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February 2017 Moms
PerraSucia
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September book club - what Alice forgot
PerraSucia
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oh man I'm a day late sorry everyone.
1. How much do you see yourself changing in the first ten years of having your kids?
2. Did you empathize with anyone in particular?
3. Do you think it's better she ended up with the dad of her kids?
4. Have you ever had a friend that changed your life so dramatically?
5. Did you like it?
bonus: book recommendation for October. (I'm assuming we are reading Dan Brown this month)
1. How much do you see yourself changing in the first ten years of having your kids?
2. Did you empathize with anyone in particular?
3. Do you think it's better she ended up with the dad of her kids?
4. Have you ever had a friend that changed your life so dramatically?
5. Did you like it?
bonus: book recommendation for October. (I'm assuming we are reading Dan Brown this month)
Re: September book club - what Alice forgot
ETA: I checked two of the options and they're available for purchase from Amazon but not at my local library. Problematic. Unless, like you said, no one is reading the picks anyway. I did read 4 other books in September, though!
2) I empathized with Madison the most. I had a lot of problems when my parents split and it was rough. But I also empathized with Elisabeth with her internal struggles from the journal entries.
3) I think it's definitely better that Alice and Nick got back together. And they they're genuinely happy.
4) Hmm. Yes and no. I've had so many 'friends' come and go, it's hard to say. My sister has been the one who's changed my life.
5) I did! I just finished reading it in 2 days. I love this kind of book. It was captivating and had just enough romance.
1. How much do you see yourself changing in the first ten years of having your kids?
I already see myself trying to change to be a super mom to be honest. We just have one and he's not even three and already in two activities. Rushing kids to school and working and doing 50000 other things takes planning. I always joke I need a life binder.
2. Did you empathize with anyone in particular?
A little bit with her sister because I also went through infertility shit and have my own group of "infertiles" I actually only get SUPER annoyed with one person about her pregnancy stuff and she's insane.
3. Do you think it's better she ended up with the dad of her kids?
I don't actually know. I think he was kind of a dickwad. He clearly chose his job over his family and his wife had to pick up the slack from that. She did fucking everything while he worked and it totally makes sense she was getting resentful from it. Like who the hell doesn't go with their spouse to their best friends funeral after the spouse and child WATCHED this person die tragically. That's terrible. Also it's shitty that she had to forget the only other adult love relationship she had for him to consider working on things with her.
4. Have you ever had a friend that changed your life so dramatically?
I had a best fried from like 19-28 that I did EVERYTHING for. Like I was basically her spouse and when I finally got to a point where I needed her she was not there for me. I ended up "breaking up" with her and my life got way different without having someone else to always do shit for.
5. Did you like it?
I liked parts of it and I totally didn't like other parts.
1. How much do you see yourself changing in the first ten years of having your kids? I've made it through the first two and I can see that I'm a little bit different, a little bit the same. I feel kind of like I lost my identity and keep trying to figure out what I want from life outside of being a mom. Hopefully this improves over the next few years. I think I'm less fun than I was and am concerned with different things than I used to be.
2. Did you empathize with anyone in particular? I think the daughter? If I remember correctly she was a bit overweight and she was super pissed at Alice all the time but because Alice was not being very motherly besides trying to get her to be skinny. Am I remembering this right? I think this is how their relationship was pre- losing memory and then it improved over time.
3. Do you think it's better she ended up with the dad of her kids? I can't remember feeling very satisfied with this ending. It was weird because they went from having their relationship destroyed to being in love again. I guess it's kind of inspiring for those that might be in troubled relationships. That there's hope out there if you can remember why you loved each other in the first place and get over the nasty crap you did or said to each other before.
4. Have you ever had a friend that changed your life so dramatically? Definitely not
5. Did you like it? It was an easy and fast read but I didn't feel super satisfied with it. I remember texting my sister after reading it and saying it was good but not good at the same time.