Oh, dear Somerset-I DO so love your wicked, wicked wit ❤
@samsum37386 ай бұрын
Louise took it to the extreme , but even in death she won the game .
@joanndavis14507 ай бұрын
Wonderful jazz to begin and end wonderful stories. Thank you so much. Goodbye Louise.
@luzvaldes10306 ай бұрын
Charming story… it appears that quite a few of us have a Louise in our lives.
@lisaharvey99406 ай бұрын
Hilarious! Thank you!
@robinblanc82085 ай бұрын
I love the way you read the stories. You make them so enjoyable to listen to. Thank you
@MikeA152063 ай бұрын
It’s AI
@shivikewl60033 ай бұрын
Beautifully narrated.
@СергейЛевченков-в1й7 ай бұрын
Thaks for another new-to-me story.
@alidabaxter58496 ай бұрын
I love this story, because I knew a woman exactly like her - my ex mother in law. She never ceased taking, under any circumstances, and considered she'd married beneath her. Whatever she had, she was dying of it, and if anyone suggested a cure she'd say a cure might kill her and then they'd never forgive themselves. I'd have forgiven myself easily, because nothing wrong with anyone else affected or worried her in any way and in her opinion going to bed if you had a high fever only made you weak. Her husband constantly deferred to her in every way and accompanied her to doctors but if they said something she didn't like she ignored them. She didn't have a heart condition but was absolutely sure she had cancer of some kind or another. I'm sure she lived to a great old age and probably continued to dominate her son, my ex husband, from beyond the grave.
@skytten647 ай бұрын
I Love to find a New channel ❤..Thanks a Lot.. from Sweden ❤☀️
@sandraeastern97206 ай бұрын
Hahaha! There are definitely benefits to adopting a sick persona. This is the worst case: more than having one’s responsibilities reduced, she managed to completely exploit others. Maugham was a trained medical doctor. This was a story that needed to be told.
@Liz-rw9qw6 ай бұрын
He was brave to tell her he was on to her. I have so often been on the verge of telling my sweet, conniving manipulating neighbour that I see through her game, but she's 90 and I don't want to be the one to send her to her grave in a tantrum.
@Peaceharmony-x3r5 ай бұрын
My name is also Louise. But the character in this story more closely resembles my own mother than me. She was pretty neurotic. She dominated my life to such an extent that she was suffocating me. She treated me like a child always, right up to my forties. She disapproved of the man I was dating. Every time I tried to break free of her clutches by leaving home, she would deteriorate in health. After a year, I would return home. Then I got so sick of her domineering behaviour that I left and stayed away for several years and had very little contact with her. After some time, I learned from my brother that she had a series of strokes and had to be hospitalised every time. Other people commented to me that she was going downhill steadily. I returned home. Shortly I came back. She had another big stroke, she went into hospital and afterwards I nursed her. She became stronger again and became more cantankerous and controlling than ever. When it was so unbearable, I left home for good and went back to full-time education at 30 years old. She still pursued me with phone calls, treating me like a child. When I finally graduated from university with a BA Honours degree, she never congratulated me because I achieved something she did not control. A few years later, she went into a nursing home. I visited her very occasionally, and I was seen by family relatives and nursing staff as a very cold-hearted and uncaring daughter. At 40 years old I visited her out of guilt, and she pushed me so far that I became angry at her and accused her of ruining my life. She got so upset that my family and nursing staff banned me from further visits. I carried the guilt for some considerable time. After a year, I was allowed to visit, but she deteriorated considerably. She died in hospital when I was 42, but I blamed myself for years afterwards for her illnesses and her death. Only in recent years (I am now 64) I freed myself of the guilt.
@anitamcginnis80285 ай бұрын
Sorry you went through all that... It sounds like Louise was a vulnerable narcissist. Dr. Ramani a psychologist (on You Tube,) has a lot of useful information on different types of narcissism and the ways to help cope with or get over them.
@LMTMarta2 ай бұрын
My God, I would have got rid of her fast. My father was an energy vampire like your mom.Lucky or unlucky I was able to leave the country When I visited after years it was the same even worse So I left again with this time final forever He died alone and I was a bit guilty but not for long.some parents are toxic
@Riklott11117 ай бұрын
Excellent!
@kauffrau67646 ай бұрын
Excellent tale.
@c.a.savage56896 ай бұрын
Just 3 minutes in and l am mesmerized. THIS is what Truman Capote aspired to, l think. The brilliant, hard, cold writing of Maugham that cuts like a diamond through his character's foibles (and the narrator's equally). And yet he never stoops to the level of tawdry gossip or bit#chness. Maybe Maugham didn't suffer the same societal slings and arrows as Capote...
@brendabiffibaldovino83066 ай бұрын
Thanks so much for sharing ❤❤❤
@Grace.allovertheplace6 ай бұрын
*She knew how to out with a bang!* 😂
@twhitney40936 ай бұрын
Louise sounds just like my BPD neighbour! She always needs to be taken care of and always has some mysterious new, life-threatening illness when it's convenient 😂😂
@sunnylife79346 ай бұрын
It’s funny how cash makes a significant contribution to mental illness. The poor can’t afford to tolerate people like her. When I tried to manipulate my mother or grandmother with a claim of being ill, they’d say ‘do some housework you’ll feel better.’
@stevec29935 ай бұрын
WSM. Brilliantly sharp story teller.
@oceanaoushn88037 ай бұрын
And the world became a better place.
@Riklott11117 ай бұрын
And two more husbands are allowed to live
@42kellys5 ай бұрын
WoW! Amazing story! I agree with the author. I am sure such a woman actually lived and did these things although it is just a story.
@Grace.allovertheplace6 ай бұрын
Thank you 🙏
@shellyspiano5 ай бұрын
Superb.... thank you for sharing
@elisekuby20097 ай бұрын
He had her number, right from the beginning! And nothing of value was lost when this monster departed this earthly plane.
@janblackman62044 ай бұрын
That was a good one. My mother used her health for attention. She too died at the ripe old age of 86 after burying two husbands
@emmahardesty43305 ай бұрын
Whew. Nothing like Maugham's ability to identify, twist and turn, all human frailties. Just great.
@marietgagliardi5 ай бұрын
Don't we all know someone like this 😮
@TomHyland-mk4ki6 ай бұрын
Gosh!
@monaboutet68635 ай бұрын
Wow 😮
@ginamori49702 ай бұрын
Happy Early Halloween! I've got a trunk and a skeleton key
@Dudley-x2c7 ай бұрын
Sounds like my ex, in a lot of ways ! 😂 I enjoy the stories, thanks.
@oceanaoushn88037 ай бұрын
So good to hear that it is your EX, not around you any longer
@ropeburnsrussell7 ай бұрын
What a horrible woman.
@kathleenellenford48166 ай бұрын
👏🏻👏🏻❤
@patryvjamarek14446 ай бұрын
Thanks❤
@Victoria-cy2bh6 ай бұрын
She sounds like my mother in law 🤣
@rodolfocadena99187 ай бұрын
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