was written 48 HOURS AGO!!! A new TheRomanceMan novella! O thank the fates! O my belly hurts from laughing! O damn, it’s time for lunch and you made me miss it becuz I’ve been reading twenty-leben-eighty-eight posts. So glad to see everyone’s names again. And you, njbill, are funny enough all by yourself.

    Anyway, good to have you back, RM. Love to Lexie, and enjoy your day just hanging around in your underwear with your hand inside…. nah, you wouldn’t do that today.

  47. I take some time away and come back to check in and there are 244 replies…oh my

    Great to see you back RM – Happy Father’s Day to you and all the Dad’s

  48. Morning all!, just wanted to give an early hello. Hope your recovering from Father’s Day RM. It’s another gorgeous day here in N.C. Our weather has been unbelievably mild. Love it!
    RM…love your ADS… All my favorite books.
    Good Morning Lexie…what are the girls doing for the summer? Is your college age daughter home ? That’s always tough because they think they have no rules since the have been away on their own. At least that’s how my kids were. Well, enough small talk. Off to WW, will check in later……

    • Hey Pat, wasn’t sure if you got my response. Our oldest is doing surf camp so she is up and out early, which means to bed early :)

      Our other two are all over the place in different camps. They are both home this week relaxing

  49. Just a thought, but Lexie? You need your OWN avatar! Maybe a woman in a Superman cape….holding a flogger? Or a pack of Sponge Bob bandaids? G’morning from California!

      • Well, glad to know I didn’t waste precious brain power trying to come up with some interesting questions. I have actually thought of another one. I’ll email it to you.

        I am eagerly awaiting what I’m sure will be some very enlightening responses =).

  50. Kate, your right….Lexie in a superMom cape with Sponge Bob band-aids, and handcuffs!!! Love it!
    Sent you the review RM, I hope! My computer’s acting wonky. (not our iPad). Let me know if you didn’t get it please. 8 )

  51. Hey Lexie, great to see you back! Love the vision of a Wonder Woman in BDSM outfit, handcuffs and all!

    End of my day here. Will cook and settle down to see Italy being kicked out of the Euro 2012 – I hope not but it does not look too good for them.

    The post after this sounds interesting – hope you got lots of prying questions RM :D

  52. Hi Luci, I’m here. Had some important reading to finish before I could come spend time at the blog. You are probably asleep by now :(
    Lexie I love the pussy but lets see what crazygranny has for you :)
    Hi RM, I probably didn’t get my questions sent to you and now I’ve forgotten them. Oh well . . .

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