I agree with that. It would be the same as having sex with someone in the middle of a disaster. Comfort in the storm and all that.
Poor thing was being exposed to other worlds, this man represented a break in every single thing she ever knew to be real. I think it was a natural reaction.
If Dora came home from that, told me what happened...I would have understood.
The kindness of close friends is like a warm blanket
I loved Mrs. Tassenbaum's role in the story. Why did she help Roland? Well, she was drawn to him, and she and her husband DID purchase John Cullum's house. After all, Ka is like a wheel.
I don't think it should be ignored either - it indicates a problem in the marriage if one partner is being unfaithful. Where I disagree is that, the person having the affair isn't necessarily the only one at fault.Originally Posted by obscurejude
Why would you erase your post? It's relevant to the topic and has generated discussion.Let this be the last word on the matter if that's cool. I don't want to start arguing about marriage and adultery and etc... I thought about erasing my post, but it would make a few others seem out of place.
There's also no need for the discussion not to continue, it's a valid reason for disliking Irene - but it's up for dissection like anything else posted in a public forum.
You puzzle me sometimes. I don't want an apology, I just don't agree with your opinion and worded mine as strongly as you did yours. But we're discussing a fictional character in a fictional situation - why take it so personally?I'm not going to apologize for believing adultery is wrong and anything but "justified," but I don't want to argue it anymore.
I liked Irene too. I found it a little unsettling that she wanted to bone Roland so bad, but I think it was the unreality of the situation. I imagine she probably wasn't very happy, but I don't think people always cheat because they're unhappy.
I agree with OJ about the Bill and Beverly thing in It, but I also believed that it was real. I think that would have happened in real life even though Bill and his wife were happy together. But it did upset me because Audrey loved Bill so much.
Human kind cannot gain anything without first giving something in return. To obtain, something of equal value must be lost. That is alchemy's first law of Equivalent Exchange. In those days, we really believed that to be the world's one and only truth.
It's not always unhappiness, but it's indicative of some problem in the relationship (or existing problems/issues with the person being unfaithful).
I don't think anyone does it just to be a wanker
Except maybe for Ed Furillo in "City Slickers" when he was asking Mitch if he'd have sex with a woman if there was no chance that nobody else would ever find out.It's not always unhappiness, but it's indicative of some problem in the relationship (or existing problems/issues with the person being unfaithful).
I don't think anyone does it just to be a wanker
Good on Tony for chiming in with the most random movie reference!
"It's his eyes, Roland thought. They were wide and terrible, the eyes of a dragon in human form" - Roland seeing the Crimson King for the first time.
"When the King comes and the Tower falls, sai, all such pretty things as yours will be broken. Then there will be darkness and nothing but the howl of Discordia and the cries of the can toi" - From Song of Susannah
I thought Mrs Tassenbaum was an interesting quirky character. I also disagree with her affair with Roland though. I understand why she did it, it just wasn't right. I wouldn't class her as a whore though. If she is, then Roland is too. He was the one who actually initiated it because "he felt she wanted him to." He didn't even really want to, grieving Jake, but he did it anyway.
She may have been wrong, but I like the idea of a frustrated housewife climbing onto Roland's hard cock and screaming in pleasure as she rides him in desperation because she doesn't know what will happen the next day and she knows shes being bad and part of her likes that badness.
"It's his eyes, Roland thought. They were wide and terrible, the eyes of a dragon in human form" - Roland seeing the Crimson King for the first time.
"When the King comes and the Tower falls, sai, all such pretty things as yours will be broken. Then there will be darkness and nothing but the howl of Discordia and the cries of the can toi" - From Song of Susannah
Human kind cannot gain anything without first giving something in return. To obtain, something of equal value must be lost. That is alchemy's first law of Equivalent Exchange. In those days, we really believed that to be the world's one and only truth.
I think what Matthew meant to say was...
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Human kind cannot gain anything without first giving something in return. To obtain, something of equal value must be lost. That is alchemy's first law of Equivalent Exchange. In those days, we really believed that to be the world's one and only truth.
I never knew until now that I was such a prominant part of you're fantasies, Jayson. I'm flattered.I think what Matthew meant to say was...
"It's his eyes, Roland thought. They were wide and terrible, the eyes of a dragon in human form" - Roland seeing the Crimson King for the first time.
"When the King comes and the Tower falls, sai, all such pretty things as yours will be broken. Then there will be darkness and nothing but the howl of Discordia and the cries of the can toi" - From Song of Susannah
You know you're my hero in all aspects MatthewI never knew until now that I was such a prominant part of you're fantasies, Jayson. I'm flattered.I think what Matthew meant to say was...
I disliked Mrs. Tassenbaum. She seemed to just unnecessarily slow down the plot even more during an already slow part of the book.
"I serve only one masta: DAAKNESS" - Peter Boil, Swashbuckler
I wouldn't like to get into this part of this topic too much but I imagined their love-making very peaceful and quiet.
Roland would have understood.
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