Very nice! The original is essentially a true story about me and my wife, still happily married 25 years on.

Thanks! Fixed the oh. Need to think about the ending though – it’s important due to the sequelled nature. I always welcome suggestions!

I saw the prequel in a completely different light, so this is very interesting. I really like your interpretation and I like that you have repeated the ending, suggesting that it is this never ending flow of different relationships.

To AVMW and Mark

As the Author of the original, also in present tense throughout apart from the virtually identical last line, I would say that there is a passage of time within the last paragraph; And then (past)…changes (present)…
If the changes had been changed, the for me it would be more problematic.

That little bit of ‘and then’ actually covers a huge gap that in a longer format would probably make up a couple of chapters.