Best friends Casey and Joanna get married so that his brother won't get custody of his nephew, but then his brother and sister-in-law keep trying to split them up, until Casey and Joanna realise they've been in love forever.
This was enjoyable, I liked the dynamics between Casey and Joanna and the family dynamics and the way his mother had to stop being an ostrich but this book mainly got me thinking about best friends getting married (DH was and still is my best friend), While I love these stories, I'm beginning to wonder whether it's a good idea getting married to your best friend, because when DH dies (or I do) not only am I (is he) left without their spouse, they're also left without their best friend (and the older we get, the more imminent that seems) What do you think?
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Interesting point, but even
Interesting point, but even if your spouse isn't your best friend at the start of your marriage, by the time death comes - hopefully years and years later, isn't likely they have become that person. I think about my own parents and while they have other friends, trully they are each other's best friend, but I know they didn't start out that way.
Cady
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I agree with Cady, but have a different question...
Is your spouse a friend like other friends, or does he/she fall in a different category because of marriage?
During a personality quiz-thing for work years ago we were asked who our best friend was. The instructor was surprised that several of us didn't name our spouses. I, in turn, was surprised that he was surprised. To me my DH falls in a different category than "friend" because we're married and, while he knows & understands me intimately, my older sisters know me as intimately, but with a different perspective and understanding. For example, when I'm having a hormonal day I call them to cry my eyes out because they understand, but DH looks completely lost and a bit frightened when I turn to him. They also understand the genuine theraputic value of a good pedicure where DH just rolls his eyes.
Oh, yeah, this book sounds good. I like Christine Rimmer, so I'll have to hunt this one down.
Lisa
I think the answer to that one depends on whether he was
your best friend BEFORE the marriage or after
DH
and I were best friends before we got married, we'd been together and
then we split up, went out with other people, and then got back together
So
he was the one I had crying fits with, because the sisters just weren't
in the right country at the right time for that and besides that's not
really the family dynamic
Hence my question
I don't really appreciate the therapeutic value of a pedicure either
Now the therapeutic value of a good book
that's a different kettle of fish
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