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Hope For the Future
I hope that things will eventually work out between her and Mike, after all, that's part of what keeps us coming back. Hopefully her friends and lawyer, oops, soliciter, will find a way. That was a horrible breakdown, and she needs to realize that it was due entirely to negative reasons. She needs to work on her emotional strength.
Portia
Portia
Faith for the future
I hope you would trust me a little more by now. As per George of the Jungle, "Nobody dies in this movie, they just get great big booboos."
"And now these three remain...But the greatest of these is..."
M
Trust
Of course I trust you. That's why I love your stories. I was just making a bunch of rhetorical comments.
Portia
Portia
Alas poor Mike
We knew him, we loved him, and now he may be gone. Just as well probably, he seemed a little controlling and closed minded; perhaps even had a stick up his, ahem, yes. Anyways, a great story as always :)
Hugs!
Diana
Mike's a Chef!
It was probably a wooden spoon up his ahem?
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Rita
Age is an issue of mind over matter.
If you don't mind, it doesn't matter!
(Mark Twain)
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Rita
Mike is a prat...
...a gormless prat of the first order—to plagiarise the expression I just found in my dictionary.
[For those who aren't familiar with these terms, a prat is a fool or blockhead, while gormless means slow-witted, stupid, lacking sense.]
Because of his reaction, he's missing out on the best thing that's happened to him. The proverbial expression about noses and faces springs to mind here. Get over it, Mike!
The only thing I can add is that I hope he comes to see the error of his ways, but the way the story is progressing suggests that will be unlikely. I found it interesting that Liz's brother and sister-in-law were quickly able to accept the explanation. I certainly think Liz did the right thing in telling Mike from the start, because relationships built on dishonesty tend to fail spectacularly.
After the previous installment of YMIFE, I commented that my NaNoWriMo 2010 novel had explored a similar situation, with—as it transpires—a different outcome.
Thanks, Maeryn, I think this story has become better as it's gone along, and I'm grateful to have had the opportunity to read it.
Preposterous Stupidity
Bike Resources
Bike Resources
You Meant it for Evil - 13
If Mike truly loves her, then he will listen to her friends and older brother. But he might just need to meet the elderly gent who showed Liz kindness and helped her to overcome the evil done to her as well as to the lady who turned her into Liz.
May Your Light Forever Shine
May Your Light Forever Shine
why not give mike the name of the lawyer?
the one who gave her her identity? be as much proof as he should need.
"Treat everyone you meet as though they had a sign on them that said "Fragile, under construction"
dorothycolleen
Oh, so good!
I'm extremely pissed at Mike. He says he loves her, can't live without her, but with certain conditions. Dumbass. The fact that she told him, that she had a breakdown without him, that she would continue the story no matter what, just goes to show that she is telling the truth. Yeah, it's tough to believe. Is she worth it? Oooh, I get so angry!
I am anxiously awaiting the next chapter, and hoping that Mike pulls his head out of his ass.
Wren
Liz needs someone who will stand by her
Liz needs someone who will stand by her when the going gets tough and at this point it doesn't look like Mike is that guy. Hopefully, with a bit of reflection on his actions and feeling for Liz he might be able to start on the road to being that guy.
Thank you for an enjoyable story so far!
"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it."
Never mind Mike...
Given Maeryn's response above, I think we can take it for granted that at some point, Mike will get around to speaking with Sharon, Phil and Ken/Liz's family to find out that Liz's "preposterous" story is actually true.
But never mind him, what about Liz's campaign? First of all doing all the remote research (companies, buildings etc.), then the survey - crucially copying it all onto computer - then taking full advantage of the Minister's procrastination to push her case to the media... and the Minister! The computerised copy means that if the government procrastinate over the list or attempt to debunk it, she can email copies to the media, who won't be quite as kind to the hapless Minister as she was :)
Of course, her numerous upcoming media appearances will also do wonders for sales of Elle-gance frocks - double benefit! :)
Then as Liz will probably be expected to wear different frocks to each media appearance, maybe when her schedule's a little less hectic she can auction some of the dresses off for Shelter (which of course will raise the profile of both her cause and Elle-gance) or a fund to buy / convert a building for her project - triple (or would that be quadruple?) benefit! :)
There are 10 kinds of people in the world - those who understand binary and those who don't...
