Comments on: Waiter, There’s a Fly in My Fantasy http://www.sherrythomas.com/blog/2006/10/10/waiter-there%e2%80%99s-a-fly-in-my-fantasy/ ...and anarchy ensues Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:49:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Southern Writer http://www.sherrythomas.com/blog/2006/10/10/waiter-there%e2%80%99s-a-fly-in-my-fantasy/comment-page-1/#comment-683 Southern Writer Tue, 17 Oct 2006 06:01:00 +0000 http://www.sherrythomas.com/blog/2006/10/10/waiter-there%e2%80%99s-a-fly-in-my-fantasy/#comment-683 Shallow as a dinner plate? Love it! I haven't heard that one before. Shallow as a dinner plate? Love it! I haven’t heard that one before.

]]> By: Maprilynne http://www.sherrythomas.com/blog/2006/10/10/waiter-there%e2%80%99s-a-fly-in-my-fantasy/comment-page-1/#comment-681 Maprilynne Thu, 12 Oct 2006 14:23:00 +0000 http://www.sherrythomas.com/blog/2006/10/10/waiter-there%e2%80%99s-a-fly-in-my-fantasy/#comment-681 Anatomy lesson . . ooooh.:) Anatomy lesson . . ooooh.:)

]]> By: Robin L. http://www.sherrythomas.com/blog/2006/10/10/waiter-there%e2%80%99s-a-fly-in-my-fantasy/comment-page-1/#comment-680 Robin L. Wed, 11 Oct 2006 18:28:00 +0000 http://www.sherrythomas.com/blog/2006/10/10/waiter-there%e2%80%99s-a-fly-in-my-fantasy/#comment-680 But if she were asking for what she wanted, wouldn't she say "Stop leaving me to go to your stupid card games and it wouldn't hurt if you said 'I love you' every once in a while."<br/><br/>This bugs me too - it reminds me of Jr. High when your friends would say "are you mad at me?" ;) But if she were asking for what she wanted, wouldn’t she say “Stop leaving me to go to your stupid card games and it wouldn’t hurt if you said ‘I love you’ every once in a while.”

This bugs me too – it reminds me of Jr. High when your friends would say “are you mad at me?” ;)

]]> By: Erin http://www.sherrythomas.com/blog/2006/10/10/waiter-there%e2%80%99s-a-fly-in-my-fantasy/comment-page-1/#comment-679 Erin Wed, 11 Oct 2006 12:52:00 +0000 http://www.sherrythomas.com/blog/2006/10/10/waiter-there%e2%80%99s-a-fly-in-my-fantasy/#comment-679 I don't know the book, and I agree with the sentiment you express, that the heroine shouldn't be needy and whiny and desperate and insecure. But, to play devil's advocate, can it not also be a sign of strength for the heroine to ask flat out for what she wants? Taken out of context, the paragraph cited here could be read that way. I get frustrated with couples who are so blinded by the Big Misunderstanding that the conflict rages on unnecessarily for pages and pages and pages when if someone had had the courage to just say what they really felt, all would have been resolved in a much more mature and admirable way. I don’t know the book, and I agree with the sentiment you express, that the heroine shouldn’t be needy and whiny and desperate and insecure. But, to play devil’s advocate, can it not also be a sign of strength for the heroine to ask flat out for what she wants? Taken out of context, the paragraph cited here could be read that way. I get frustrated with couples who are so blinded by the Big Misunderstanding that the conflict rages on unnecessarily for pages and pages and pages when if someone had had the courage to just say what they really felt, all would have been resolved in a much more mature and admirable way.

]]> By: Camilla http://www.sherrythomas.com/blog/2006/10/10/waiter-there%e2%80%99s-a-fly-in-my-fantasy/comment-page-1/#comment-678 Camilla Wed, 11 Oct 2006 05:20:00 +0000 http://www.sherrythomas.com/blog/2006/10/10/waiter-there%e2%80%99s-a-fly-in-my-fantasy/#comment-678 *G* I know the book you mentioned and honestly, that made me cringe a bit, but not as much as it made you. I wouldn't say she was weak, but that she was uncertain and she felt comfortable enough with the hero to share her uncertainty. Granted, "why do you never tell me you love me" wasn't the best way to share that uncertainty to a skittish man, but she went straight to the point, and I respected her for that. I also really liked the way Ivory handled the scene and the hero's reaction. *G* I know the book you mentioned and honestly, that made me cringe a bit, but not as much as it made you. I wouldn’t say she was weak, but that she was uncertain and she felt comfortable enough with the hero to share her uncertainty. Granted, “why do you never tell me you love me” wasn’t the best way to share that uncertainty to a skittish man, but she went straight to the point, and I respected her for that. I also really liked the way Ivory handled the scene and the hero’s reaction.

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