I cleaned up after dinner and poured a glass of wine, then sat next to the fire I had built. The guys next door were already out drinking by their fire pit, dressed only in gym shorts. "Hey, Tyler, if you want to come over and watch her in action tonight, you're more than welcome," Tom told me. I didn't respond; I just sat there lost and depressed. A while later, Marnie came back, walked into the tent, and returned a few...

When my wife and I were dating, we loved to go camping, a hobby that stopped after we got married. As our first wedding anniversary approached, I suggested that we return to the campground where I had proposed to her. She was excited about it, so I set out making plans. A week before our trip, I broke my foot working at home, and would be unable to hike to the lake or the falls that were a short distance from our campsite...

I never thought Doug and I would be in this situation. My name is Becca. I'm nineteen, and Doug is twenty. We were married three months ago and moved into a new apartment building near his work. We were high school sweethearts and were very devoted to each other. Doug was a high school athlete, tall, wiry, and good-looking. I was a cheerleader, five feet ten inches, thin, with an oversized, firm rack. I turned a lot of he...