This is going to be my final discussion on New Moon and then I am moving on to Eclipse. Here is the final thing that I have been considering about New Moon. Do people really love that way? I was interested in this quote from the Stephenie Meyer site about this subject:
"WHAT IF… What if true love left you? Not some ordinary high school romance, not some random jock boyfriend, not anyone at all replaceable. True love. The real deal. Your other half, your true soul’s match. What happens if he leaves?"
If my husband left today would I ache for him? Would I have a "hole" in my soul? Would I crave death as a better alternative to life? I am not sure I would. I love my husband with all of my heart but I just don’t know if I would die or ache to do so without him. Perhaps it is because I am past that point. Perhaps children have changed my perspective and I have too many other reasons to go on. I have issues still with Bella loving Edward to this extent. They haven’t had the experiences or knowledge of each other for long enough to really feel this love. I think that as their story progresses they could get to that point but I just don’t see the experiences yet that would cause those kinds of feelings.
I guess I understand that there is sometimes a raw, physical attraction to a person that causes a chemical reaction in you and you can’t deny the feelings and emotions. However, would this kind of love cause you to feel a void when the person were gone? I guess I have a hard time rectifying those two types of loves in to one relationship. Bella and Edward are joined by a raw physical attraction that they feel from the very start so where does the desperate longing come from? They haven’t had the experiences with each other to create the bonds of real love. If anything Bella has more of the real love experiences that create those bonds and longing with Jacob. She has history with his family. She has commonalities in lifestyle and family life (i.e no active mothers) and they spend time doing things they both enjoy and having fun. I can’t think of any time spent between Bella and Edward that doesn’t include school or lying around in her bedroom. They don’t DO anything together. Where is the fun in their relationship?
Why am I letting these books become so frustrating to me??? I have to say that I just finished Eclipse and I feel somewhat better about the storyline. I am just so frustrated because I just feel like Jacob makes much better sense. Edward and Bella don’t make sense.
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This is a frustrating part of the Twilight series for me-we’re expected to accept the conceit that Bella is so mature and her family is so accepting of her choices because of that, but she acts like a teenage girl.
I can say (and I am not proud of it), that I absolutely felt like Bella about love when I was younger. There were times when Kevin and I were apart where I thought I would just die. It was weak and ridiculous in hindsight. I guess I was more like Bella than I like to admit. I thought I was mature because of issues in my life. But I was a total drama queen about love. THAT was very immature.
I really started to sway from wanting Bella and Edward to be together to wanting Bella to end up with Jacob while I was reading New Moon. I was so conflicted about it that I couldn’t stop talking to Kevin about it. Weird!
My mother-in-law is through Eclipse right now and is firmly in the “Team Jacob” camp. She said that she related much more with Jacob than another of the other characters. She’s 64 and is addicted to the series thanks to us. LOL!
I faced losing my DH this week. He will be fine. He got out of ICU today. when things looked bad I wondered how I would go on but I have kids who need me. A part of me would die if anything happened to Scott, I would have an empty place in my soul. I would feel like I wanted to die for a while but then I would go on.
I really don’t feel like Bella and Edward have known each other that long but…
I keep reminding my self i have to read this book from a teen’s point of view and I remember having very raw emotions for boyfriends back then. But now being older and having responsibilites those emotions for the ones I love are different.
I think the books are better if you read them and remember what it is like to be 17 with no responsibility not 40+ with a family and obligations. Maythat is why I like them because I can escape from reality with them.
Well i am 20 and i have been dating the love of my life for 3 years. We are in the process of getting married next year and i defintly think i could not live without him. I honestly believe that he is my soulmate. i know i am young and every one i speak to says i dont know love…. but i tell you yes i do…
why?
I was 17 years old when i met him and it was at a VERY crucial point in my life. My step dad had just passed away from lung cancer and a month later i had met him. after we had dated for 6 months my real dad had passed away. he was the ONLY person that was truly there for me. If it werent for him i dont know where i would be today
I’m a firm believer in Christ and i truly believe God had sent him to me. My whole life i dreamed of having a True Love. and at the lowest point of my life here he is.. And our love is stronger than ever. We had tried splitting up because of college but we honestly could not handle it. we longed and hurt for each other way to much. I thought this can’t be possible, im just out of highschool but God showed me he is it. the one. and i fear that one day i will have to lose him to. i imagine my heart would react and i honestly think i would grieve my self to death. i have thought and imagined and the pain i feel is just so intense. I mean of course we fight. but we ALWAYS work it out. Because he is my other half and i honestly can not imagine my life without him.