The Ripcord: 50 Adult Cautionary Tales

These 50 Tales have the common theme of being cautionary! Warnings flow from a huge variety of adult everyday problems such as neglecting partner's needs; dealing with wayward teenagers; having grasping daughters-in-law; failure to plan for retirement; expecting things that should only have been hoped for; marrying for the wrong reasons; coping with love, lust, hatred, rape, religious disbelief; addictions of all descriptions etcetera, etcetera.
Most of the Tales are told in a humorous fashion and end happily, with thought- provoking messages on their possible applications to your own life!
HAPPY READING!




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1. The Ripcord.....avoid celibacy within marriage!
2. The Clown's Masks.....a trouble shared is a trouble halved
3. Agony Aunt.....get help from experts; don't suffer alone!
4. The Prodigal Father.....it's difficult to get over hatred...
5. Stress, what stress?....does it have to take a serious accident......?
6. Hereditary Disease.....we're not immune from genetic inheritance.
7. Many a slip twixt cup and lip....get expert advice to avoid disaster!
8. Something to look forward to.....everyone needs something to look forward to.
9. Beautiful, interesting but unattractive.....if married, beware of attraction to others.
10. I'd give my right arm for it......... take care with words!
11. Drunken idea.....you have to need something more, to stop drinking.
12. Who's my Dad then?.....beware sticking your nose in!
13. The size zero model..... you can't make a silk purse out of a pig's ear.
14. Five year's wins!.....if something's working, don't change it.
15. Allotment Miracles.....plans don't always work out as you expect.
16. Lost and found.....coming to belief is difficult.
17. Honeysuckle.....forewarned is forearmed.
18. Hope for Isabel.....don't expect something you should only be hoping for.
19. Murder or suicide.....only marry for love
20. The Ring of the Belle....measure your fingers.
21. The Sexual Interest Scale....where's your partner on the scale?
22. Bonus on a knife's edge..... more than experience needed, sometimes!
23. The Sex Addict.....those with addictive personalities, take heed!
24. It's a cliff-hanger.....accept your condition, to find a cure.
25. Au Revoir Henri.....it's easier to identify what true love isn't, than what it is.
26. Like mother, like daughter.....beware family trends
27. Where's me panties?.....you have to kiss an awful lot of toads...
28. Love or lust....that first love may have been first lust.
29. Water taken in the right spirit.....beware lack of willpower.
30. Don't rely on ghosts.....don't believe in ghosts.
31. Joking apart.....first impressions may not prevail.
32. With a flick of her thigh.....it can be difficult to remain faithful.
33. The Cuddly Gnome.....true love can exist between the most unlikely couples
34. Wait until you're eighteen.....it's better to have loved and failed, than....
35. The Facts of Life..... are for parents to explain.
36. Eye-mailed.....someone for everyone!
37. Seductive Consequences.....avoid wrong marriages
38. Quadbikes are like Marmite.....phew!
39. Widower's licence.....open-ended!
40. At least I'll die healthy.....going up in smoke!
41. Mirror Miracles.............don't go ill-equipped up mountains.
42 Someone loves you.....true love wins. Whatever!
43. The Fox.....................don't jump to conclusions
44. The Quality of Mercy........it's rape if there's no consent.
45. Reciprocal Love......... expectations!
46. A Tear for Granddad.....loss or gain?
47. Everyone's a winner......bowled over!
48. Missing Love..............what the eye doesn't see.....
49. Pamela's Dilemma......only true love wins, sometimes
50. Catherine the Great.