Stories written by Dan Palmer
When John was five years old his parents divorced. He was so interested in reorganizing her life, that he was shifted to an aunt for awhile then another one for a bit, then his father remarried and he was moved again… Actually he never felt wanted. Getting married became an occupation for him. He married [...]
May 18 2013 | Posted by
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Everyone knows “Sneaky Sam...” Maybe by another name but any business knows him. The guy that when the “Boss” has a meeting he is the one cheering up the boss and telling everyone that what the boss is talking about are the words of gospel, then when the boss goes elsewhere he stays behind doing [...]
Apr 23 2013 | Posted by
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Why is it that when we think of a professional we automatically assume that the one we are thinking of is in the medical, accounting or lawyering field? To me that is a pretty bad mind set. The other night we were eating at a nice restaurant and the waitress served us in a manner [...]
Apr 1 2013 | Posted by
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Ran into Valerie after all these years, quite an experience since she has some life. First of all she looks as alive as she was in her 30s. She is also still the far right symbol of conservatism where she is against any abortion, gay rights and whatever else you can come up with. She [...]
Mar 9 2013 | Posted by
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Jane is a devoted sickey. You name a disease and she has had it or will have it in the near future. She is an 80-year-old, who according to her, has never been healthy in her entire life. She has outlived three husbands and countless lovers but to her there has never been a week [...]
Feb 25 2013 | Posted by
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They had been good friends for over a year. Could talk about everything without upsetting one another. All this time they actually avoided anything in the physical or bed-bit. They wanted to get to know each other before trying anything else. After about a year they decided that maybe it would be time to to [...]
Feb 2 2013 | Posted by
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Jerry was a good heart surgeon. As a result he was every mother’s dream for her daughter. But there was a problem. As a lover he was pretty bad. Trouble was he knew it, which didn’t help his self esteem. It didn’t matter to him when doing the act, he was satisfied but it was [...]
Jan 11 2013 | Posted by
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John wonders why anyone should be unfaithful. He is of the old school where a handshake is his word; yet has always felt that in a man–woman relationship it is important to see that faithfulness is the primary requisite. He likes to preach this especially when Mary is with him. He’ll come out with “here’s [...]
Dec 25 2012 | Posted by
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Wandering & PonderingDonna was an alcoholic who refused to acknowledge it. Finally some of her friends forced her to join AA. She went a few times and finally admitted that she was an alcoholic. Once she admitted it, it was easy to face what she should do to try to recover. She knew if she [...]
Nov 29 2012 | Posted by
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John grew up in the double standard which makes it tough to deal in today’s world. He is in the paint business selling to jobbers who in turn sell to wholesalers. He had never had trouble making his contacts because he could always bend the elbows with them, have a few drinks, kid about women. [...]
Nov 21 2012 | Posted by
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They ran right into each other in the office building, they stared. It had been just over 20 years since they last spoke. They had been so involved with each other but the parents, the so-called-friends had each gotten involved in advising them that it just wouldn’t work. Dozens of reasons why they had listened [...]
Nov 6 2012 | Posted by
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It was her 39th birthday. “I’m going to enjoy this birthday because it’s going to be awhile before I admit to forty,” although she laughed and kidded about it, he was pretty sure she meant it. What was about a woman and the age of 40? Did 40 make her less attractive? Did it change [...]
Sep 20 2012 | Posted by
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He sat on the park bench or wondering how it could have happened. They had known each other for two years and he thought they were on a path to something good. He had been away for awhile and when he had returned he called her. When he told her it was John calling, she [...]
Sep 7 2012 | Posted by
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A friend I’ve known for awhile just became a grandfather. He’s been walking around with a big smile on his face and naturally I complimented him on reaching grand fatherhood. The funny part of all this was he hadn’t quite act so overwhelmed as others I’ve known who become big on the pictures of this [...]
Aug 24 2012 | Posted by
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