Life Without Parole
It’s Friday Fictioneers time again, the weekly 100 word photo prompt hosted by Rochelle. Congratulations are due this week on the new arrival to the Pendergast family :-).
The photo this week was contributed by C. Hase, and the other stories will appear during the week on the page reached by clicking the blue froggy below.
Copyright C. Hase
Life Without Parole
Trapped. Hemmed in. Chained down. How has it come to this? Can’t breathe…
I can’t breathe!
Sweat trickling down my face. I feel so closed in. Helpless.
So much I’ll never do again. And so many things I’ve never done. That fishing trip with the lads we planned but never got around to. Watching tennis at Wimbledon. Climbing Mount Everest. Running a marathon. So many opportunities wasted.
Help me, somebody. Take me away from here! How has this happened? How…
“Sir? Sir?”
“Uh, yes, sorry. Ahem. I do.”
“I now pronounce you man and wife. You may kiss the bride.”
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Hahaha!!! Too funny! 🙂
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Hee, I’m glad you liked it 🙂
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Classic ball & chain… too funny 🙂
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Why was that the first thing I thought of when I saw this photo…? 🙂
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lol….didnt expect that twist. Nicely done.
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Thanks! I tried to build it up but not give the game away.
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I predict a more apologetic tone will be adopted later this evening.
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I would hope so!
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Bahahaha!!! 😀
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🙂
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Oh my…THAT was funny.
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Thanks, I’m glad you found it so 🙂
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Snerk, there I was imagining horrors. If he’s getting into such a restrictive relationship who’s to blame but himself. Very funny twist… (would work with gender reversal, too).
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I’m sure it’s just a case of last minute nerves 🙂
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A bit of serious commit-o-phobia ? ;-D
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And then some! I’m sure he’ll be fine…
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Ahhhh yes! The ties … I mean the chains … that bind. Pardon my French but, “Quel dommage!”
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I’m sure he’s worrying over nothing and she’ll be happy for him to stagger in at 3 in the morning and start making cheese toasties after an evening out with the lads 🙂
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ah, i’ve heard so often before. marriage isn’t a word, it’s a long sentence. 🙂
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Ha, I like that 🙂
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should be required reading for all curriculums changing only the gender to suit the recipient!
HaHaHa! 😀
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Well, we wouldn’t want to put anyone off…
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Oh goodness me no! A happy marriage is but an early Heaven. ❤
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That’s a sweet saying 🙂
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Wow, how true. For a man that is not married, your story is so true.
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I’ve found in the past it is quite easy to slip into a “couple mindset”. I may have been single too long this time though… 🙂
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This is utterly brilliant! And 100 times more horrific than your gory stories!
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Thanks! Yes, this one is certainly the stuff of nightmares 🙂
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Totally get it. Funny and too damn real!
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Ha, yes. This is when everything changes…
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Oooh! Reality protrudes. Great horror story – or romantic fiction, as the warden…ah, wife calls it. 🙂
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Ha ha “warden” 🙂 You too?
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Dear Ali,
Perhaps he needs to meet Elise on the beach. 😉 Great twist at the end. You made me laugh out loud.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Dear Rochelle,
Yes, now that Elise is free they could be free together! Hang on, though, he’s only just got married. Give him a chance 🙂
I’m glad it made you laugh.
Ali
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The old ball and chain. Maybe it is last minute nerves? Great and creative take on the prompt.
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I’m sure it is just last minute nerves. He’ll be fine. He will!
Glad you liked it!
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Wow! I knew the little missus was going to object to all that football… but Wimbledon! She has gone too far!
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Yeah, she hates all sports, apparently 😦
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Cute!!
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🙂
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You can tell, his heart’s just not really in it. Run, man!
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I’m sure it’s not legal until he signs the actual register…
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Ah, the old ball and chain. Nice little twist at the end.
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Thanks, glad you liked it! I’m a bit worried that this was my first thought when I saw the photo 🙂
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I laughed out loud!
Hope my husband didn’t have those thoughts in his head when the judge married us! He even put on one of my father’s old suits.
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I’m sure he didn’t (not at that late stage anyway) 🙂
My protagonist needs to think more about what he’s gaining rather than what he’s (potentially) losing.
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Would love to hear it from the bride’s perspective. Is she wishing when the minister says “Does anyone here object to the marriage of these two people” both the she and groom say yes.
Sorry in a pessimistic mood. 🙂
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Oh, no, you didn’t! LOL! Too funny!
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It’s okay, it wasn’t me! Whether or not something like that would be going through my mind in the same situation… 😉
I’m glad you enjoyed it!
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I fantasize all the time in marriage. Oh wait, that wasn’t fantasy, that was regret.
Never mind.
Randy
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Heh heh 🙂
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How has it happened? Because luckily for him, someone with better sense has taken him in hand and will lead him into a richer and more fulfilling life than he could hope to find among the lads. Isn’t that how it’s meant to be?
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Hahahaha! Fantastic. Of course I shall never show this one to my wife, but well done!
🙂
KT
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Very wise 🙂
I’m glad you liked it!
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I didn’t know what happiness was until I got married. Of course, by then, it was too late.
Good piece.
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Ha, funny! Glad you enjoyed it 🙂
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Very funny!!! Though, in retrospect, he probably should have married someone who wants to do all those things, too….
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I’m not sure he’s even asked her, he’s just having a bit of a (very) last-minute panic (I hope)!
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Love it! I was not expecting that ending! Somehow, I don’t think that marriage is going to be a good one. 🙂
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They don’t exactly sound like kindred spirits, do they? 🙂
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MOL..we didn’t expect a doubting-marriage-mind like this one, Draliman…that poor man…MOL 😀 Pawkisses for the weekend 🙂 ❤
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Hopefully it’s just last minute nerves and he’ll be okay. He just needs to go with it and see what happens! Thanks for the weekend pawkisses 🙂
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Laughing about your story and also your take on marriage. Having been there and done that, I prefer singlehood myself. 🙂
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Strange how that was the first thing I thought of when I saw the huge chain 🙂
I’m glad you liked my story!
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You see this is exactly why every couple needs premarital counselling. It stops people from saying , ” I do” when they don’t.
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Very true. At the very least counselling might have set his mind at ease.
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I think so.
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lol omg what a riot! I thoroughly enjoyed this fabulous twist at the end!
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I’m glad you liked it! It’s been a while since I did a story with such a big twist 🙂
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Oh. OH. I see how it is. Maybe he should have taken a little more time to think about those vows he just agreed to uphold rather than just being so self-centered. Marriage is an adventure and love is a gift! Clearly he isn’t ready for either.
Guess he’ll have to settle for marriage counseling instead of premarital counseling.
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It has suddenly become real. At very literally the last minute. Typical bloke 🙂
I hope they have time for their honeymoon before they start their counselling.
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Loved this, Ali–the old ball and chain.Poor man, or poor woman, depending on how you look at it. Hopefully he’ll be okay as it sounds like last-minute nerves. Hilarious. 😀 — Suzanne
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I’m sure he’ll be fine once he discovers the joys or married life!
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LOL
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🙂
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Great ending. Very funny!
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Glad you liked it!
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