” squirm when you look at me now, hoping despite myself that you will love me for my flaws so I can stop worrying about being beautiful. Whatever that word means” I totally love that part. to be truthful I love the whole thing. I lke how you kept with the box thing and you added the labels that go on boxes. Wonderful ficlet!

Interesting direction. I saw this guy as a philandering womanizer from the original ficlet. Here you try to give him some depth with the “I saw the child in you” line. It’s amazing to me how different men and women are. We know we don’t have the depth you see in us, but use it to our advantage at every possible opportunity.
As always, a brilliant piece of writing.

Brilliant stuff, very psychological. My favorite part was the whole beautiful as a prescription bit. Oh, the fun of the spontaneous sequel! Ficl-awesome!
LoA

another amazing story .. always a pleasure to read your writing.. there is such beauty and finesse to your words, as always. I like how you carried the theme in this one. Excellent work.

Beautiful!
There are great messages in this ficlet, Ana! Tons of insight. I could hear the woman’s tone of voice as I read it. I really connected with this one!

My favorite line:
You call me “beautiful,â€? but the word doesn’t feel like a compliment – it feels like a prescription.

Love the last paragraph best! And it got me thinking that I never want to “fall” out of love with my husband… :)

Love the last paragraph most! And it got me thinking that I never want to “fall” out of love with my husband… :)

I love it!
.. dangg everyone needs to keep this going its such a great theme and will become a good series