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The Continuing Adventures of George and Martha, Vol. 4: Sea of Love

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Written for Friday Fictioneers where our host Rochelle
has asked us to use the photo below as inspiration
to get creative in 100 words or less,
making every word count. Here’s my flash.

Photo Prompt © Roger Bultot

“You’re insane if you think I’m getting on that floating theme park, Martha!”

“It’s our anniversary cruise, George.”

“Anniversary? Ha! Did you think this was going to ‘turn me on’?”

“You’re an idiot, George. Your plumbing rusted over years ago!”

“Do shut up, you hag! Why a cruise? There are people here. I hate people! In fact, I barely tolerate you.”

“To broaden our horizons, engage in interesting conversation, enjoy the fresh air. You’re such a plebeian, George!”

“It’s the ’round-the-clock buffet, isn’t it Martha?”

“The shrimp is to die for. Are you coming or what?!”

“Right behind you, darling!”

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100 Words

Vol. 3 can be found HERE

25 October 2024

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58 thoughts on “The Continuing Adventures of George and Martha, Vol. 4: Sea of Love”

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  8. One would think they’d get all the shrimp they could eat at the White House. It’s important in a relationship to have similar interests. Let’s just hope Martha never meets Bubba. He can shrimp all day.

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    1. These two have faced chastisement and ridicule since the beginning; it doesn’t seem to bother them. Their dysfunctional attitudes work and I believe they love each other despite their malevolent sniping.

      Thanks, Brenda! I love working with George and Martha; there are so many possible predicaments for them. I’m delighted to know you love them, too. Thanks for your great comments! 😊

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    1. It’s just the other way around here, D! I hate shopping in real stores and even more so with Bill. He takes for-fucking-ever! I’ve never known a guy to try on so many shirts and pairs of pants; I’m exhausted half-way through our trips. But I do get lunch out of it so all’s forgiven. 😂

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    1. Same here, Matt. For starters, I get seasick just looking at boats which is a shame because we live by the water and we own a boat! My husband goes fishing every Saturday with his buddy and sometimes he’ll take the grandkids out with our one daughter-in-law who doesn’t get seasick. Our sons and other daughter-in-law all get seasick. It’s a damn shame!

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      1. I had never heard of a family besieged by seasickness such as yours. Talk about it ‘runs in the family’. Extraordinary. That is more than a shame. It’s almost a tragedy.

        I was in the Navy for a number of years, so I’m not paying to go on a ship. Also living in such close proximity of so many civil seafarers, casinos and what have you is not my idea of a holiday. I prefer my tourism aimed towards places where less tourists congregate.

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    1. 🐷 Maybe so but she still loves him and he loves her in their very dysfunctional and complicated marriage. They wouldn’t last five minutes with anyone else and would defend each other to the death. That’s something to be said for them. Thank you, Sadje!

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    1. And that, my friend, is one of the keys to a long and happy marriage. Take it from someone who’s been married 52 years; a sense of humor, compassion, open communication, respect, honesty and truly liking your partner are, IMO, the foundation to a long-lasting marriage. All those ingredients equal love and without them a relationship will crumble.

      That’ll be $500! 😂

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  23. Loved reading this adventure of Martha and George. I hope that they didn’t spend the entirely of their anniversary cruise bickering over anything and everything. But then again, it seems nearly impossible for these too to agree on anything without a fight! 😂

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    1. It’s in their bones, Shweta, and they will deny it repeatedly but they love each other. They also feed off each other’s dysfunction but the truth is, no one else could ever tolerate being married to George or Martha. They are a perfect match and I doubt either one will go overboard on this cruise.

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