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Just when I thought I could get through "Love you Forever"...

Gigs2000Gigs2000
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without crying, DS pulled a fast one on me and started reading it to me. 

He loves the book, probably because he's fascinated that I cry while reading it, and earlier this week he asked to read it and I just "knew" I was going to make it through with no tears.

But then he said "my turn" and did a pretty good job with "he grew and he grew," "rocked back and forth back and forth" and nailed the "I'll love you forever" lines."

So the sobbing continues.  I had avoided the book until about a month ago when he insisted that it get pulled off the shelf. 

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Re: Just when I thought I could get through "Love you Forever"...

  • fatjavacatfatjavacat

    We got "I love you forever" and "You are my 'I love you'" when DS was born.  I have yet to even think about the book without getting all emotional.  

    I made a promise to myself that I would never buy those books as a baby gift - it is way to hard with post-partum hormones to get through! 

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  • JKM416JKM416 member
    I think it's funny that you suspect your DS doesn't pick it for its content but because of the fascinating reaction it elicits in his mom  :)  I remember my mom getting weepy when she'd read it to my brother, so I swore I'd never have it in my house.  So far, I've successfully avoided it.  But Mom bought "On the Day You Were Born" for my kids, and on occasion DD asks me to read it.  That one gets me a bit, but not nearly like "Love You Forever."  I can't imagine having my kid read it back to me - that would make it ten times more emotional!
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  • amh_navyblueamh_navyblue
    When I first read the story when DD#1 was a baby, it made me cry.  But then DH and I were talking about it one night and we realized that the whole idea of the mother driving in the middle of the night with a ladder on her car and climbing into her grown son's bedroom seemed a little creepy.  I love the sentiment of the book and full circle concept (honestly it's the last part about when the man comes home to his newborn daughter that still gets to me), but overall the story doesn't have the same impact on me anymore because of the creepy factor.
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  • katyberrykatyberry
    I agree! I had heard other moms talk about it and the emotional impact... and a few months ago, I finally read through it. Creepy! If Munsch could have just left out the part about her sneaking into her grown son's bedroom, I'd be all about it. But I don't know that I want to plant that idea in my son's head... (Although, I admit that even when I did read it and got creeped out, I still teared up at the end!)
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  • JKM416JKM416 member

    imagekatyberry:
    I agree! I had heard other moms talk about it and the emotional impact... and a few months ago, I finally read through it. Creepy! If Munsch could have just left out the part about her sneaking into her grown son's bedroom, I'd be all about it.

     

    True, that part is creepy and sort of puts a damper on the rest of the story.  But I think it's reading the words out loud, over and over, to your own kid (and trying to ignore the illustrations and such) that makes it hard to get through without some waterworks.  Especially as your kid is getting older and you have to accept that they really aren't babies anymore  :(

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