Link to the challenge:
'Oh, Jeff… I love you, too…but…'
'But what?'
'I'm just too much of a challenge...'
'But darling, all relationships are a challenge...'
'No, I mean, I'm a...Challenge. Someone is offering a prize to comment on me and this conversation, and my mind has been distracted by all the stories being told about me...'
'Oh, dear. That is awkward. Maybe we should...take a break?'
'At least until we have a winner...'
'Quite true.'
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Please forgive the clumsy cut and paste. I would like to publish your entry (or entries) to the Oh-Jeff challenge in an upcoming book and of course need your permission to do so. Details are all here: https://shopping-feedback.today/writers/oh-jeff-the-book%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/a%3E Thanks, Ray
Congrats on your win! Amazing and very creative piece indeed! :)
Congratulations! Certainly ticked all the boxes🤣✅… is there a sequel?🤔
Congratulations this is a deserving winner Now you can renew the relationship
Congratulations on your win 😊💖😊 I have sent the prize tip
Very original! Breaking the fourth wall works really well! It aligns nicely with the irony of Roy’s art! Good luck!
Oh, this is delightfully clever! Love as a literal challenge—such a fun twist. True love waits... but apparently only until the prize is claimed!✨
Very clever! Well done Kendall! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Lol. The girl’s got a point! Or maybe she’s just a tad paranoid. Nah, she likes the attention.
A witty and playful reflection on relationships and distractions!
So meta!
Ha Ha.... Ah Kendall this is funny and so true. Poor girl I never realized what we have been putting her through.
Great Story!! Well Done!!!
Well played, Kendall!
Haha! Nice way to break the fourth wall, Kendall! Well-wrought!
Ha ha what a brilliant original take on the challenge. Loved the play on words and now feel responsible for ‘darling’s’ disquiet
The many stages of Jeffness is truly amazing.
Of course! This is perfect!
Hahahahahahahahahhahahahaa!! This was so freaking creative and awesomeeee!!