As the right side of the brain controls the left side of the body, then only left-handers are in their right mind!
Mike's Situation
Think about how preposterous this whole thing is to Mike and the conflicts it generates. The woman he loves is obviously daft. She has to be. Suppose the person you loved came to you and revealed that she/he had been born of the opposite sex, but had somehow been miraculously changed completely. It would be dificult to swallow. Mike is not evil. He is just normal. He'll come around.
Portia
Portia
Thank-you
So much better to have this come from someone else. Of all people in the world, shouldn't we be the ones who are slow to judge?
Not impressed by Mike
Be it as it may I am not overly impressed by him as he did not at the least step back and think and ask around before being so judgmental. Maybe she is one light short of a marquee but go ahead and research it and if it does not satisfy you then say so, but politely, and leave that nutcase for fresher waters. He does not have THAT much invested in the relationship yet so why act that way?
Kim
Agree with Kimmie
She gave two references, Sharon and Phil, whom he dismissed out of hand. If he's such a great guy, why does he refuse to hear what they have to say? Maybe he's afraid they'll make a persuasive argument and dislodge him from his narrow mindset. Nope, can't disturb the status-quo.
It's plain to me that if he loved Liz, I mean really loved Liz in the sense that her happiness was more important to him than his happiness kind of love, that he would start off by giving her the benefit of the doubt and talk to people such as Sharon and Phil. THEN he could think about starting to make up his mind.
Karen J.
"Being a girl is wonderful and to torture someone into that would be like the exact opposite of what it's like. I don’t know how anyone could act that way." College Girl - poetheather
“When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn’t become a king. The palace becomes a circus.” - Turkish Proverb
Glad Somebody Said It...
Mike's reaction seemed totally sensible to me. Realizing that someone totally believes what he or she saying is important, but it doesn't mean or even imply that what that person is saying is physically true.
Some people who have reported being abducted by aliens can pass lie detector tests and otherwise demonstrate their total sincerity, but what it means is that their minds believe that the abductions happened -- not that they actually did. We have something of an analogous situation here. Mike's acceptance of Liz on that basis ought to be sufficient for her at this point. Since it's not, here we are. But IMO that's Liz's failing, not Mike's.
Eric
Mike
Isn't being a prat at all. Think of a regular guy who meets a beautiful girl he loves, then hears her tell him the story Liz has to tell. Who wouldn't back off for at least awhile? He needs time to think, to assess his feelings, and to decide whether he loves her enough to accept the unreasonable.
I do think he'll come around in time.
Plus, Liz is doing a good thing with her campaign for the homeless.
I think Mike will see the good things about her, even if he doubts the truth of what she says.
Maggie
well...
... you gotta admit the gormless guy to gorgeous babe story via magic is just a pinch out there, so I'll cut Mike a pinch of slack. But he is being just a tad overly stubborn so the slack cutting won't last long. Thought the catatonia was a pinch OTT too, but okay I'll go with it and the recovery was good. Mr Pinky huh, always fancied red myself but haven't thus far. Nice to poke a pollie, good one, hah... should be a sport. Keep it coming Maeryn.
Kristina
You fancy Red Kristina?
Then you could call your LT Mr Reddy?
Then he will always be 'Reddy' for you!
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Rita
Age is an issue of mind over matter.
If you don't mind, it doesn't matter!
(Mark Twain)
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Rita
Liz will outgrow Mike, won't she?
At the rate Liz is progressing with her career and her passion to support the homeless I think she will outgrow Mike very quickly.
She had only been a woman for two weeks or so when she met Mike. She was and possibly, and still is, naive in being a woman and unable to separate her emotions, lust from love. I'm sure she will mature quickly and with ever increasing experience of men and will make up her own mind when she is good and ready.
Mike will still come in handy for the dinner parties though!
Good story Maeryn, less of Mike more of Liz maybe?
What's happening with Mum and Dad? I had better catch up, bye.
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Rita
Age is an issue of mind over matter.
If you don't mind, it doesn't matter!
(Mark Twain)
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