99 word prompt : long distance dating
April 23, 2020, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story about distance dating. It can be any genre, era, or setting. Who is dating, and why the distance? How do the characters overcome, accept, or break up because of the distance? Go where the prompt leads!
If you want to participate, here’s the link: CARROT RANCH
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Stereotypes: The scourge of human assumption.
Once, “assumption” saved a cave dweller’s life. No one cared if that rustling in the trees turned out to be the wind. You were still alive.
A naïve young woman of eighteen married an American using a mail-order dating service, believing it led to a better life. He thought “Oriental” women would follow a man’s orders.
After a year of marriage, and a child, she understood the truth. He wanted a slave, not a wife.
She said, “It was like having two children. Never again!”
She now has a black belt in Karate.
A beautiful short story with a “message”. Loved it✨🤗
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Thanks. 🙂
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Love the power of empowerment, Joelle!
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It was based on a true story. I could write another 99 words about the ending. Her son was around 6 or 7 when she moved to another city. He was doing Karate and she looked for a dojo so that he could continue his education. The instructor convinced her to take Karate. When I met her, she was a black belt who could chop wood with her hands — and married to the Karate instructor. He treated her son like his own, and loved her deeply.
Happy endings are rare. We need to savor them when they happen. 🙂
You’re not going to believe this — I know I didn’t until I checked: The above is exactly 99 words.
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