Can you read "I'll love you forever" w/o crying?

ppants

I can't.  That's why I don't usually read it to the kids.  DD picked it the other night so I got to the 8 yr old part before I started crying.  DS was sad I was crying and I explained there are happy tears as they grow up.  DD said she wouldn't grow up.  Later she said she'd grow up so she could be a mommy....more tears! 

mollynpatrick

Nope! When Evan picks it as one of his goodnight books I tell him it's too long but that's just because I don't want to cry!

Zenya

is that the one where the man eventually rocks the old woman or something equally creepy?  HATE that book.  Scares theshit out of me.  My MIL gave it to us and I just think it's a book about blurred boundaries.

 

Yes - I have issues.

ppants

That's the book

excitedtobemrs

Zenya:

is that the one where the man eventually rocks the old woman or something equally creepy?  HATE that book.  Scares theshit out of me.  My MIL gave it to us and I just think it's a book about blurred boundaries.

 

Yes - I have issues.

This.  Maybe I have issues too, but it gives me the heebie jeebies.

Halo79RN

I have to agree with zenya... every time I read that book I think, please don't let me be psycho mil. or  those people are crazy! attachment issues?  cut the cord already! 

creeps me out. 

a colleague gave me that book... she's psycho about her grown dds.  I love her... but she's a crazy mom. cannot let go. 

*Lu-Lu*

awww,  I think it's a sweet book.  It makes me sad, too! 

Jen2124

That book creeps ME out, too. Namely, the part at the end where the son is rocking the mom and then she dies (or maybe I made up the dying part? Not sure bc I never read it!)

brideonoct1

That book is VERY disturbing.

breezee_bean

that book got donated.  I promise I am not a cold-hearted wench, that book is way too much for me.  There are actually some other books like that I donated, too. 

Mrs.Provost

I thought the book was sweet up til she crawled into his room one night while he was married. At that point, it just got weird.

I think the overall idea of the book is nice, that she loves him for always no matter how big he gets - he's still her baby. And that at the end he turns it around and takes care of her. But dude - the book is just WEIRD. 

I almost can't get through the last half with a straight face...lol

BubblyToes

Cold hearted bitches!! LOLI cannot get through that one .

GrowingFamily

Nope.

sarahgcapecod

Oh geesh, I hate that book.  I think that book just exemplifies the many MIL issues out there. As the mother of two boys it is extremely disturbing.  I NEVER want to feel that way about my sons and I love them to death.  That woman is creepy.

Zenya

sarahgcapecod:

Oh geesh, I hate that book.  I think that book just exemplifies the many MIL issues out there. As the mother of two boys it is extremely disturbing.  I NEVER want to feel that way about my sons and I love them to death.  That woman is creepy.

Exactly.  When I moved my son out of our bed (for the first time..), I was sad and kept looking in at him in his new room.  And I actually PIP'd a pic from the book on a different board to explain how I felt like a psycho.

cut.the.cord.

MediaBride

excitedtobemrs:

Zenya:

is that the one where the man eventually rocks the old woman or something equally creepy?  HATE that book.  Scares theshit out of me.  My MIL gave it to us and I just think it's a book about blurred boundaries.

 

Yes - I have issues.

This.  Maybe I have issues too, but it gives me the heebie jeebies.

Me three.  I get the "point" of the book,but something about it creeps me out too.  And my MOM gives it to everyone at their baby shower.  Creep-y!

asianbymarriage

Only b/c I've read it so many times.?

I can't believe you're all saying that! I mean, I get it (yeah, if it was IRL, it would be so weird), but I guess since it's a CHILDREN'S fictional book, I always had rose-colored glasses on about it - can't say I was digging into the psychological insinuations! I never assumed the inspiration behind it really did that literally. But then again, I don't have a brother, or a mama's boy husband, or a son (yet)... and I'm really close to my mom, so I think that book is sweet...

CubbyMama

Noooooo.

Jen2004

excitedtobemrs:

Zenya:

is that the one where the man eventually rocks the old woman or something equally creepy?  HATE that book.  Scares theshit out of me.  My MIL gave it to us and I just think it's a book about blurred boundaries.

 

Yes - I have issues.

This.  Maybe I have issues too, but it gives me the heebie jeebies.

 

I was once told I have no heart b/c I feel the same way.