Love the One You're With

Another great Emily Giffin book finished! I enjoy her writing so much. You become enthralled with her characters that she so wonderfully creates. You can't wait to finish to find out how everything works out, but at the same time you don't want the book to end!

This book was extremely different, too, because you feel like you should not have compassion for a woman who is looking to someone other than her husband to make her happy, yet, you do. I don't want to go into too much detail, but know that this is a good read for any married woman.

Here are some of my favorite quotes from this book:


"I knew where he came from. I knew who he loved & who loved him back. I knew that he was a good brother & son. I knew that he was a funny, kind, athletic boy. The sort of boy who helps with the dishes after Thanksgiving dinner."

"Everything felt easy & straightforward, balanced & healthy. I never had to wonder what Andy was thinking, or how he felt, because he was an open book, & so consistently happy. Moreover, he was concerned with making me happy. He was a polite, respectful, Southern gentleman, a romantic, & pleaser at heart."

"I smile, feeling grateful that although he is a dutiful son, he shows no signs of being an outright mama's boy....Margot's theory on the topic is when a woman has only sons, and no daughters, this dynamic is more likely to kick in. Perhaps because the mother hasn't had to share any of the limelight with another woman, perhaps because of the adage,"A son is a son 'til he gets a wife, but a daughter is a daughter all her life."

"Maybe that's what it all comes down to. Love, not as a surge of passion, but as a choice to commit to something, someone, no matter what obstacles or temptations stand in the way. And maybe making that choice, again and again, day in and day out, year after year, says more about love than never having a choice to make at all."

"...love is the sum of our choices, the strength of our commitments, the ties that bind us together."

"Love as a verb. Love as a commitment. "